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Update: Arch Financial launches private finance fund to capitalise on opportunities in current investment climate

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

ARCH Financial Products LLP (“ARCH”), in a joint venture with cru Investment Management (“cru”), has launched a finance fund to capitalise on the opportunities in corporate private finance arising from the current investment climate.

The CF ARCH cru Finance Fund – launched in November – will use exclusive access to private markets via a series of specialist investment companies that will invest in short to medium term private finance deals. The fund will target annual returns of 2% above the Bank of England base rate. It has a targeted annualised volatility of less than 3%.

The restricted credit in public markets and the unwillingness of banks to lend has seen the number of private finance deals soar in recent months. ARCH will capitalise on this by targeting absolute returns from a diverse range of private finance related investments. These will include specialised niche markets, with investment in asset based lending and senior-secured traded debt deals of between US$3 – 10 million.

ARCH acts as investment managers to the fund, while cru has responsibility for its retail distribution. The CF ARCH cru Finance Fund is the latest product from the highly successful partnership between the two firms, and is modelled on ARCH cru Private Finance IC Ltd, a listed investment company, whose share price has returned 23.5% since launch (mid market price as at close 17 November)…

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