Phalanx Capital Management LLC

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300 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 1650-A Chicago United States of America IL 60606

Phalanx Capital Management, LLC is a 7 year old, award-winning investment manager of the Phalanx Japan AustralAsia Multi-Strategy Fund, Ltd. This market-neutral, Multi-Strategy flagship hedge fund investing in the Japanese, Asian, and Australian markets has a history of consistent year on year positive performance, including 2008 with a return of 44.54%.

Leading a skilled Japan-AustralAsia focused team, founder and principal, Christopher McGuire, brings over 20 years of experience in the hedge fund industry, and a track record of more than 12 years managing absolute return funds.

The investment methodology aims to produce absolute returns with a focus on limiting downside performance. Phalanx has been named “Best Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund” and “Best Relative Value Hedge Fund” by Hedgeweek for three years running. They also have been noted for their achievements in the Market Neutral, Relative Value, and Absolute Returns categories by groups such as AsiaHedge, Bloomberg, Asian Investor, and Thompson Reuters.

Phalanx is headquartered in Chicago with offices in Hong Kong.

Daniel Farrell

Managing Director, Marketing & Investor Relations

Dan is responsible for the coordination of all marketing efforts at Phalanx, including business development, Investor Relations, and external communications for the firm.

Before joining Phalanx, Dan was a partner at Biztrade where his main focus was assisting in the brokerage of small to midsized businesses. He also worked in the mortgage business at Decision One Mortgage, a division of HSBC, as well as a strategic account executive at Experian Information Solutions where he worked closely with key banking relationships. Dan began his career as a program manager of a diagnostic home for abused and neglected children at Maryville Academy, the largest child/adolescent care organization in Illinois.

Education

Dan received a BA in Psychology from Loras College, Iowa in 1993.

Christopher McGuire

CEO, CIO

Joined 2005

Christopher founded Phalanx in 2005 after an extensive trading and sales career. Prior to Phalanx, Christopher managed the Japanese multi-strategy portfolio for Daiwa Securities America, the Japanese and Asian relative value trading book for the Spear, Leeds, and Kellogg division of Goldman Sachs, and the Japanese convertible bond portfolio for Marin Capital.

Before moving to the trading side of the business, Christopher managed CB and derivatives sales to hedge funds for Merrill Lynch London and SBC Warburg’s Tokyo convertible bond desk. Christopher began his career trading commodity options for his own account on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade.

Education

Christopher graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Marquette University in 1991.

Masahide Hoshi

Senior Portfolio Manager

Masa provides trading ideas and works in tandem with the CIO on the construction, sizing, scope, and risk management of the portfolio. Masa trades from Phalanx’s Hong Kong office.

Before joining Phalanx, Masa covered Korea, Taiwan, India, and Southeast Asia for JP Morgan Chase’s equity derivatives trading group. He also managed the Japanese convertible bond and equity derivatives portfolio for Atma Capital Management in Singapore. Prior to this he was trading US listed derivatives for UBS in Stamford, CT. Masa started his career trading Japanese convertible bonds and equity derivatives for UBS in Tokyo.