Globalbridge and Topos Offer Institutions a Little Tlc

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MINNEAPOLIS (HedgeWorld.com) - After a stormy summer of wildly fluctuating markets, two firms are betting that investors - institutions, at least - will want to get out of the rain and return to the familiar comfort of transparency, liquidity and custody. Minneapolis-based managed accounts provider GlobalBridge Inc. and Stamford, Conn.-based investment firm Topos LLC have introduced a new alternative investment product named GlobalBridge Topos Alternative Strategy (SM).

Topos founder and Chief Investment Officer Marc Groz and his team handle the trading, which is focused on long and short positions in highly liquid, traditional securities. Meanwhile, back-office functions like accounting, settlement and reconciliation will be taken care of by GlobalBridge. The Alternative Strategy will be offered to GlobalBridge's 54 bank clients, as well as several accounting firms and brokers with which GlobalBridge works.

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Globalbridge and Topos Offer Institutions a Little Tlc

"We've been getting requests from our clients to offer alternative investments that they can in turn present to their clients, to help them compete against traditional wire-house brokers and money cente...

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