DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Equinox Fund Management, LLC (Equinox), an innovator in alternative investment funds with almost $1.5 billion under management, announced today the launch of the Equinox Alternative Strategy Platform (the Platform). Initially, the Platform comprises two mutual funds, featuring systematic and discretionary trading strategies developed by what Equinox believes to be leading Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs). The Platform is designed to serve the needs of institutional investors seeking to efficiently diversify their portfolios through managed futures.
Equinox has been a leader in bringing the advantages of liquid alternative investment strategies to the individual investor, said Bob Enck, the CEO of Equinox Fund Management. With the launch of this platform, we aim to serve a wider group of investors and address the more specific interests and needs that come with experience in the asset class. This Platform presents an interesting alternative for institutions, as well as perhaps the more sophisticated individual investor. Daily liquidity, a comprehensive regulatory regime, and institutional fund pricing should make this an attractive product alternative to private funds or complicated separate accounts.
The individual funds on the Platform will offer investors exposure to a variety of trading program styles, including long-term trend following, short-term trend following, pattern recognition, and fundamental discretionary, beginning immediately with the flagship programs of John Locke Investments of Fontainebleau, France and Quality Capital Management of Weybridge, England. Additional trading programs will be added to the Platform during the second quarter, providing further flexibility for investors to access these individual CTA programs, build their own portfolio of managers, or make complementary allocations to existing multi-manager holdings.
Michel Serieyssol, Managing Director and Head of Strategic Account Sales at Equinox, said, The ongoing evolution of 1940 Act alternatives is a welcome development, not just for individual investors who have long been in need of more non-correlated investment options, but for institutional investors as well. The combination of competitive pricing, ease of use, and the highly-regulated domain of the mutual fund industry should invite a new level of institutional interest in CTA programs.
Equinox has been an innovator in alternative investment product development and distribution since its founding in 2003. The firm is focused on the liquid end of the alternative strategy spectrum, with a particular emphasis on managed futures. Equinox hopes that this Platform complements the product innovation originally exhibited by its launch of MutualHedge Frontier Legends Fund (Ticker: Ticker::MHFAX), the first actively managed mutual fund of CTA programs. MutualHedge has grown to more than $840 million of assets under management since its inception. Representing one of the largest alternative investment mutual funds, MutualHedge is available through broker-dealers and registered investment advisers across the country.
About Equinox Fund Management
Equinox Fund Management, LLC, is an alternative asset manager that specializes in the design and distribution of innovative investment products for both accredited and non-accredited investors. Equinox has created institutional-quality products for individual investors that feature daily liquidity. In addition to the Equinox Alternative Strategy Platform, Equinox sponsors MutualHedge Frontier Legends Fund, Equinox Commodity Strategy Fund, a market neutral commodity mutual fund, and The Frontier Fund, a public managed futures family of funds with daily liquidity.
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