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Former Goldman Sachs Execs to Launch Kingsguard Advisors

Two former ""Goldman Sachs"":http://www.goldmansachs.com/ executives have joined forces to establish Kingsguard Advisors, LP. Announcing the November 1 launch date of their new venture, the co-founders of the company also revealed that they have formed a strategic partnership with ""Investcorp"":www.investcorp.com/.

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Rishi Chadda and Cyrus Pouraghabagher, the team behind Kingsguard, released an official statement confirming that the company will join Investcorp's single-manager platform. Currently, the platform boasts six single managers, and Investcorp, an international alternative asset management company, noted that the single-manager initiative has more than $1.8 billion in assets under management.

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Through the new agreement, Kingsguard will provide access to a global, macro-driven, fixed-income strategy for Investcorp and its investors, and in turn, the company will gain support and stable growth capital. Specifically, Investcorp will give Kingsguard an initial investment as well as risk oversight, marketing, and operational support. Regarding the deal between the two companies, Kingsguard stated that it will ""focus on capitalizing on market opportunities across the entire fixed income spectrum including the rates, volatility, credit, and mortgage markets.""

""We are delighted to partner with Rishi and Cyrus, and to have their level of specialization and expertise in global macro fixed income strategies available on the single-manager platform,"" said Deepak Gurnani, Investcorp's chief investment officer and head of hedge funds. ""Our partnership with Kingsguard provides Investcorp and our investors with exposure to an emerging manager with insight into opportunities across a full range of fixed income products.""

Weighing in on the deal between Kingsguard and Investcorp, Chadda added, ""We're excited about the opportunity to partner with Investcorp, which has a strong record of success seeding early stage investment funds such as ourselves.""

""Investcorp provides the investment and operational risk management support necessary to grow our firm so that we can focus on delivering alpha to our investors,"" concluded Pouraghabagher.

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