Investment Funds

Creatrust advises Alternative Investment Fund Managers and fund promoters on how to structure their investment portfolios. Creatrust offers a one-stop-shop solution that turns an initial investment idea into a successful fund.

Investment fund managers turn to Creatrust to make their strategy accessible to relevant audiences. Creatrust establishes and administers unregulated, regulated and private investment vehicles including:

Venture capital and private equity funds:Venture capitalist and private equity firms setup funds in Luxembourg to invest in deals, co-investment, new ventures, tech companies, blockchain technology, biotech and real estate developments.
Hedge Funds: A range of investment strategies can be pooled in an alternative investment fund, enabling investors to benefit from the potential returns (long/short, Fund of Funds, Event Driven, Quant, Crypto, Market Neutral, etc.). Creatrust assists managers in structuring the Alternative Investment Fund which is most appropriate to their needs.
Securitisation: Creatrust advises originators on the transfer of assets to a securitisation vehicle. These vehicles issue securities (equity or notes) which value and yield are linked to the underlying assets (receivables, future cash flows, IP, assets, whole business transactions, synthetic securitisation, etc.)
Crypto Fund: Crypto fund strategies involve investing in or trading crypto assets, Initial Coin Offerings (ICO), cryptocurrency mining, blockchain related projects, decentralised ledger technology, etc. Crypto strategies can also be structured into alternative investments vehicles.
Co-ownership:Creatrust creates structures and Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV) which enable investment partnerships. Co-investors pool efforts to support the same investment ideas.
Capital raising:A great investment idea often requires external finance to succeed. We help investment managers and fund promoters to package their investment propositions effectively to attract multiple rounds of investment, by issuance of security, private placement, listing, etc.
Investment portfolios: Creatrust develops funds – both private placements and public funds – to give investments managers vehicles that allow investors to access their portfolio management skills, managed account, structured products, and others
S.R.I. / Infrastructure: These projects can be pooled into an alternative investment vehicle which will give exposure to socially responsible investments, green bonds or infrastructure projects.

Popular fund structures
Luxembourg Alternative Investment Funds can be set up as regulated and unregulated vehicles. For regulated vehicles we distinguish between funds targeting the wider public and those aimed at a restricted group of qualified, professional or well-informed investors under private placement. Regulatory oversight is performed by the CSSF, the financial regulation authority in Luxembourg.

Unregulated Alternative Investment Fund / structures include:

Special Limited Partnerships : setup as a AIF – Alternative Investment Fund
Securitisation entity : Fund or company – to transform assets and future cash flow into securities.
SOPARFI – holding company to structure private equity deals, holding real estate or IP
SPF– private wealth management company – to invest and protect family office money/assets
RAIF (Reserved Alternative Investment Fund) unregulated AIF managed by a regulated AIFM

Regulated fund structures include:

UCITS – public distribution, retail market
SICAR (Risk Capital Investment Company) – regulated venture capital fund
SIF (Specialised Investment Fund) - multi-purpose Vehicle for alternative investments

The Creatrust difference

Creatrust’s strengths lie in building business relationships based on trust and supported by expertise. We sit ‘at the same side of the table’ as our clients and use our knowledge to deliver effective solutions. What makes us different is:

In-house expertise – proven track record of establishing efficient and effective fund structures for promoters and institutional investors
Unique products and technology – innovative state-of-the-art solutions, including our securitisation and other IT platform for communicating with promoters and investors
Trust – is in our name and at the core of what we do
Independence – from banks and financial institutions

Our Funds team acts as a one-stop-shop to take a fund from initial concept through to inception and beyond. We advise on the optimal solutions to suit the investor’s needs in line with an appropriate level of regulatory framework, including unregulated options. We liaise with external service providers – custodian banks, prime brokers, auditors – to implement the chosen solution, and organise domiciliation and the ongoing central administration of the fund / Special Purpose Vehicle.

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