Cheyne Capital Wins Three Major Credit Awards

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Cheyne Capital, a leading alternative asset manager, won three major credit awards for its credit fund business at the Creditflux industry awards in London.

Cheyne Capital won the prestigious Manager of the Year award, as well as the awards for the Best Long/Short Credit Hedge Fund and also Best Synthetic Equity CDO. These awards, together with a further five nominations, demonstrate Cheyne's wide-ranging expertise and continued leadership across the Credit space.

The Creditflux winners are selected based on a number of clear quantitative criteria, and nominees include the leading credit managers from across the world. The prestigious Manager of the Year award specifically recognises Cheyne capital's consistent performance across a number of different credit products.

Cheyne's Corporate Credit team of 18 investment professionals oversees about $3 billion of equity in long only and long/short creditrelated strategies.

John Weiss, co head of Corporate Credit at Cheyne Capital said, "We are delighted to have won these major awards which recognise the strength of our risk management and the good performance ...
... we continue to deliver to our clients despite the current market turmoil."

Jonathan Lourie, founder of Cheyne Capital added, "These awards underline the fact that the credit market is still alive and kicking and superior returns remain available. Our corporate credit team is generating strong performance for our investors and seeing inflows of assets. Despite difficult market conditions, our Long/Short credit strategies are up between 9% and 13% for 2008. Credit is one of Cheyne's core businesses and we are delighted for the team and our clients to receive this well-deserved recognition."

Cheyne Capital is one of Europe's leading alternative asset managers. Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP is authorised and regulated by the UK FSA and, along with other parts of the group, is a registered investment adviser with the US SEC.

Cheyne Capital is one of Europe's leading alternative asset managers. Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP is authorised and regulated by the UK FSA and, along with other parts of the group, is a registered investment adviser with the US SEC.
http://www.cheynecapital.com/