History
Blue Diagonal Capital was founded in 2016 in Limassol, Cyprus by Lourens de Beer and Demetrios Efstathiou.
The vision of the founders was to create an international financial institution focused on providing investment solutions to investors with an emphasis on emerging markets.
Milestones
2025/02 - Citywire ranks our CIO as No 1 fund manager (out of 250 peers) for the best 3-year performance in our asset class - EM Hard Currency Debt
2025/02 - Citywire assigned to our CIO its top AAA rating - given to the top tier of fund managers for their risk-adjusted performance over the last 3 years
2025/02 - Blue Diagonal EM Fixed Income Fund receives 5 Stars by Morningstar for its 3-year performance (risk-adjusted)
2024/01 - Blue Diagonal EM Fixed Income Fund relocates to Ireland, regulated by the Central bank of Ireland
2023/10 - Blue Diagonal Capital Ltd / Blue Diagonal EM Fixed Income Fund wins "Best Credit Hedge Fund – Emerging Market Debt" at the Hedgeweek and Private Equity Wire 2023 European Credit Awards in London, as a recognition of excellence and performance in its asset class.
2022/12 - Blue Diagonal EM Fixed Income Fund reaches its 5-year milestone
2019/06 - Blue Diagonal EM Fixed Income Fund is listed at the Cyprus Stock Exchange (non-tradable collective investment schemes market).
2017/12 - Blue Diagonal EM Fixed Income Fund receives its first external investors at the end of December 2017. Its performance track record begins.
2017/11 - Blue Diagonal Capital launches its first fund, the Blue Diagonal EM Fixed Income Fund, with the aim of delivering positive returns by investing in fixed income instruments (hard currency bonds) issued by borrowers in Emerging Markets.
2017/07 - Blue Diagonal Capital received its authorisation from CySEC for the management of Alternative Investment Funds with specified investment strategies.