{"id":8340,"date":"2008-08-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"frm-seeds-asset-based-lending-hedge-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/08\/2008\/frm-seeds-asset-based-lending-hedge-fund.html","title":{"rendered":"FRM Seeds Asset-Based Lending Hedge Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York (HedgeCo.Net) &#8211; Victory Park Capital, a Chicago-based hedge fund, has received a vote of confidence from FRM Capital Advisors in the form of a major investment.&nbsp; Victory Park Capital plans on expanding their asset-based lending fund in hopes of taking advantage of the favorable market conditions associated with this kind of strategy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are delighted to have the opportunity to partner with such an experienced team,&rdquo; says FRM Chief Executive Clive Peggram.&nbsp; &ldquo;We believe it is a very good time in the credit cycle to pursue an asset-based lending strategy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Victory Park Capital Advisors was founded last year and provides asset-backed loans to companies who are in need of financing and can&rsquo;t always turn to the bank.&nbsp; Asset based lending is a popular strategy in today&rsquo;s current market turmoil with the large amount of high rises and other developments being constructed.&nbsp; High interest rates are usually tacked on the loans, while the building is put up as collateral. &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&#8217;re very pleased to form a relationship with Victory Park Capital,&rdquo; says Blaine Tomlinson, FRM&#8217;s founder and group chairman.&nbsp; &ldquo;As an established and experienced team, they are in an excellent position to capitalize on the attractive financing opportunities available to those who have capital to deploy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>FRM Capital Advisors is active in the hedge fund seeding industry, seeking out potential opportunity among new funds.&nbsp; Hedge fund seeding is a great way for new funds to get the capital needed to get off the ground.&nbsp; Companies who provide the financing will work out some sort of the deal with the fund, perhaps sharing in the profits once the fund starts posting returns.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are incredibly excited about our relationship with FRM Capital Advisors and we are gratified that it has concluded that our team and strategy warrant such a significant investment,&rdquo; said Victory Park Managing Principle Richard Levy.<\/p>\n<p>FRM is a global fund of hedge funds group with over $15 billion of assets under management. <\/p>\n<p>Julie Scuderi<br \/>Senior Editor for HedgeCo.Net<br \/>Email: julie@hedgeco.net<\/p>\n<p>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!<br \/>Be sure to check out our sister sites. For more information, visit www.hedgeconetworks.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York (HedgeCo.Net) &#8211; Victory Park Capital, a Chicago-based hedge fund, has received a vote of confidence from FRM Capital Advisors in the form of a major investment.&nbsp; Victory Park Capital plans on expanding their asset-based lending fund in hopes [&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":[2063,1015,378,1133,1429,2062,243,2064,690,1240,172],"class_list":["post-8340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hedgeco-news","tag-advantage-capital","tag-extra-security","tag-federal-reserve-bank-of-new-york","tag-fellow-shareholders","tag-geffen","tag-high-rise-condos","tag-percent-stake","tag-regulatory-changes","tag-risk-transfer","tag-treasury-yields","tag-ty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8340","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=8340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}