DSP to launch Indian Absolute Return fund

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Dalton Strategic Partnership has hired Goldman Sachs' Gaurav Pant to run an Indian Absolute Return fund.

The MST Indian Absolute Return fund, expected to launch in September 2011 as a sub-fund of the Melchior Selected Trust SICAV, will seek to generate absolute returns from a portfolio of long and short Indian equities. The portfolio will consist of about 25 themes, according to DSP. The fund will typically operate with a net exposure range of between -10% and +25%, and an average gross exposure range of 80%-120%. Pant, who worked at Goldman Sachs for eight years, most recently as an executive director, will aim to deliver an annual return of 12%-18% while reducing the volatility commonl...

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