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Liberty Street Advisors and Gramercy Funds Management Launch the Gramercy Emerging Markets Debt Fund
New York, NY – April 3, 2024 – Liberty Street Advisors Inc. (“Liberty Street”), an experienced investment advisor committed to providing advisors and investors access to differentiated strategies through its selective multi-manager family...
Jim Robinson in Barron’s: How to Squeeze More Yield from Muni Bonds
Jim Robinson, CEO of Robinson Capital Management, sat down with Barron’s Amey Stone to provide insight on closed-end muni funds in, “How to Squeeze More Yield From Muni Bonds.” Robinson remarks on the potential of tax-equivalent yields...
AICA Features Liberty Street Advisors in Member Profile
Liberty Street Advisors, Inc. (“Liberty Street”), is a New York City-based investment advisory firm founded in 2007. The firm is employee-owned and led by CEO Timothy Reick, COO Victor Fontana, and CIO Christian Munafo, the latter of whom also manages the firm’s listed closed-end interval fund. Liberty Street also supervises sub-advisors for the general management and operations of four listed, income-focused mutual funds.
Sector Focus: Cybersecurity
Over the last few years, there has been an acceleration in both the pace and scale of cybercrime. According to Cybercrime Magazine, the cost of global cybercrime is expected to reach over $10 trillion by 2025. Motivated by massive paydays, highly skilled hackers continue to penetrate the systems of both public and private organizations despite the best prevention efforts of the global cybersecurity apparatus.
The Investment Case for Late-Stage, Venture Capital Backed Companies
Should advisors continue to allocate capital to late-stage Venture Capital (VC) backed companies despite recent setbacks at several high-profile companies in the category? We believe the answer is yes if you have a two-to-four-year investment horizon and the expertise and insight to navigate the asset class.
Sector Focus: Generative Artificial Intelligence
Generative AI has been one of the most talked-about recent developments in technology, particularly over the past several months. It is most easily understood as a form of machine learning that allows computers to generate diverse types of content, from music and art, to new product designs and business process optimizations.
The Private Shares Fund – A Closed-End Interval Fund Primer
The closed-end interval fund framework enables investors to access and own potentially highly profitable non-public and illiquid businesses previously only available to institutional investors. Closed-end funds continuously offer new shares for sale but may buy back existing shares only during specific periods.
Time to Venture into the Late-Stage Capital Market?
Late-stage venture capital investing has transformed from a few companies defying private company norms to a diverse universe where hundreds of highly valued companies have created their own market. How can investors participate today?
Closed-end Interval Funds: A Vehicle for Owning Late-Stage Private Equity Businesses
The Private Shares Fund, advised by Liberty Street Advisors, invests in late-stage innovation-driven private equity companies that have the potential to not only disrupt the market but may also improve the productivity in our daily lives. The Fund is a closed-end interval fund that offers individuals, family offices, and institutions an efficient way to invest in private businesses.
Christian Munafo, CIO of Liberty Street Advisors Discuss GAM Partnership with Hubbis
Christian Munafo, CIO of Liberty Street Advisors, Inc. and Portfolio Manager of the Private Shares Fund, discusses recent GAM partnership and his views to Hubbis on the drive to democratize private markets access. Liberty Street aims to...
Bramshill Multi-Strategy Income Fund – Home Prices: Where We Came From, and Where We Are Going
Garrett Tripp, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager of the Bramshill Multi-Strategy Income Fund, discusses in the video above the current housing market and where he anticipates home prices going forward in 2022....
Why Late-stage Venture Funded Companies are Poised for a Potential 2021 Break Out—And How Investors Can Buy In
As the U.S. economy’s digital transformation accelerates, there’s no turning back the clock to the pre-COVID economy. Increasingly, technology and innovation are integrated into the entire economy, across all industries and sectors.