Franklin Templeton Investments today announced that international investors can access its first multi-manager, multi-strategy Luxembourg-registered SICAV fund focused on alternative investment strategies, Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund (“the Fund”) and will follow the same strategy as the US-registered Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Funds. The SICAV fund was soft-launched a month ago and is now accessible to international investors as of October 15, 2014.
Building upon Franklin Templeton’s strategic acquisition of hedge fund solutions provider K2 Advisors in 2012, the Fund provides access to a diversified portfolio of alternative investment strategies managed by institutional-quality hedge fund managers. It seeks to provide investors with lower...
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