CQS launches a volatility hedge fund

Hedge fund manager CQS has launched the CQS Global Volatility Fund. The fund starts with assets under management of $160 million and targets the full panoply of alternative investors.The fund will be managed from London by senior portfolio managers Andrew Song and Amir Kooros alongside a further nine derivatives specialists. They will be supported by CQS staff in Hong Kong and New York.The strategy aims to capitalise on equity volatility valuation anomalies within market indices and o…