Franklin Templeton has launched its Luxembourg-domiciled Sicav Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies fund to international investors.
The fund, which was soft-launched a month ago, follows a similar strategy to the US-registered Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Funds and focuses on alternative investment strategies managed by institutional-quality hedge fund managers
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The fund, which now manages $49.7m, is focused on providing access to a diversified portfolio of alternative investment strategies managed by institutional-quality hedge fund managers.
It will also provide investors with lower correlations to traditional asset classes, reduced portfolio volatility and attractive risk-adjusted returns, in addition to offering daily liquidity.
The fund’s investments will be managed by US solutions company K2 Advisors, which Franklin Templeton acquired in 2012.
David Saunders, co-founding managing director at K2, said: "In today’s volatile, low-interest rate environment, many investors are looking for actively-managed investment solutions from established managers employing strategies that can help reduce volatility in unpredictable markets, while providing attractive risk adjusted returns.
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By GlobalData"We believe this fund is an ideal solution to meet those needs, and we are thrilled to offer retail investors access to several of the strategies and managers that K2’s institutional investors have long had access to," he added.
