ABOUT US

The Australian Alternative Managed Futures Fund

... with a difference

About Cartwright Capital Management

Cartwright Capital Management (CCM) is a multi-strategy, systematic managed futures fund founded in 2022 by Troy Hamblion and Nicolas Hernout. We primarily trade in highly liquid exchange traded derivative products with a conservative exposure to the ASX200 and S&P500 via cash securities. We seek to achieve capital appreciation using a number of core strategies that display positive and negative skew return distributions. Via the amalgamation of these strategies, we have created a diversified asymmetric investment portfolio.

So, what is the difference?

At Cartwright Capital Management, unlike traditional Managed Futures Funds, we combine a number of positive and negative skew strategies in order to achieve consistent returns and lower drawdowns over a longer period. This is our edge. Most traditional Managed Futures Funds will try to achieve a negative beta with the equity market in order to provide the missing piece to an investment portfolio. We have created the CCM Systematic Macro Plus Fund which is a complete investment portfolio with a stand-alone asymmetric return profile more akin to a systematic hedge fund than a traditional trend-following CTA.

Troy Hamblion

Troy Hamblion was raised in Nambucca Heads on the north coast of NSW and moved to Sydney in 1993 to pursue tertiary education.

After numerous roles in the finance industry, Troy completed his tertiary studies with a Master of Applied Finance at Macquarie University in 2004. Troy was most recently employed by Deutsche Bank Sydney where he had worked since 2005.

Originally employed to optimize the Australian Balance Sheet he moved from cash interest rate products to the derivative books in 2008, after successfully helping to navigate the bank through the Global Financial Crisis. Troy ran the AUD Short-Term and then Long-Term Interest Rate Swap books for the next 10 years before he retired from the investment banking industry in 2018 to pursue his funds management career. After moving with his family from Sydney to the Sunshine Coast of Queensland in 2018 and four years of research and planning, Troy successfully launched Cartwright Capital Management with his long-term trading partner at Deutsche Bank, Nicolas Hernout.

Troy’s main interest outside of Global Financial Markets is fishing. From reef fishing all the way to big game fishing.

Troy consistently endeavours to be the best at whatever task he undertakes, in his personal and professional life.
Title: Managing Director and Co-founder
Email: troy.hamblion@cartwrightcm.com.au
Phone: +61 410 571 461

Nicolas Hernout

Nicolas Hernout was raised in France. After completing a five-year Mechanical Engineering degree, he moved to Paris to undertake a Master of Finance at ESSEC International Business School.

After completing this degree, Nico moved into a role with Credit Agricole in France trading interest rate derivatives. After moving through a number of other trading institutions in Paris, London and Amsterdam, Nico was employed by the Bank of America-Merryll Lynch as a proprietary trader in London before finally moving with his family to Sydney to join Deutsche Bank in 2009.

Nico continued as a proprietary trader until 2016 when regulations forced him to move into the franchise part of the DB business as a Cross-Currency Trader. He is experienced in earning money with his own ideas using directional trading and relative value strategies. He moved from Sydney to the Sunshine Coast of Queensland in 2019, where he began his journey into the funds management world.

In late 2020 Nico started using a short-term trend-following system in his own company 2NH. He ran this system successfully for 18 months before launching Cartwright Capital Management with business partner Troy Hamblion in mid-2022.
Title: Managing Director and Co-founder
Email: nicolas.hernout@cartwrightcm.com.au
Phone: +61 416 599 154

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