Better access to alternative investment opportunities: FinTech NAO expands offering to include hedge funds

Berlin, 25.04.2024 — The Berlin-based investment fintech NAO (https://www.investnao.com) is expanding its range of offers: From now on, private investors can invest in hedge funds — including hedge funds — via the NAO app. And that, as usual, from a minimum investment of 1,000 euros. After direct investments in private equity funds and single and multi-equity bonds, hedge funds are the third investment category on the NAO platform.

NAO opens exclusive investment opportunities to a wide audience

“By adding hedge funds to our investment offering, we are underlining our commitment to democratizing financial markets. Like hardly any other asset class, hedge funds stand for the fact that they are exclusively reserved for institutional investors. We are opening the doors to high-quality investment strategies for all our users,” explained Robin Binder, CEO of NAO.

By integrating hedge funds into the NAO app, the company now offers a diverse range of investment options. By opening up exclusive investment opportunities that were previously only available to a small elite to a wider audience, NAO supports private investors in building up their wealth over the long term.

‍UBS hedge funds: focus on high flexibility with stable income

Hedge funds were originally developed to hedge investments across various market phases (English: to hedge). They have developed into highly specialized investment vehicles. In contrast to traditional investment funds, hedge funds target alternative investment strategies, ranging from the use of leverage to short selling equity positions. In this way, income can be generated regardless of general market developments.

With NAO's co-investment approach, investments can now be made in a defensive hedge fund from UBS. In the app, the NAO community has the opportunity to invest in the new product on a weekly basis. The minimum investment amount is 1,000 euros.

The hedge fund offered pursues a so-called long-short strategy, in which the portfolio aims to offer investors a stabilizing effect in addition to consistent performance. A long-short strategy in hedge funds enables investors to profit from rising and falling prices. At the same time, long positions in undervalued stocks and short positions in overvalued stocks are held at the same time. This approach aims to generate profits and reduce risks regardless of market direction. This greater flexibility can offer the potential for more stable returns and fewer fluctuations than a long-only strategy.

About NAO‍

NAO is a novel co-investment platform — the family office for your pocket. The mission of the NAO founding team led by Robin Binder, Philipp Nowakowski and Amel Hasanovic is to liberalize investments and help people build up wealth over the long term. In the NAO app, investors can find carefully selected and exclusive investment options that were previously only available to a small financial elite. For its offering, Berlin-based WealthTech, founded in 2022, cooperates with Baader Bank as a custodian bank and banks such as UniCredit, UBS and Vontobel. In regulatory terms, NAO uses a liability umbrella for investment brokerage and works as a contractually bound broker for DonauCapital Wertpapier GmbH.

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