Global asset manager abrdn has launched the abrdn Eclipse fund platform, an offering for institutional investors that provides passive exposure to hedge fund strategies underpinned by indices from market-leading hedge fund index provider Hedge Fund Research (HFR).
abrdn Eclipse breaks new ground with the launch of the first hedge fund index tracking platform. Domiciled in the Cayman Islands, Eclipse offers abrdn’s global clients access to the flagship investable hedge fund benchmark HFRI 500, as well as eight sub-strategy indices including Long/Short Equity, Equity Market Neutral, Merger Arbitrage, Event Driven Multi-Strategy, Discretionary Macro, Systematic Macro, Fixed Income Relative Value, and Volatility Relative Value strategies.
The launch, which comes after several years of collaboration with HFR, is the latest innovation from the abrdn Alternatives team, comprised of more than 40 investment professionals dedicated to alternatives research, index and structuring, risk, execution, portfolio construction and operational due diligence. The team oversees approximately $14 billion of assets* on behalf of clients globally and across a range of active and passive solutions.
