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Jad Comair B. G., Opalesque Geneva for New Managers: Melanion Capital, an independent investment manager based in Paris, is launching a seeding programme that can house two to three early-stage managers who run a hedge fund or a managed account. The programme will run for two years, with tickets of up to $10m.
The managers at Melanion know what new managers go through from their own experience seven years ago, when they first launched their dividend futures fund, and from a first seeding experience they had two years ago.
"Because we focused on a niche strategy, we encountered a lot of barriers to entry to the market," Jad Comair, founder and CEO of Melanion, tells Opalesque. "The first barrier was institutional investors who wanted a track record, established AuM, etc., which we did not have at the time. The second barrier was, our product was niche so it did not fit within the plain vanilla category that asset allocators were looking for. The third was, because we were a niche trading product and we were limited in terms of possible expansion, we weren't scalable for investors who had millions to invest and we did not interest seeders who were looking to back managers and get an equity stake."
All these closed doors were closed for the wrong reasons, he believes. So the firm had to stretch a lot of financial resources to cope with the h...................... To view our full article Click here
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