Polen Capital Management is to act as adviser to the Polen Global Growth Collective Investment Trust and the Polen Focus Growth Collective Investment Trust funds, which are established by SEI Trust Company, a subsidiary of SEI. SEI is a supplier
Allianz Global Investors has expanded its liquid alternatives platform with the launch of the Allianz Structured Return fund, an absolute return strategy designed to pursue positive returns independent of market conditions, while managing downside risk. The new fund is managed
Who would want to be a start-up hedge fund manager? Simon Schilder, partner at Ogier in Jersey, and TEAM BVI UK member with BVI Finance, examines the challenges facing the next generation… The challenges facing the next generation of hedge fund managers
Alternative credit specialist CIFC has launched a long/short high yield UCITS fund managed by industry veteran Jason Horowitz, who has been running similar strategies successfully for over 10 years. Horowitz joined the New York-based manager in January as
Timberland Investment Resources Europe (TIR) has held a first close of its TIR Europe Forestry Fund with an initial USD74 million of committed capital. A diverse, mostly European group of limited partners made initial commitments to the fund, including public
Neuberger Berman has launched the Neuberger Berman US Equity Index PutWrite Strategy Fund, which seeks to provide individual investors with exposure to equity market returns with less volatility. The fund's investment approach seeks to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns through harvesting premiums
Hehmeyer Trading + Investments has launched the Hehmeyer Cryptocurrency Index Fund, a new product that will provide certain qualified investors with access to the cryptocurrency market by investing in a fund that aims to track the performance of the proprietary
London-based alternative manager Selwood Asset Management is marking its first anniversary since launch and has had an increase in assets to USD350 million. Selwood AM is focused on liquid Investment Grade Credit in Europe and North America. The strategy aims
Systematic investment manager Aspect Capital has extended its range of funds available to investors with the launch of the lower fee, lower volatility Aspect Core Trend Fund. The fund, which started trading on 13 September, has received approximately USD100 million
Twelve Capital Group has launched its insurance equity strategy. The portfolios launched to date have a focus on M&A activity in the insurance sector and are designed to offer investors access to the attractive investment opportunities across the entire (re-)insurance
