Superfund Group
The Superfund Group, is a futures fund provider, considered an alternative investment vehicle, and uses unconventional marketing techniques. Superfunds can be found in the portfolios of more than 50.000 institutional and private investors worldwide. The Superfund Group has offices all over the world and employs more than 370 people, having its headquarters in Monaco. Superfund was founded in 1996 by Christian Baha in Vienna, Austria, today Superfund has $1.7 billion under management and offices around the world, including New York, Chicago, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Monaco and Zurich.
History
On March 8, 1996, Baha launched his first alternative investment product for private investors - the Superfund Q-AG (closed fund). The flagship Superfund Q-AG was one of the world’s first retail managed futures funds. The Superfund Q-AG fund achieved an average annual return of more than 20 percent net of fees. In 2002, Superfund received admission for sale by the U.S. exchange supervisory authority (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) to offer its funds in the U.S. In 2003 Superfund, the new generation of Quadriga's funds, was internationally launched.
Since 1996, the Superfund Group has become increasingly successful specializing in international managed futures funds. The Superfund Group is the first Managed Futures Fund management company to open retail Investment Centers around the world.
All Superfunds utilize the proprietary fully-automated systems designed to ensure minimal correlation to traditional investments. Superfund trades in over 100 markets in both commodity and financial futures. While Superfund funds can decrease portfolio risk via non- or negative correlation, they can simultaneously enhance overall portfolio performance and therefore improve overall investment quality.
Performance
The investment group's flagship fund Superfund Q-AG has achieved a net return of +488.00% or +18.77% p.a. (June 06) and was one of the top-performing managed futures funds worldwide. It has received over 40 international awards, including first place rankings in the Wall Street Journal and 5 stars from Standard & Poor's.
Between 2003 and today, June 2006, Q-AG fund stagnated.
Net of fees Performance of Superfund Q-AG
Marketing
Superfund draws media attention and promotes its funds by sponsoring Formula One, the soccer club AS Monaco of France's First League, the Austrian soccer team FC Superfund and as well as other pop-culture events such as the World Awards.