By Hugh Leask
New Holland Capital, the New York-based alternative investment manager and seed capital provider, has made a strategic investment in metals-focused start-up hedge fund Shinfalls Commodities.
New Holland – which also manages more than $6 billion in absolute return strategies for institutional clients – is providing significant trading and working capital and foundational support for Shinfalls to begin its trading operations.
Shinfalls, which was founded in May this year by Bruce Mason, a former commodities trader at RWE Supply & Trading and Edesia Asset Management, is a specialist hedge fund manager focused on base, precious and industrial metals. The London-based firm utilizes proprietary fundamental research and risk management expertise to trade financial derivatives contracts in metals and commodities.
New Holland Capital CEO Scott Radke said: “Bruce and Shinfalls are highly skilled metals investors with an impressive track record within the asset class, which creates a unique opportunity to provide our institutional clients with additional diverse, uncorrelated return streams.”
New Holland aims to generate alpha across a diversified range of fund strategies through seeding and co-investment opportunities in smaller and early-stage firms, often in niche, capacity constrained sectors, as well as catalyst-driven opportunities among more established firms. Established in 2003, it was initially an exclusive non-discretionary advisor to Dutch pensions for alternative investment allocations, later expanding to a multi-client model in 2020.
Commenting on the investment, Bruce Mason, founder of Shinfalls, said: “We are thrilled to have New Holland Capital as a partner as we begin our trading operations in the metals and commodities markets. We see a significant structural shift to green infrastructure that we expect will drive dislocations and volatility in metals markets, making it an interesting time to try and capitalize on attractive opportunities within commodities.”
This article, “New Holland Capital makes strategic investment in start-up hedge fund Shinfalls” was originally published on August 7, 2023 on Alternatives Watch and is republished here with permission from BMV Digital, Inc.
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