Service Providers
BlackRock Preps Listed Absolute Return Strategies
March 12, 2008
BlackRock is currently prepping a London-listed closed-end fund of hedge funds that will offer investors exposure to its $11 billion Appreciation Strategy.
The firm said yesterday it expects to launch BlackRock Absolute Return Strategies sometime during the first half of the year.
The new fund will invest in the Appreciation Strategy, which has a 12-year-plus track record and is the flagship strategy of BlackRock Alternative Advisors.
BlackRock declined to say how much it was planning to raise for the new fund.
BlackRock's assets under management currently total more than $1.3 trillion across equity, fixed income, cash management, alternative investment and real estate strategies.
- Share:
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Print This
Send This
ReprintsMore News
- Ireland Launches $40 Million Seed Fund
- Steel Wins Dismissal Of Icahn Bid To Block Restructuring
- Madoff Lieutenant Moved To Suburban Jail
- Jupiter Puts New Star Hire On Top Fund
- Dynamic Decisions Case: Are Feeder Funds Benefiting By Calling It Fraud?
- Alleged Pequot Tipster Said Samberg Sought Insider Information
- Odey Cuts Back On Stocks After Big October Loss
- Petters Takes The Stand, Points Fingers
- Oaktree In $250 Million Bond Sale
- Harbinger Sells Off More Times Shares
- Gartmore Set To Float on LSE In December
- List Of New Goldman Sachs Managing Directors
- Buy-Side Traders Fear ‘Unintended Regulatory Consequences’
- Touradji Blames ‘Disgruntled’ Ex-Employees For Amaranth Lawsuit
- Phibro Seeks Hedge Fund Investors As Sale Nears
Sign Up For FINalternatives
Upcoming Events
This Week's Most Viewed
Guest Contributor
Dynamic Decisions Case: Are Feeder Funds Benefiting By Calling It Fraud?
Gabriel KurlandBy Gabriel Kurland: On November 12, 2009, the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”), an independent government department that investigates and prosecutes fraud and corruption cases, announced that it is probing the London-based, Dynamic Decisions Capital Management Ltd., after the matter was referred to it by the Financial Services Authority. More...
- Part I: Hedge Fund Due Diligence -- Insider Trading
- Mandatory Forex Registration Looms Large
- Leveling the playing field? House Committee Approves SEC Registration For Some Private Fund Advisers, Exempts Others
More guest contributors
Cleantech Corner
Ireland Launches $40 Million Seed Fund
Ireland has launched the EUR 26 million ($40 million) Bank of Ireland Seed and Early Stage Equity Fund to invest in startup and early stage companies. More...
- Report: World’s Biggest Firms Still Bullish on Cleantech
- New Private Equity Firm To Focus On Cleantech Sector
- Soros Announces $1 Billion-Plus Commitment To Clean Energy
More Cleantech
