{"id":5174,"date":"2006-10-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"banks-open-hedge-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/10\/2006\/banks-open-hedge-funds.html","title":{"rendered":"Two Banks launch Hedge Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HedgeCo.Net (New York) &#8211; Erste Bank AG, Austria\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Vienna-based lender, has set up a new hedge fund with $30 million of Erste\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s own capital on October 1. The Maximum Emerging Alpha Fund will invest40% of its capital in Central and Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n<p>  Erste has put Eastern Europe at the center of its strategy. Last week it paid $2.76 billion to buy Romania\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s largest lender, Banca Erste, which has more than $1.3 billion invested in hedge fund  Comerciala Romana SA.<\/p>\n<p>  Part of the Maximum Emerging Alpha capital will be used to seed new funds, and expects to invest in between 20 and 30 hedge funds at any given time, the company said. It aims to make money by  investing in hedge funds active in central and eastern Europe as well as by giving hedge-fund managers from the region and other emerging markets seed capital for their funds. It will also invest  directly in emerging-market financial instruments.<\/p>\n<p>  In Canada, Harcourt has launched their first onshore fund of hedge funds product structured specifically for Canadian investors. The Belmont Dynamic Growth Fund has aligned itself with the Royal  Bank of Canada to offer what the firm believes will be a superior product solution.<\/p>\n<p>  The Belmont Dynamic Growth hedge fund was launched on August 1 and is investing in existing Belmont fund of hedge fund managers with long-term performance records. Presently, the portfolio is  tactically positioned having exposure to Asia, Europe, <span class=\"caps\">US<\/span> Long\/Short Equity, Fixed Income and Market Neutral strategies.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">  Alex Akesson<br \/>  Contributing Writer<br \/>  HedgeCo.Net<br \/>  Email: <a href=\"mailto:Editor@hedgeco.net\">Editor@hedgeco.net<\/a> <\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\">    HedgeCo.Net is a premier hedge fund database and community for qualified and accredited investors only. Membership on www.hedgeco.net is FREE and EASY. We also offer FREE LISTINGS for Hedge    Funds!  <\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\">      <strong>Be sure to check out our sister sites. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgefundlounge.com\/\">www.hedgefundlounge.com<\/a>, <a href=      \"http:\/\/www.hedgefundtools.com\/\">www.hedgefundtools.com,<\/a><\/strong> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgefundemployment.com\/\"><strong>www.hedgefundemployment.com.<\/strong><\/a>    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HedgeCo.Net (New York) &#8211; Erste Bank AG, Austria\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Vienna-based lender, has set up a new hedge fund with $30 million of Erste\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s own capital on October 1. The Maximum Emerging Alpha Fund will invest40% of its capital in Central and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hedgeco-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5174","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}