{"id":24313,"date":"2011-08-26T08:28:42","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T12:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=24313"},"modified":"2011-08-26T08:28:42","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T12:28:42","slug":"hedge-fund-launch-touchstone-merger-arbitrage-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/08\/2011\/hedge-fund-launch-touchstone-merger-arbitrage-fund.html","title":{"rendered":"Hedge Fund Launch: Touchstone Merger Arbitrage Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/0001342102-06-000070_IMG010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-24314\" title=\"Merger Arbitrage hedge fund launch\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/0001342102-06-000070_IMG010-300x281.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/0001342102-06-000070_IMG010-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/0001342102-06-000070_IMG010.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a>New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Touchstone Investments has added to its alternative investment offerings by launching the Touchstone Merger Arbitrage Fund. \u00a0The Fund will be sub-advised by Boston-based institutional hedge fund advisor Longfellow Investment Management Co., which also serves as sub-advisor to the Touchstone Short Duration Fixed Income Fund.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Volatile equity markets and an uncertain interest rate path have prompted many investors to embrace alternative sources of investment returns.&#8221; Steven Graziano, president of Touchstone Investments, said. &#8220;The Touchstone Merger Arbitrage Fund represents one such alternative for investors seeking low-correlated returns to traditional stocks and bonds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Fund&#8217;s portfolio management team includes\u00a0Barbara J. McKenna, CFA;\u00a0David W. Seeley, CFA;\u00a0Alexander R. Graham; and\u00a0Andrew A. Shafter.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Akesson<br \/>\nEditor for <a title=\"hedge funds\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:alex@hedgeco.net\">alex@hedgeco.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.Net<\/a> is a premier <a title=\"hedge fund database\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">hedge fund database<\/a> and community for qualified and accredited investors only. Membership in <a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.net<\/a> is FREE and EASY. We also offer FREE LISTINGS for <a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">Hedge Funds<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Touchstone Investments has added to its alternative investment offerings by launching the Touchstone Merger Arbitrage Fund. \u00a0The Fund will be sub-advised by Boston-based institutional hedge fund advisor Longfellow Investment Management Co., which also serves as sub-advisor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hedge-fund-launches","category-hedgeco-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24313"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24316,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24313\/revisions\/24316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}