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M&A: Global asset manager Rock Creek Group takes strategic stakes in alternatives manager Evolution Capital Management, Sceptre Investment Counsel Ltd seen as potential takeover target

Monday, September 15, 2008

Opalesque Exclusive: Global asset manager Rock Creek Group takes strategic stakes in alternatives manager Evolution Capital Management The Rock Creek Group, a leading global asset manager and provider of financial advisory services has taken a strategic stake through its Partners Fund, in the Asian equity multi-strategy hedge fund managed by Evolution Capital Management LLC.

In addition to providing Evolution’s investment team with stable, long-term capital, Rock Creek’s Partners Fund will advise Evolution in a range of operational and business related areas. Rock Creek’s Partners Fund is a private equity vehicle that takes strategic stakes in hedge funds and participates in the economics of a hedge fund’s business.

Evolution is based in Los Angeles with offices in Tokyo and Hong Kong and manages $1 billion in alternative assets for institutional clients. The firm specializes in Asian equity and equity-linked hedge fund strategies and has a successful long term track record.

The Rock Creek Group is a leading global asset manager and provider of alternative financial advisory services with $5bn in assets under management. Rock Creek’s alternative asset management business, dedicated to institutional investors globally, includes the management of fund of hedge funds and variety of customized funds, private equity fund investing in hedge funds and related asset advisory services for institutional investors. ir@evofund.com.

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