Panthera Solutions, an alternative investment consultancy in Monte Carlo, is offering its European customers premium access to the world’s most renowned hedge funds.

Until now, investing in top managers was almost impossible for smaller insurance companies, regional banks and HNWIs.

Unattractive cost ratios and unreachably high minimum investment hurdles banned this group from accessing the best.

Panthera Solutions has opened the gates for this group and is offering cost-efficient access to managers such as John Paulson, Brevan Howard and DE Shaw.

Instead of common minimum investment hurdles between EUR5m and EUR25m, Panthera Solutions enables investors to buy the top managers at a minimum of EUR0.5m. This marginal entry level opens the door to robust diversification for European pension funds, insurance companies, regional banks and HNWIs.

Throughout 2009, hedge funds rehabilitated their image as upcoming asset class for institutional and private portfolios. By the end of last year, worldwide industry assets reached pre-crisis levels of USD2trn. The last 24 months saw a necessary consolidation amongst hedge fund managers, products and fee structures.

Markus Schuller (pictured), founder of Panthera Solutions, says: “Warren Buffett once said ‘you only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out.’ The ongoing selection process in the hedge fund industry has clearly highlighted risk and return advantages of the best managers.”