WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Mizuho International, Japan\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bds largest banking group has taken stake in hedge funds according to Reuter\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bds news. Mizuho purchased a 20 percent stake in CaliburnCapital Partners, a newly formed hedge fund management firm, founded by Christopher Bouckley, and Jeremy Rowlands. Such interest by Mizuho is generated by the demand of hedge fund managed portfoliosby growing numbers of investors in Japan and much of Asia. Mizuho provided $25 million of investment asset to Caliburn Capital Partners, in return for the 20% stake in the new firm. Bouckley andRowlands previously managed hedge fund firm of Bayard Partners, which was one of the UK’s fist hedge fund products, the firm was founded in 1992 with $900 million under management.<\/p>\n
Bouckley said, “The $25 million gives us a leg up,\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bd he added, \u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bdIt will help us build the business.\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bd Caliburn Partners is based in London and Geneva, the firm wants to gain the investment management trust of institutional investors, and expects significant growth in the interest of such group over the coming years. Bouckley further said, “Institutions are becoming more comfortable and they now have the 10-years or so of data they need to become involved.\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bd<\/p>\n
Many hedge fund analysts believe the bulk of new assets coming to hedge fund managers over the past five years were from the institutional investor sector. While such investments still remain small in terms of the total assets managed by the institutional investor sector, hedge fund industry analysts believe the institutional investor demand for hedge fund products will see a massive growth over the coming years.<\/p>\n
Institutional investors are attracted mostly to hedge fund of funds products; such vehicles offer diversification potentials, in today\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bds highly volatile equity markets. Bouckley also noted that its firm will soon be unveiling new fund of funds vehicle, he explained, “Our first fund of hedge funds product will probably be for the Japanese market, we should have a product ready to launch towards the end of this year\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bd, he added. Mizuho International is a subsidy of Mizuho Financial Group, Japan’s biggest banking group judged by the total assets by assets.<\/p>\n
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