November 28, 2018
UFG Private Equity announces that its Fund III has completed acquisition of a large minority stake in Russian Towers from its co-investor Macquarie Russia & CIS Infrastructure Fund (MRIF). Amount and terms of transaction are not disclosed. Russian Towers is the leader of independent telecom infrastructure market in Russia, it owns and operates passive infrastructure and provides co-location solutions for mobile operators.
UFG Asset Management has been featured in Barclay Hedge’s monthly performance rankings, please find below:
- UFG Russia Select Fund has ranked # 2 in the Emerging Markets Equity — Eastern Europe/CIS category for April 2018;
- UFG Russia Select Fund has ranked # 3 in the Emerging Markets — Eastern Europe/CIS category for April 2018.
UFG Special Situations Fund — our hybrid investment strategy of investing across both Russian high-liquid public equities and bonds, as well as private debt and private equity — was named the Best Multi-Asset Russia/CIS Fund at the 2018 Russian Hedge Fund Industry Awards.
UFG Special Situations Fund tailors its investment strategy to the changing market dynamics. Thus, in periods of market growth our managers shift their focus to rapidly growing equities.
