Nexar Capital Group is a global alternative investment manager founded by Arié Assayag, Eric Attias, Bernard Kalfon and other partners. With offices in New York and Paris, Nexar specializes in engineering alpha to meet investors’ objectives through active portfolio management in a variety of innovative solutions. Nexar manages funds of hedge funds and volatility arbitrage funds, both also available in UCITS III formats, as well as custom portfolios and other alternative products.
Upon its formation in September 2009, Nexar established a strategic partnership with Aquiline Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm focused exclusively on financial services, in order to position Nexar to act as a consolidator in the fragmented fund of hedge funds industry. In September 2010, Nexar acquired Allianz Alternative Asset Management, one of the leading alternative investment managers in the European fund of hedge funds industry.