AlphaWeek spoke with Oliver Fochler, CEO of Stone Mountain Capital, an alternative investment advisor providing alternative investment research, structuring and public and private placement, about some of the trends he is seeing in hedge fund performance for H2 2018. Interview with Oliver Fochler was covered on 30th July 2018 in Alphaweek under 'Will Hedge Funds Perform Better In H2?' (website requires registration).

As per 19th July 2018, Stone Mountain Capital has total alternative Assets under Advisory (AuA) of US$ 52.3 billion in hedge funds and private assets. We are mandated on assets of US$ 48.2 billion for capital introduction into leading and hedge fund and fund of fund managers with long standing, solid performance track records, liquidity provision, standardised fund and managed account structures and established AuM across the strategies: credit / fixed income, equity, tactical trading and fund of hedge funds (FoF). Our H2 2018 focus is on the strategies: long / short equity, direct lending, global macro, volatility and cryptocurrency. We are mandated on US$ 4.2 billion of private assets (private equity and private debt) and corporate finance. Our H2 2018 focus is on arranging warehousing facilities for lending platforms and secured loans for diversified portfolios, with a sectoral focus on private credit, commercial real estate, and capital relief trades (CRT) for insurers and banks and we provide financial structuring, rating advisory, private and public placements. Stone Mountain Capital has arranged new capital commitments of US$ 1.28 billion across hedge fund, private asset and corporate finance mandates.