British Virgin Islands-registered investment management and trading firm Bluenose Capital Management Ltd. is planning to launch The Bluenose North American Market Neutral Fund, – an onshore version of its successful offshore flagship hedge fund, Bluenose Capital Market Neutral Fund, aimed at accredited and professional investors.
The new onshore investment fund is to be launched on March 1, 2010. The Delaware-domiciled fund, aimed at US accredited and qualified investors, has a 1 year lock-up period, with a minimum investment of $250,000, with a 1% management fee and 20% incentive. The objective of the fund is to generate an annualized compound rate of return of 15% . Using proprietary multi-factor models, the fund will engage in short-term market neutral trading in Canadian and US liquid exchange-listed securities. At the trading level, the fund has a capacity of $700 million.