New Managers October 2015

NEW LAUNCHES: Launches from emerging managers, and related news

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Roxbury Asset Management launched their first fund, the Roxbury Credit Events Fund, on 25th September, according to their website. The London-based firm was launched around January by Stephen Zinser, former CEO and Co-CIO of ECM Asset Management, Sohail Malik,who established and launched the ECM Special Situations fund in 2010, and Douglas Shaw, who worked at Gartmore at BlackRock. Roxbury apparently raised $47m for the launch .

Frank Qian, a former Hong Kong-based fund manager at Pine River Capital Management, is planning a new hedge fund that would focus on Chinese equities, according to Bloomberg. Qian set up Q Fund Management in Hong Kong, and he is gauging demand for the fund, which will seek to profit on rising and falling stocks.

Jed Nussbaum, former partner at Redwood Capital Management, founded New York based alternative investment firm Nut Tree Capital Management, LP in June. The fund, which should be launched in February 2016, will focus on stressed and distressed credit, with an emphasis on mid-market, under-followed capital structures. According to Bloomberg, Nussbaum expects to raise $300m by then.

Miguel Fidalgo, a former managing director at Seth Klarman’s $28.5 billion Baupost Group, plans to start a hedge fund early next year that will look for bargains globally. Boston-based Triarii Capital Management, named for a Roman military unit, will seek to buy debt and equity in compan......................

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