2 FEB, 2023
By RankiaPro Europe
Launched in partnership with Brigade Capital Management, LP (“Brigade”), a leading global investment advisor specialising in credit-focused strategies, the solution pursues a credit long/short approach. It launched in September 2022 and has close to USD 100 mn in assets under management.
This new strategy seeks long-term growth of capital through all market environments. It implements a long/short credit strategy that combines fundamental credit selection with structured credit and integrates an active approach to portfolio hedging to mitigate market and default risk. It is supported by Brigade’s investment team, including 33 sector analysts and 12 structured credit specialists.
“We have entered a new market regime that should put alternatives, and especially alternative credit strategies, back at the forefront of investors’ asset allocations. In this context, we are thrilled to be partnering with Brigade, a renowned institutional player in the credit space, for the latest addition to our alternative UCITS platform. Brigade’s vast experience in both fundamental and structured credit, and the team’s innovative investment approach will add considerable value to our existing set of strategies. We look forward to a long and successful partnership with Brigade.”
Commenting on the launch, Nicolas Faller, Co-CEO Asset Management at UBP.
“We are pleased to be working with UBP to extend our alternative credit platform to the wider UCITS marketplace. We believe that the current environment sets up an experienced, active manager well for providing alpha across fundamental and structured credit markets. UBP’s thoughtful and diverse platform, and their proven distribution network, make them the ideal partner for this exciting new initiative.”
Don Morgan, Founder & Managing Partner of Brigade.
UBP is a pioneer in alternatives and a major player in Europe with USD 16 billion worth of assets. This strategy is the latest addition to UBP’s alternative UCITS platform hosting experienced portfolio managers, created in order to offer clients a broad range of investment solutions that fit their objectives and constraints, including:
By RankiaPro Europe