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From Kirsten Bischoff, Opalesque New York: The assets which institutional investors have taken out of the market are growing very expensive to maintain as cash. Couple this with the growing uncertainty in market anticipation of the possible success or failure of the Economic Stimulus Bill, and many investors are once again looking towards tangible commodities.

Investor demand for liquid structure and risk management Brad Cole, of Chicago-based Cole Partners Asset Management (www.colepartners.com), answered his clients’ inquiries about additional commodities investment options by recently announcing the launch of a new fund of funds.

The Tellus Liquid Commodities Fund has an asset raising goal of $500m. The Fund will be an offshoot of Cole Partners’ four year old flagship fund the Tellus Natural Resources Fund and will focus on the physical commodities such as agriculture, metals, etc.

Access to a group of managers in commodities is only part of the enticement for Cole’s investors. “Considering we’re in the fallout of a [financial] nuclear winter, there are some investors who are looking to put their money to work,” Cole told Opalesque. “The majority of what I see in the financial universe are people moving money into more accommodating structures. Whatever the investment may be – they want to get at their money and not find themselves i......................

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