RAM Partners is an independent asset management company regulated by the FIN-FSA. The company employs nine people with extensive relevant experience and education in the financial services area and in particular in understanding trading strategies. The strong expertise in the field enables RAM to offer investors a high quality production of quantitative and qualitative fund analysis.

RAM Partners specializes in evaluating actively managed funds and absolute return funds, i.e. hedge funds. Absolute return funds are characterized by their relative independence of market movements. Actively managed funds strive for a return that exceeds the return expected for carrying equivalent market risk.

The customers are professional and institutional investors, who benefit from RAM Partners know-how through investment products and tailored solutions.

Individual funds may carry considerable operational risk. RAM Partners reduces this risk through diligent and thorough analysis and constant monitoring of the funds. The diversification of the investments into different strategies and funds reduces the volatility of the portfolios returns. The investment decisions are based on quantitative and qualitative research.

The investments are carried out by forming efficient and well diversified investment portfolios. The investment decisions are based on in-house proprietary research methods. The portfolios are both fund of hedge funds and tailored solutions for specific needs. Tailored solutions offer an efficient tactical asset allocation tool and enables altering of risk return profiles of the entire investment portfolio.

The funds of hedge funds are either widely diversified or focused style funds that concentrate on specific securities.

Tailored solutions offer the possibility to construct a desired risk return profile of an investment portfolio in an efficient manner.

Our portfolio managers travel frequently to meet the world's most highly respected hedge fund mangers to evaluate and understand their business knowledge in various trading strategies. We continually visit hundreds of fund managers on their home ground and in different events arranged by the industry. We integrate their input with our knowledge base. We strive to understand the management’s drivers and expectations.

RAM Partners
Aleksanterinkatu 44
FI-00100 Helsinki
Finland

Tel: +358 207 118 440
Fax: + 358 207 118 450
Email: info@ram.fi
Web: www.ram.fi

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