frontierAlt Funds Management Inc. Names New Investment Manager for
frontierAlt Resource Capital Class Fund
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TORONTO, June 3 /CNW/ - Toronto-based frontierAlt Funds Management Inc. (frontierAlt), the manager of the frontierAlt Resource Capital Class Fund, announced today that it has appointed Lightwater Partners Ltd. based out of Toronto as the new Investment Advisor for the Fund. The new investment advisory relationship will be effective from on or about August 1, 2010.
About frontierAlt
frontierAlt is a financial services company with its head office in Toronto, Ontario. frontierAlt specializes in the manufacturing and distribution of structured products, flow-through limited partnerships and conventional and Shar'iah-compliant mutual funds.
About Lightwater Partners
Lightwater Partners is an independent asset management firm which provides discretionary asset management services. Lightwater uses a disciplined, fundamental, bottom-up investment process with a focus on managing risk and providing consistent risk adjusted returns. The Portfolio Management team, consisting of Jerome Hass, CFA, Thomas Schenkel, CFA, and Bryan Nunnelley, has over 38 years of combined institutional investment management experience and has worked around the globe. The team has extensive experience investing in the global and Canadian resource sector. Their wide-ranging experience in the resource sector spans both small-cap and large-cap companies and includes: traditional energy such as oil and gas; alternative energy, including geothermal, wind and solar; non-traded commodities such as diamonds, uranium, iron ore, coal and potash; agriculture and related industries; and, the traditional mining and metals sector including gold, silver, nickel and copper. Lightwater also manages the Lightwater Conservative Long/Short Fund; a Canadian equity focused hedge fund. Lightwater Partners is a Portfolio Manager registered in Canada with the Ontario Securities Commission.
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For further information: Taras Hucal, President, frontierAlt Funds Management Inc., Tel: (416) 848-7970, Fax: (416) 848-7749, e-mail: [email protected], www.frontieralt.com
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