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

2010 Hedge Fund Launches

Below is a list of new global hedge fund launches for 2010. So far in 2010 there have been more than 40 hedge fund launches.

2010 Hedge Fund Launches

Fund Name	Launch Date
3 Degrees Credit Opportunity Fund	January-10	More Info
AN Commodity Fund	January-10	More Info
Caerus Emerging Markets Opportunity Fund	January-10	More Info
Cirrus Capital Management LLC	January-10	More Info
Crystal Capital Fund Series LLC	January-10	More Info
Diversified Synamic Solution (DDS)	January-10	More Info
MAG MA2 Fund	January-10	More Info
Permian Fund	January-10	More Info
Select Forex Fund	January-10	More Info
Stella Capital Real Estate Opportunity Fund	January-10	More Info
Taurus Global Resources Hedge Fund	February-10	More Info
Blackheath Futures Fund	March-10	More Info
Darewind Commodities Strategy	March-10	More Info
Goldvest Bullion Fund	March-10	More Info
IFFX Foreign Exchange Program	March-10	More Info
PENTAXON II Dynamic Protection Fund	March-10	More Info
Salus Alpha Commodity Arbitrage	March-10	More Info
AlphaSquare Sub Fund	April-10	More Info
Brevan Howard Commodities Strategies Master Fund	April-10	More Info
CAM Credit Opportunities Fund	April-10	More Info
Dalton High Yield Mortgage Fund	April-10	More Info
IC Income and Growth Fund	April-10	More Info
JBCM Fund Limited	April-10	More Info
Maritime Capital Partners Fund	April-10	More Info
MutualHedge Frontier Legends Fund	April-10	More Info
OM Global Investment Fund	April-10	More Info
Transcendent Capital Management Trading Program 2010	April-10	More Info
Carrelton New Horizon Fund	May-10	More Info
DB Platinum IV QCM GDP Index Fund	May-10	More Info
ISAM Systematic	May-10	More Info
Martello Equity Index Program	May-10	More Info
Mondis Growth Fund	May-10	More Info
StoneWater Capital Opportunities Fund	May-10	More Info
Sunridge Short Opportunities Fund	May-10	More Info
Tiburon Opportunity Fund	May-10	More Info
World Invest Absolute Financials Fund	May-10	More Info
Economic Time Bond Fund	June-10	More Info
IPM Commodity Fund	June-10	More Info
IPOfn New Issues Fund	June-10	More Info
Prestige Multistrategy Fund	June-10	More Info
UCM Union Delta Fund	June-10	More Info
Vonda UCITS Fund	June-10	More Info

We will update the above list of new hedge funds throughout the year so check back often or bookmark this page.

Number of New Hedge Fund Launches Rises

After a slow year, the pace of new hedge fund launches is beginning to take off.

"It's a promising environment for new hedge funds," said Alex Ehrlich, the global head of Morgan Stanley's prime services business. "Money is coming in from seasoned investors, many of whom are preparing to redeploy capital."

In 2008, more than twice as many hedge funds liquidated as opened.

Here is a list of some new hedge fund launches in 2009/2010 (also includes established companies launching new funds):
Beacon Light Capital
RoundKeep Capital Advisors
Roc Capital Management
Ambit Capital
QuantZ Capital Management
Theory Capital Management
Flintlock Capital Asset Management
Black River Asset Managment
Van Hulzen Asset Management
Raffi Capital Management
SLP Capital
Esplanade Capital
Sugarloaf Rock Capital
Tidewater Capital
Harrier Hawk Management
Raven Rock Capital
Mudrick Capital