The DSAM Kauthar Gold Fund, Ltd. received the MENA Fund Manager Award 2012 for “Outstanding Performance and Innovation” The Fund was recognised for its three year annualised return of 25.93% through December 2011.

Barclay Hedge has ranked the DSAM Kauthar Gold Fund, Ltd. in its Top Ten of Metals & Mining hedge funds based on the fund’s performance for the months of July, August, September and October 2011.

The DSAM Kauthar Gold Fund, Ltd. received the MENA Fund Manager Award for “Outstanding Performance and Innovation” for two consecutive years in recognition of its 67%+ performance in 2009 and 27.02% performance in 2010.

Barclay Hedge has ranked the DSAM Kauthar Gold Fund, Ltd. in its Top Ten of Metals & Mining hedge funds based on the fund’s performance for the months of September, October, and November 2009, and January, February, March, May, September, November, and December 2010. It also was ranked in the Top Ten in January, February, March, April, May, and June 2011. Barclay Hedge is an independent hedge fund research organization with a database of over 5,800 hedge funds.

Based on its performance for the month of February 2011, the DSAM Kauthar Energy Fund, Ltd. was ranked in the Top Ten of energy funds by Barclay Hedge.

HEDGE FUNDS WORLD MIDDLE EAST AWARDS, 2009. Eric Meyer received the “Special Merit Award for Outstanding Industry Contribution” and Shariah Capital, with Barclays Capital, won the “Best Islamic Alternative Investment Product” award for the Al Safi Trust platform.