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Launches of liquid alts funds tripled from 2009 to 2013. [2]Major drivers for the growth in liquid alternative funds include: "The 2008 crisis has fundamentally changed investors’ priorities from a main emphasis on investment returns and alpha generation to an emphasis on diversification and downside protection (or principal preservation), especially in the case of a steep market downdraft" [3]
The firm offers strategies through separately managed portfolios, mutual funds, closed-end funds, private funds, an exchange traded fund and UCITS funds. Clients include major corporations, pension funds, endowments, foundations and individuals, as well as the financial advisors and consultants who serve them.
Liquid alternatives became popular in the late 2000s, growing from $124 billion in assets under management 2010 to $310 billion in 2014. [26] However, in 2015 only $85 million was added, with 31 closed funds and a high-profile underperformance by the largest long-short equity fund at the time, Marketfield Fund.
A money market fund (also called a money market mutual fund) is an open-end mutual fund that invests in short-term debt securities such as US Treasury bills and commercial paper. [1] Money market funds are managed with the goal of maintaining a highly stable asset value through liquid investments, while paying income to investors in the form of ...
[8] [12] In the same year, AlphaSimplex and Credit Suisse launched the first 130–30 fund index. [14] The firm's most notable funds are its Managed Futures Strategy Fund launched in 2010 and its Global Alternatives Fund launched in 2008. [2] [3] [4] [9] [15] Its Managed Futures Strategy Fund uses a quantitative approach to trend following.
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Salient Partners was a private equity firm based in Houston, Texas, with offices in New York City, San Francisco and Newport Beach.The firm's strategies included emerging markets, [1] real estate investment trusts (REITs), master limited partnership (MLPs) investments, [2] managed futures, [3] risk parity funds, [4] and liquid alternative investments. [5]
Investors can redeem shares directly with the fund at any time (similar to an open-end fund) or wait to redeem them upon the trust's termination. Less commonly, they can sell their shares in the open market. Unlike other types of mutual funds, unit investment trusts do not have a professional investment manager.