Emil van Essen Managed Futures
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| Founded | 1997 |
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| Headquarters | Chicago |
| Key People | Emil van Essen, CEO |
| Products | CTA, managed futures |
Emil van Essen Managed Futures was founded by Emil van Essen. He has been a registered commodity trading advisor since 1997.[1]
The firm was the recipient of two BarclayHedge "BTOP" awards at the Managed Futures Pinnacle Awards held on June 11, 2012, for: Best Return (High Volatility - Diversified) for $100-299M AUM and Best Defensive (Diversified) for $100-299M AUM.[2]
In December 2006, van Essen launched a spread trading program focused on commodities. The program, targeted at institutional and qualified investors, originally focused on roll arbitrage - pricing inefficiencies in commodity spreads resulting from commodity funds rolling their positions from the spot month to a deferred delivery date. Van Essen has since expanded into fixed income markets, including a program solely focused on yield curve inefficiencies.[3]
Products and Services
As of July 2014, van Essen had expanded to five program offerings:
- Emil Van Essen Spread Trading High Minimum – includes both commodity and fixed income exposure. $5,000,000 minimum investment.
- Emil Van Essen Spread Trading High Minimum Commodity Only – includes only commodity exposure. $5,000,000 minimum investment.
- Emil Van Essen Spread Trading Interest Rate Only – yield curve trading only. $1,000,000 minimum investment.
- Emil Van Essen Spread Trading Low Minimum – same program as high minimum combined with a $500,000 minimum investment.
In June 2014, the firm lauched: EvE Multi-Strategy Program (EvE MS), a 50-50 combination of the firm’s flagship EvE Spread Trading Program (EvE STP) and the EvE Long-Short Commodity Program (EvE LSCP)
Key People
- Emil van Essen, CEO
- Bryan Kiernan, strategy
- Russ Rauch, operations
- Dennis Callahan, manager of trading and back-office
- Anthony Zaccaria, director of business development
References
- ↑ [{{{url}}} Managed Futures Spotlight: Emil Van Essen Spread Trading]. Reuters Hedgeworld.
- ↑ Winners. Managed Futures Pinnacle Awards.
- ↑ Managed Futures Spotlight: Emil Van Essen Spread Trading. Reuters Hedgeworld.
