New Hedge Fund Launches 2017

New hedge funds are beginning to launch again in 2017, after an extended dry spell. At least according to Preqin

Some of this may be based on the improved performance of many hedge funds to kick off 2017.  In the first quarter of 2017, hedge funds gained more than 3% and outperformed fund of funds, UCITS, mutual funds , and CTA's.

Around 2/3 of new hedge fund launches were in North America, dominating Europe, Asia, and the rest of the world in terms of new hedge fund launches.

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New Hedge Fund Launches 2017

2017 Hedge Fund Launches

There are several new hedge funds launching in 2017, with many more to come in the second half of the year. Here are a few recent new hedge funds for 2017:

1) Blue Hawk Investment Group, founded in 2016, just launched their BlueHawk Fundamental Growth Fund, a long/short equity fund.


2) Holocene Advisors, a hedge fund started by former Citadel manager, Brandon Haley, is gearing up for an April, 2017 launch with an expected $1 billion.


3) Light Sky Macro, also based out of New York and run by Ben Melkman, is launching in the first quarter of 2017. The fund has backing from some huge names in the hedge fund industry including Louis Bacon, Philippe Laffont, Steve Cohen, and Dan Loeb.


4) Latitude Investment Management is launching with an extremely unique fee structure - just 1% management fees and no performance fees. 

Stay tuned for additional hedge fund launches in 2017