Neuberger Berman Greenlights Indirect Crypto Investments for Commodities Fund

The $400 billion asset manager is expanding its investments strategy to include bitcoin and ether.

AccessTimeIconAug 11, 2021 at 2:29 p.m. UTC
Updated May 9, 2023 at 3:22 a.m. UTC

Asset management firm Neuberger Berman has given its $164 million commodities-focused mutual fund the go-ahead to invest indirectly in bitcoin and ether for the first time.

“Neuberger Berman Commodity Strategy Fund” added crypto derivatives, bitcoin trusts and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to list of permissible investment strategies, the $400 billion manager said in Wednesday regulatory filings.

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  • The fund, which as a mutual fund would be widely available to investors, has been on a tear this year as commodity prices surged, according to a fact sheet. Its top holdings were gold, corn, heating oil and Brent crude at the end of June.

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