GJ is definitely for real, anyone spending a few years on boards such as ET, T2W and Trader's Lab should be familiar with him and his contributions to discussions, particularly macroeconomics, FX and bonds/notes.
Guys, this is great - thanks for all the contact ideas. I'll start working the leads during the week and eventually let you know how successful I am. If I put in some info in the thread it might be useful to others in the 'small HF' bracket.
I have two issues with IB which makes them unsuitable, otherwise I think they're great and I've also used them for many years:
- Their overnight leverage is too restrictive with regards to relative value arbitrage
- There's a few European equities markets I need access to which they...
I am currently in the process of establishing a small hedgefund which will start up with AUM of between 2.5m and 5m USD. It will be a multi-strategy fund which will trade both relative value arbitrage (require more leverage) as well as CME futures and currencies. Also, on the equities side...