To assist advisers considering the unlisted closed-end fund wrapper for new products, Ultimus collaborated with Interval Fund Tracker to examine predominant fee structure options and trends across various strategies in the interval fund marketplace targeted to retail and high-net-worth investors. Click here to access the full report. Annual fund expenses are typically found in a […]
The structure of the interval fund sector is changing as it expands. Here are three key interval fund market themes to watch out for. Giants Walk the Earth At the end of 2022 there were 16 interval funds with net assets greater than $1 billion. Five years ago, there were only six funds with $1 […]
The interval fund sector set more growth records in 2022. At the end of 2022, interval fund net assets totaled $63.5 billion, up 29.8% compared to the end of 2021. There were 79 active funds with assets(1), compared to 68 at the end of 2021. Credit and Real Estate were the fastest growing interval fund […]
Like it or not, digital assets such as bitcoin are an increasingly important asset class. As the Federal Reserve expands its balance sheet at record speed, more and more investors are looking to add digital assets as a complement to or substitute for commodities and real assets. Global macro legend Paul Tudor Jones has invested […]
Total net assets in the interval fund market equaled $31.5 billion as of the most recent public filings, up 7.3% year over year, but down 3.2% quarter over quarter. The Covid-19 pandemic drove mark to market writedowns and outflow across the sector in April and May. However most interval funds have been rebounding quickly along […]