Brevan Howard
[14] Brevan Howard is known to employ traders from major investment banks, portfolio managers from competing hedge funds, and advanced quantitative analysts.[17] Howard is continuing to be an investment manager with the firm[18] that he co-founded in 2002 with fellow Credit Suisse traders Jean-Philippe Blochet, Chris Rokos, James Vernon, and Trifon Natsis.[6][25] An April 2013 article in the Financial News described the company as "the biggest and best-performing [hedge fund management] firm in Europe".[16] As a macro hedge fund, in 2013, the company aspires to profit as a result of "broad economic trends" and trades many types of assets including commodities and currencies.[41] Brevan Howard describes itself as a "global alternative asset manager" and maintains offices in London, Geneva, St. Helier, Hong Kong, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Austin and New York.[5] Geraldine Sundstrom, joined the company in 2007 and was the portfolio manager for the Brevan Howard Emerging Markets Strategies Master Fund Limited.