Category Archives: Hedge Fund Launches
Hedge Fund Launch: FMG New Frontiers Fund
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Emerging and frontier market investment specialist Fund Management Group (FMG) is launching a new hedge fund on January 1st 2013. “Frontier Markets represent 40% of the world’s population but only 15% of the world’s GDP, only […]
RWC Cayman Hedge Fund Launch
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Investment manager RWC is launching a new Cayman hedge fund to be managed by an European Focus team that recently joined from Hermes. The team of six is headed up by Maarten Wildschut and Petteri Soininen and […]
Japan Hedge Fund Launch
Nikko Asset Management has launched its Multi Manager Investment Trust through InfraHedge, a global managed account platform. Highlights include: – The Multi Manager Investment Trust will invest in managed futures and global macro strategies – It will be distributed to […]
Hedge Fund Launch: CARF Management
New York (HedgeCo.Net) -US hedge fund family FISCO Funds Management LLC., and financial services firm OP 8 Analytics LLC., have announced a joint venture to launch a new investment management company, CARF Management LLC. The new firm will serve as investment […]
Agecroft Partners to add new hedge fund to platform
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Hedge fund consulting and third party marketing firm Agecroft Partners is launching an additional hedge fund manager to the platform of hedge funds they represent during the fourth quarter. So far, the strategy includes at least $75 million in […]
Hedge Fund Launch: Aberdeen Introduces Three Philadelphia Multi-Asset Funds
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – $286.5 billion hedge fund group Aberdeen Asset Management has launched the Aberdeen Dynamic Allocation Fund, the Aberdeen Diversified Income Fund and the Aberdeen Diversified Alternatives Fund. These funds were created on September 24, through the reorganization […]
IndexIQ Launches New Hedge Fund ETF
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Index-based alternative investment provider Index IQ has launched a new hedge fund replicator fund, the IQ Hedge Market Neutral Tracker ETF (QMN). The new ETF fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the performance of the IQ Hedge Market […]
Carlyle Buys Hedge Fund Vermillion in Commodities Expansion
Businessweek – Carlyle Group LP (CG), the second-largest buyout firm, bought commodities hedge-fund manager Vermillion Asset Management LLC, adding $2.2 billion in commodities assets as the firm expands beyond private equity. Carlyle purchased 55 percent of Vermillion for a mix of […]
College Students Launch Hedge Fund
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – North Carolina registered Lumina Investments, LLC, founded and managed by three North Carolina college students, has opened its first hedge fund that seeks to capitalize on the growing influence of “macro events” on the behavior of global financial markets. […]
Hedge Fund Man, Nomura Launch Computer Driven Fund
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Hedge fund manager Man Group has teamed up with investment bank Nomura to launch a computer-driven fund, The Nomura Man Systematic Fixed Income fund. The fund uses algorithms from Man’s $16.7 billion flagship fund AHL, it will trade […]
Absolute Return Ranks Biggest Hedge Fund Launches For H1 2012
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – 33 hedge funds raised $10.4 billion in the first half of the year, Absolute Return reports, that’s half of the amount raised in the first half of 2008. Some key points include: · Half of the total came from a single launch […]
