Caxton Associates

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Caxton Associates, L.L.C., is a New York-based trading and investment firm formed as the successor to Caxton Corporation, which was founded in 1983 by Mr. Bruce Kovner. Caxton Associates' primary business is to manage client and proprietary capital through global macro hedge fund strategies as well as other alternative investment disciplines. Assets are managed via a broad mandate to trade in a variety of global markets and instruments. Caxton Associates and its affiliates currently manage in excess of $12 billion in assets.

Caxton employs a staff in excess of 350 people, including traders, research analysts and administrative personnel in its offices in New York, Princeton, NJ and London.

Caxton Associates is a Delaware limited liability company and is registered as an Investment Adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm is also registered pursuant to the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, as a commodity pool operator and commodity trading advisor and is a member of the National Futures Association as a CPO and a CTA.