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Blue Sky, Australia's only listed diversified alternative asset manager, boosts European distribution

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Matthias Knab, Opalesque:

Blue Sky Alternative Investments Limited has announced that its hedge fund division has partnered with MCAM Group to better service their European investor base. Blue Sky, Australia's only listed diversified alternative asset manager has A$3.4 billion assets under management as of 30 September 2017. The agreement will initially focus on its flagship systematic global macro strategy, Dynamic Macro.

The Dynamic Macro strategy has been designed to reduce systematic risk for investors' portfolios. The strategy aims to perform well during periods of equity market stress by maintaining a firm negative correlation to equity markets, as well as a low correlation to its CTA peers.

MCAM Group is an independent London and Hong Kong-based private equity and hedge fund placement and advisory firm providing alternative investment managers with institutional capital raising services designed to expand their global investor base.

Alex Thompson, Head of Distribution for Blue Sky Hedge Funds, said "we believe MCAM understand the needs of investors in Europe and we have been impressed by their structured approach to distribution and their established relationship base with institutional investors in the region."

MCAM Group was founded in 2009 and focuses on delivering capital raising solutions to investment managers operating within the alternative investments space such as hedge funds and private equity general partners. The firm works with best-of-bree......................

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