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New alternative beta fund so far delivers what it promised, how it is done: Three steps to replicate 500 managers

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

From Benedicte Gravrand, Geneva: For the investor who is looking for something different, but who is reluctant to pay up the hedge fund fees, there is always an alternative to the now classic alternative investment vehicle. Here is a look at a liquid, transparent type of investing; alternative beta.

Blue White Alternative Investments Ltd (BWAI) is an independent alternative management company focusing on pioneering innovative investment products, with offices in London and in Helsinki, Finland. The company believes that the long-only and the alternative investment approaches are now converging. One of the partners, Kaj Rönnlund, talked to Opalesque about the recently launched Blue White Alternative Beta Fund and how it is done.

See our summer coverage of Blue White: (Nordic veterans`s Blue White Alternative Investments attracts top academics Naik, Fung, Hsieh for its alternative beta product) here.

About BWAI and the fund BWAI was founded in 2006 by Dr. Jaakko Kärki and Blue White Investments Ltd. The group has AUM in excess of US$300m, it is registered in Finland and is regulated by Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority.

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