Alpha Prime Trust
The Fund is an actively managed, multiple strategy approach seeking to deliver absolute returns from trading inefficiencies and providing exposure to the nascent digital asset sector. (For Wholesale Investors Only)
The Alpha Prime Trust provides investors with the opportunity to gain exposure to a multistrategy approach including long/short, momentum, arbitrage, and proprietary trading strategies designed to generate alpha by trading the correlations between various crypto assets and extracting premiums during volatility. The portfolio has been developed and managed by Dr. Andy Ting who has been actively executing this mandate since 2019.
Alpha Node Capital is proud to be able to present this investment opportunity in an Australian regulatory environment. Dr Ting has built a team of experienced financial trading, blockchain, artificial intelligence, and technology advisors who have applied their expertise to proprietary trading, fintech and crypto companies across Asia Pacific. He, and his team of advisors, have a deep understanding of the digital asset landscape, assisting them in continuously seeking opportunities to maximise returns available in the sector.
Alpha Node Capital have adopted best industry practice in the execution and storage of the assets to minimise risks associated with this Fund.
Investment Objective
The Fund is an actively managed, multiple-strategy approach seeking to deliver Unitholders absolute returns from trading inefficiencies and providing exposure to the nascent digital asset sector.
Investment Strategy
The Fund adopts a multi-strategy approach to investment strategy which includes:
- Actively managed long/short exposure to digital assets where inefficiencies have been identified. This strategy can see its entire allocation traded every few hours.
- Long-only momentum trades based on technical indicators over multiple time frames.
- Application of proprietary technical trading systems to identify short and medium-term trade opportunities.
- Multi-exchange bot-driven arbitrage strategy that exploits price differences between at least two equivalent digital assets with differing prices.
- Opportunistic digital asset trades as identified.
A seasonal consideration will determine the portfolio allocation across spot and Derivative Digital Currency markets. This weighting is subject to change at the full discretion of ANC.
Leverage may be applied to the portfolio at the discretion of the manager but will not exceed 20 times.
Digital Asset Exposure
Digital Currencies present themselves as an exciting new store of value asset class, providing a hedge against aggressive global expansionary monetary policy.
The Fund presents Unitholders with the opportunity to profit from the nascent imperfections of the sector, in a regulated MIS with a risk management framework.
Significant Returns
ANC’s extensive experience in cryptocurrency and digital assets has allowed for the identification and exploitation of in the market, typically leading to consistent returns.
Aligned Interests
The interests of the ANC are aligned closely with the Unitholders due to their current extensive involvement in the sector.
Professional Managers
The Chief Investment Officer oversees trade execution as well as investment and operational risks of its internal strategies. Working closely with the investment committee, Trustee, and technical expert advisors, in validating ideas and generating new perspectives.
The management team reduces key-man risk through shared responsibilities, external MPC wallet solution technology and systemised procedures.
Access to Broader Universe
By pooling assets in the fund, investors are able to access a diverse range of investment strategies that may not be feasible for an individual portfolio. This can provide a greater level of diversification and potentially reduce risk.
Distribution Reinvestment
Distributions are available annually. Distributions are to be paid either in USDC or USDT to the Nominated Wallet, USD, or AUD to your nominated bank account (the method must be the same as your application funds were received in). Distribution reinvestment is also available allowing Unitholders to create compounding returns.
A percentage of Distributions can be reinvested, allowing Unitholders to combine regular Distributions with compounding reinvested Distributions in any proportion.
There are 6 key investment risks.
Foreign Exchange Risk
Whilst Fund applications are accepted in USD, USDC and USDT, the fund is denoted in AUD presenting an unhedged exchange risk.
Counter-party and exchange Risk
Cryptocurrencies present new types of counterparties (unregulated, decentralized, smart contracts) which need unique due diligence and management.
Execution Risk
Successful execution can be hindered for many reasons including technology issues, timing, and exchange outages.
Volatility, Pricing and Basis Risk
The sector is extremely volatile, creating issues for entry and portfolio management. Imperfect pricing feeds may result in slippage on a trade and result in it not being profitable.
Security/custody
Although security and custody issues are well addressed, inherent risks remain in this sector.
Regulatory Risk
Legislation relating to cryptocurrencies varies globally and is immature. Regulatory changes could hinder the execution of the mandate.
