London platform Falcon Investment Management is planning to launch a fund of crypto hedge funds with the goal of raising USD250 million for the new product over the next year. Due to debut in January, the Cayman-domiciled Falcon Fund of
Third Eye Asset Management Inc (TEAM), an affiliate of Toronto-based alternative capital firm Third Eye Capital (TEC), has held the initial closing of the TEC Credit Income Fund with approximately USD201 million of subscriptions of preferred units. TEC and its
Portal Asset Management, sponsor of the Portal Digital Fund, a global fund of digital asset hedge funds, has launched the Horizon Index Fund, which is targeted at family offices, sophisticated and institutional investors seeking passive, broad market exposure to the
The Royal Bank of Canada’s specialist fixed income manager, BlueBay Asset Management (BlueBay), has launched its latest ESG-focused strategy. The BlueBay Total Return Diversified Credit ESG Fund enables fixed income investors to gain an exposure to the firms ‘best ideas’
This year’s hedgeweekLIVE European Emerging Managers Summit concluded with a wide-ranging panel discussion centred on fundraising, with speakers examining some of the ways start-up hedge funds can successfully attract investor money during the challenging capital-raising process.
With extensive experience working with UK pension funds and insurers, and having gained a deep understanding of their investment challenges, MFS Investment Management (MFS) has added to its global fixed income capabilities by launching a UK buy and maintain credit
Variety Capital has opened an Irish domiciled UCITS investment platform with a fund managed by CKC Capital, an experienced US credit investment team. The fund has launched with investments from UK and European institutional investors. The fund aims to replicate
Oaktree Capital Management (Oaktree) has held the final close of Oaktree Opportunities Fund XI and its related vehicles (Opps XI), with total capital commitments of USD15.9 billion. Opps XI is Oaktree’s largest fund to date, exceeding its original target of
Sir Paul Marshall, co-founder, chairman and chief investment officer of UK hedge fund giant Marshall Wace, has donated GBP50 million to the London School of Economics’ Marshall Institute to establish a new accelerator programme aimed at tackling future environmental, health,
CVC Credit has priced Cordatus XXII, a Collateralised Loan Obligation (CLO) fund totalling EUR440 million and arranged by Deutsche Bank. This is the sixth new CLO fund CVC Credit has priced globally this year and will take its total assets
