Harcourt launches flagship alternative investment strategy in a fund format

 

Harcourt, the Alternative Investment brand of Vontobel Asset Management, has launched the Harcourt Alternative Leaders Fund. Harcourt’s strategy-focused fund of hedge funds strategy, which until now had been available in a mandate format only, has been launched in a SICAV-SIF format, providing access to a cost-efficient and diversified alternative investment product.

 

The fund, which is only available to institutional investors, is based on a successful managed account which was launched in November 2000. The fund leverages the expertise and investment capabilities of Harcourt’s Hedge-Fund Solutions & Advisory team, which has more than 17 years of experience building and managing customised hedge fund portfolios for institutional clients.

 

Ilario Scasascia, Portfolio Manager, said of the launch: "Given the continued importance of macroeconomic drivers, especially central bank policy, as well as the ongoing low-yield environment, an exposure to selected strategy-specific funds of hedge funds is crucial to reduce the overall portfolio risk, while generating stable returns."

 

The fund aims to achieve a steady outperformance to the Eurekahedge Index and is designed to enhance the risk-return profile of a balanced portfolio through diversification effects.

 

Harcourt Alternative Leaders Fund

 

Fund domicile:	Luxembourg
Portfolio manager:	Ilario Scasascia, CAIA
Fund currency:	USD
Share classes currencies:	USD | EUR | CHF
Minimum Investment:	USD | EUR | CHF 1 million
Liquidity:	Subscription: Monthly, 10 days’ notice, 12 pm CET Redemption: Quarterly, 90 days’ notice, 12 pm CET
NAV Calculation:	Monthly (estimated): 10 days after month-end Monthly (final): 30 days after month-end
Benchmark:	Eurekahedge Global Multi-Strategy Funds of Hedge Funds Index
Management fee in % p.a.:	0.25% p.a.
Performance fee:	10% on the outperformance to the benchmark with HWM Principle Performance Fee Period: Quarter of the financial year
Share class (ISIN):	HI: LU1243402929 (CHF). Available to qualified investors only

 

 

Contact

Media Relations:	Rebeca Garcia	+41 (0)58 283 76 69
Investor Relations:	Michel Roserens	+41 (0)58 283 76 97

                    
              

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