VIDEO Interview with Christopher Fawcett, senior partner and co-founder of Fauchier Partners

Hedge Funds Review talks with Christopher Fawcett, senior partner at Fauchier Partners, and winner of the prestigious 2009 European Long-term Achievement in Fund of Hedge Funds award.

Fawcett co-founded Fauchier Partners in 1994. One of Europe’s leading fund of hedge funds (FoHF) managers, Fauchier’s sole business is the management of and provision of advice on portfolios of hedge funds.

Before founding Fauchier Partners, Fawcett worked at Euris, a French investment-holding company with substantial investments in private equity and hedge funds.

He gained experience in the securities industry with Morgan Grenfell, Industrial Technology Securities, a venture capital company which he co-founded, and at Duménil Group.

Fawcett is an appointed member of the council of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), a trustee of the Hedge Fund Standards Board, a director of the CFA Society of the UK and a director of Mirabaud Gestion, the Paris-based private banking subsidiary of Swiss bank Mirabaud.

In an interview with Hedge Funds Review, Fawcett discussed how he first came into the hedge fund industry. He also gave his opinion on the future of hedge funds and predictions in the short and long term.

Commenting on the social responsibility of hedge funds, he said he believed the industry fulfilled a useful function.

On the various regulations and laws being mooted by the US and Europe, Fawcett cautioned that any new rules needed to be flexible and reflect the realities of the industry.

Reflecting on the main lessons for FoHFs and investors following the financial crisis, Fawcett said hedge funds and FoHFs are much more aware now of what is liquid and what is not, as well as being able to determine exactly how illiquid positions are.