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Alpha Node Capital Pty Ltd holds Australian Financial Services License (AFSL) 479974.
Alpha Node Capital (“ANC”) are experienced fund managers who hold an Australian Financial Services License (“AFSL”) to operate managed investment schemes in Australia. ANC provide active trading strategies to Unitholders with the objective of generating Digital Currency related returns.
We believe that cryptocurrencies and other digital assets have the potential to transform and improve various sectors of the global economy. As such, we aim to provide our clients with a trusted and familiar platform for participating in the performance of these assets.
As early investors into the sector we have become a leading authority on digital currency investing and cryptocurrency asset management. We have developed extensive experience in digital assets from analysis of investment opportunities, risk management, yield and staking opportunities, trend analysis, custody and regulations.
To ensure the highest quality and best practices, ANC has a team of experienced specialists who focus on delivering value and performance to unitholders. As active investors, we aim to stay ahead of trends in the rapidly growing digital asset sector. We use a disciplined and systematic approach to managing investments, continually assessing the risk and performance of our trading strategies.
ANC maintains a commitment to ongoing research and development to stay abreast of the evolution of the Digital Currency markets.
Further to providing trustee services to the Fund, ANC have appointed additional specialist service providers to manage the other essential functions required to operate the Fund, including:
- Fund accounting;
- Unit registry; and
- Reporting and auditing.
ANC are responsible for managing all compliance and regulatory aspects of the Fund’s operation in addition to representing the interests of Unitholders.
About the Management Team
ANC has appointed Dr. Andy Ting as Chief Investment Officer of the Fund to execute the proprietary mandate in a regulated Australian Fund.
Dr. Ting has been specialising in applying Artificial Intelligence, financial trading, and technology applications to generate excess returns since 2011. He has delivered solutions across a number of industries including insurance, fintech, and exchanges. In 2019 he commenced the application of these algorithms against Digital Currency markets, assisting high net wealth individuals throughout Asia.
In the Alpha Prime Trust, Dr Ting, together with his lead Advisor Peter Wong, implement their tested market strategies to generate alpha for the Funds investors.
Dr Andy Ting has over 15 years industry experience in trading systems and technical analysis, with a strong focus on using artificial intelligence to improve trading algorithms in financial markets.
Dr. Ting’s interest in AI research and development led to the creation of a human decision-making model called SNAP, which was initially used in military simulations before being applied to financial markets. As a result of this work, several high-value products have been developed and are currently in use at multiple institutions.
Dr. Ting obtained his Bachelor of Computer Engineering, Masters of Computer Engineering and PhD from Nanyang Technological University.
Peter Wong began his financial services career in Australia in early 2000s as a Private Client Adviser at a national stockbroking firm providing high level trade executions and portfolio management for his clients. During his tenure at the firm, he was also responsible for the proprietary trading desk as the Head of Trading in Perth.
In 2016, leveraging his experience trading on the ASX; he founded a proprietary equity trading firm and boasts a team of dedicated professionals who shares his passion for trading with in-depth knowledge of the local market. He continues to draw upon his knowledge to mentor traders and to provide access to multi- asset trading facility at SNAP Innovations.
Peter holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) from the University of Western Australia.
Lawrence is a highly skilled Financial Controller with a wealth of experience in the industry. He is an integral part of the finance and leadership team for the Fund, overseeing the end-to-end financial reporting, internal audit, and all commercial matters. Lawrence’s expertise includes budgeting, internal audit, analytical skills, internal controls, and tax.
Lawrence holds a Bachelor in Business Management (B.B.M.) with a major in Accounting and Finance from Singapore Management University, as well as the Chartered Accountant of Singapore designation. He is a strong finance professional with a proven track record of success.
Ben is the Responsible Manager for ANC. His experience in business and financial controls has expanded over 20 years, with notable senior roles, being Trustee, AFSL and Investment Fund Operations, Financial Controller, Acting CFO and Company Secretary for an ASX-listed company.
Amongst his current Directorships is Bamboo, a micro-investment app, which provides access to digital assets.
Ben has extensive experience with trading digital assets, developing controls around digital assets and their management, together with brokerage, consulting, education and capital financing of digital assets.
Ben is a former Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Business Law) from Curtin University.
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