Focused Absolute Retrn Strategies

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New Holland Capital is an alternative investment manager with approximately $7bn of discretionary AUM focused on absolute return investment strategies for institutional clients

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About


Overview

New Holland has more than 15 years of experience investing in absolute return investment strategies across the liquidity spectrum. Our focus is on low beta return streams that are complementary to the other assets in our clients’ portfolios and include a multi-PM hedge fund strategy and a dedicated program of private market credit-oriented investments.

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History

Founded in 2006, New Holland began as the exclusive, non-discretionary advisors to Dutch pensions for alternative investment allocations. In 2020, we expanded to a multi-client model and now manage ~$6bn in discretionary assets for institutional clients globally.

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Leadership

NHC is employee-owned and led by seven partners, Mike Jacobellis, Scott Radke, Chris Scarlata, Nick Rontiris, David Wadler, Bill Young, and Jon Feintuch.

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Culture

Intellectual honesty and a meritocracy of ideas are at the heart of NHC’s identity since we believe they are prerequisites for exceptional investment culture. Supporting this is a commitment to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion, which is achieved by embracing our differences and encouraging open dialogue. The result is a positive and healthy work environment that helps attract and retain a talented and driven team which is critical to NHC’s ability to meet its clients’ needs.

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Solutions


Investment Philosophy

New Holland’s strategies are designed to seek balance alpha generation, market diversification, and capital preservation through absolute return focused investments. The investment team casts a broad net with the goal of identifying alpha opportunities in both fundamental and quantitative strategies across the liquidity spectrum.

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Investment Solutions

New Holland offers opportunities to invest in focused commingled strategies as well as customized alternative solutions to meet clients’ unique absolute return focused portfolio objectives.

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Separately Managed Accounts

Broadly diversified collection of low correlation strategies across the liquidity spectrum. Potential access to pre-negotiated terms and capacity.

Strategy Diversification

Selected Liquid Alpha Expertise

  • Bond Basis
  • Closed-End Fund Arbitrage
  • Corporate Distressed
  • Equity Capital Markets Trading
  • Esoteric ABS
  • European/Asian Hard Catalyst Event
  • European Non-Performing Loans
  • Film Finance
  • Healthcare Equity Long/Short
  • Index Arbitrage
  • Infrastructure Financing
  • Insurance/Weather
  • Market Neutral Quant Equity
  • Market Neutral Quant Macro
  • Medium-Term Trend Following
  • Micro Rates RV
  • Opportunistic Corporate Lending
  • Pharmaceutical Royalties
  • Regulatory Capital Trades
  • Relative Value Commodity
  • Renewable Energy Lending
  • SPAC Arbitrage

Selected Credit Expertise

  • US Municipal Infrastructure Finance
  • Renewable Energy Lending
  • Esoteric ABS
  • Insurance/Weather
  • Pharmaceutical Royalties
  • Film Finance
  • Opportunistic Corporate Lending
  • Regulatory Capital Trades
  • European Non-Performing Loans
  • Closed-End Fund Arbitrage
  • Corporate Distressed
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Liquid Alpha

Investment opportunities focused on hedged and more liquid hedge fund strategies like fixed income relative value, event-driven, equity capital markets, and quant equity.

Indicative Investments

  • Sector-Specific Equity Long/Short (e.g., Healthcare, Small/Mid-Cap)
  • Event Driven (e.g., Global Hard Catalyst)
  • Equity Capital Markets (e.g., New Issue IPOs, Block Trades, Secondaries)
  • Index Arbitrage (e.g., Index Rebalancing)
  • Quant-Oriented (e.g., Quant Macro)
  • Fixed Income RV (e.g., Futures Basis)
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Credit Opportunties

Investment opportunities focused on less liquid, including niche, long-only uncorrelated investments. The strategy targets attractive returns with modest drawdown exposures during systematic market crises and seeks to be complimentary to traditional private credit allocations.

Indicative Investments

  • Renewable Energy (e.g., Project Financing)
  • Infrastructure (e.g., Niche Public Purpose Debt)
  • Opportunistic Structured Credit (e.g., CLOs)
  • Insurance (e.g., Catastrophe Reinsurance, Demutualizations)
  • Healthcare (e.g., Pharmaceutical Royalties, Structured Debt)
  • Non-Performing Loans (e.g., Focus on Europe)
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Impact Investing

Investment opportunities that seek to benefit society while maintaining strong absolute returns. Preference for opportunities that direct capital toward specific projects where impact can be better defined.

Indicative Investments

  • Renewable Energy/Energy Storage
  • Recycling/Waste Management
  • US Municipal Infrastructure
  • Healthcare Services
  • Weather/Catastrophe Reinsurance
  • Pharmaceutical Drug Development
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NHC Tactical Alpha Strategies

New Holland Tactical Alpha Strategies is a liquid, beta neutral multi-portfolio manager platform that focuses on niche investment styles across a wide range of strategies, sectors, and geographies.

INDICATIVE INVESTMENTS

  • China Quantamental Equity L/S
  • Commodities relative value
  • EMEA/APAC Hard Catalyst Event
  • Equity Capital Markets Trading
  • Global Index Rebalancing
  • Healthcare Equity Long/Short
  • Options Market Making
  • Quant Macro
  • Stat-Arb
  • Treasury Auction Arb
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Early Stage Managers

Investment opportunities with early stage managers across liquid alpha and credit-oriented strategies. The strategy allows for uniquely customized opportunities, often including lower fees, attractive capacity rights, and increased investment flexibility.

Defined As

  • < $500mm of AUM at time of investment or;
  • < 3-year track record at time of investment

Indicative Investments

  • Film Finance
  • Niche Fixed Income RV
  • Equity Capital Markets (e.g. Block Trades, Secondaries)
  • Hard Catalyst Event Driven
  • Stressed/Distressed Credit
  • Insurance/Weather
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Co-Investment Opportunities

Participation in high-conviction opportunities with differentiated risk/return profiles. Includes both liquid and credit-oriented investments that enable investors to increase exposure to attractive opportunities, often at favorable fee levels.

Indicative Investments

  • Pharmaceutical Royalties
  • Distressed Corporate Debt
  • Merger Arbitrage
  • Hedge Fund Secondary Interests
  • Renewable Energy
  • Niche Asset-Based Lending
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Diversifying Private Assets

Long-only investments in areas that are generally more esoteric and are expected to have low correlation to equity and credit markets. The focus on both absolute returns and limited correlations makes this part of the portfolio a complement to a more traditional private credit allocation.

Inidicative Investments

  • Film and Media Entertainment Finance
  • Healthcare Specialty Finance
  • Energy Infrastructure Financing
  • Receivables Financing
  • Royalties
  • M&A Dissent Trades
  • Weather Derivatives
  • Insurance-Linked Strategies
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