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Alpha UCITS Platform launches CLO focused fund

Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Opalesque Industry Update - The Alpha UCITS Platform has launched the Fair Oaks Dynamic Credit UCITS Fund in partnership with Fair Oaks Capital Limited. It is the first UCITS Fund focused on the global market for Collateralised Loan Obligations.

Fair Oaks Capital Limited is an independent asset management and advisory firm with offices in London and New York. Fair Oaks combines an institutional platform and one of the most experienced teams in the CLO sector with the benefits of an independent, performance-driven manager. Fair Oaks’ core strategies seek to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns in corporate credit markets, employing in-depth research expertise across credit products. Fair Oaks is one of the most active investors in CLOs having invested close to $1 billion in the asset class over the past two years.

The Fair Oaks Dynamic Credit Fund is the first UCITS Fund to offer global exposure to senior secured corporate loans through investments in rated CLO securities. The Fund expects to complete the launch of its initial share class on 28th September 2016 at c. EUR 150 million. The Fund will be actively managed by Fair Oaks, with a strong emphasis on bottom-up fundamental credit analysis. The Fund will primarily seek exposure to investment-grade rated CLO securities on a long-only basis and with no leverage used at the fund level. The Fund will target 5% p.a. net returns, offering weekly liquidity (with daily NAV pricing).

Alpha UCITS Ltd. is a London based company founded in 2009 by Stephane Diederich, formerly a Partner at Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP. Alpha UCITS is a specialised structuring and distribution platform for UCITS funds launched by blue chip investment managers.

Miguel Ramos Fuentenebro, Partner of Fair Oaks said “We are delighted to launch the first UCITS fund focusing on the global CLO market. We believe the Fair Oaks Dynamic Credit UCITS Fund will offer attractive portfolio benefits to any fixed income investors. The strategy offers a good spread pick-up and diversification to corporate bonds and other credit assets. It is well suited for this stage of the credit cycle.”

Stephane Diederich commented: “Fair Oaks Capital organised a very thorough due diligence in order to launch its first UCITS fund and we are very pleased that Fair Oaks has chosen Alpha UCITS as its structuring and distribution partner. We are particularly excited to offer the Fair Oaks CLO strategy to investors as the strategy is an innovation in the UCITS world and as CLOs are well suited for the current interest rate and credit environment”.

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