Velocity Merchant Energy:
A Proven Approach
At Velocity, our goal is very different than traditional energy hedge funds and has proven to be effective as shown in our returns to investors. We hand picks what we think are the top commodity traders from banks and large energy companies, provide them with a place to make the most of their expertise. We pay traders more, provide a better environment, and provides what we think are a network of top industry talent for our traders to work with. In fact, it is our traders that we leverage in order to make the best hiring decisions for our vast recruiting effort across all of the commodity complexes. At Velocity, we encourage our traders to invest with us. In doing so we align the interest of the investors with the interests of the portfolio managers and the traders. As portfolio managers, we feel that it gives Velocity an edge over other alternative investment managers that don't provide such a direct relationship to the risk takers. At Velocity all of our efforts are focused on Risk Management and Recruiting. It sounds simple but it is very difficult to effectuate, requiring constant software development, supervision, pruning, and the search for new talent.
A Proven Approach
At Velocity, our goal is very different than traditional energy hedge funds and has proven to be effective as shown in our returns to investors. We hand picks what we think are the top commodity traders from banks and large energy companies, provide them with a place to make the most of their expertise. We pay traders more, provide a better environment, and provides what we think are a network of top industry talent for our traders to work with. In fact, it is our traders that we leverage in order to make the best hiring decisions for our vast recruiting effort across all of the commodity complexes. At Velocity, we encourage our traders to invest with us. In doing so we align the interest of the investors with the interests of the portfolio managers and the traders. As portfolio managers, we feel that it gives Velocity an edge over other alternative investment managers that don't provide such a direct relationship to the risk takers. At Velocity all of our efforts are focused on Risk Management and Recruiting. It sounds simple but it is very difficult to effectuate, requiring constant software development, supervision, pruning, and the search for new talent.
