Interview
with Gregory Smith, CIO of Global Commodities
Ltd
Eurekahedge
November 2005
Gregory Smith has over 25 years' experience
in the commodities markets as a fund manager,
senior trader and founder/co-founder of
two CTA funds, as well as the Enhanced Commodity
Index (ECI) Fund for Asian and European
investors.
Global Commodities Ltd is an Australia-based
hedge fund that uses a quant-based investment
model developed and applied in the commodity
futures markets for over 15 years. The firm
has offices in Australia and Singapore,
and offers private managed accounts for
retail investors and a Cayman-domiciled
fund, ECI, for wholesale investors. The
portfolio weightings are 42%, 21%, 19% and
18% for Energies, Metals, Grains and Agriculturals
respectively. The investment objective is
to outperform a benchmark constituting the
CRB index and GSCI with equal weighting,
and to have lower portfolio volatility than
global equities. ECI is offered in USD,
EUR and AUD share classes.