Forge Global’s Private Market Index to be Tracked by Accuidity Strategy, Offering Diversified Exposure to Late-Stage Companies
03 April 2024 - 7:15AM
Business Wire
Accuidity to track latest Forge index,
providing investors with access to institutionally managed strategy
of dozens of venture-backed late-stage private companies
Forge Global Holdings, Inc. (“Forge”) (NYSE: FRGE), a leading
provider of marketplace infrastructure, data services and
technology solutions for private market participants, today
announced that the Forge Accuidity Private Market Index – which
tracks the performance of late-stage, venture-backed companies -
has been adopted by Accuidity within their Megacorn strategy
(“Accuidity”). Accuidity is a Boston-based institutional asset
manager that is seeking to replicate the newly created Forge
index.
The Forge Accuidity Private Market Index tracks the performance
of 60 venture-backed, late-stage, private growth companies
including SpaceX, Anduril, Scale AI, Epic Games, Chime and others.
All names are ranked according to a modified capitalization
weighting methodology with an annual rebalance frequency.
“We believe index investing supports vibrant capital markets,
providing investors with diversified, cost-effective, and
simplified access to venture-backed, private company growth,” said
Kelly Rodriques, CEO of Forge Global. “We expect our partnership
with Accuidity to increase the market reach of our product
offerings, creating significant benefits for private market
participants.”
Forge operates one of the largest platforms for private market
trading with multiple sources of private market data, enabling the
research and analysis needed to create an investable index. The
Forge Accuidity Private Market Index is backed by Forge’s extensive
private market expertise and robust data platform, as well as
Accuidity’s deep institutional asset management experience.
Eligible investors can also access the Accuidity Megacorn Strategy
through the Forge platform.
“At Accuidity, we view index investing as a catalyst for greater
private market access and participation,” said Accuidity Founder
and Co-President Vince Gubitosi. “We’re excited about this new
index and the potential benefits for our investors in leveraging
Forge’s proprietary private market data offerings and trading
DNA.”
Accuidity is led by Gubitosi and fellow co-founder Mark
DeNatale, who each contribute 25+ years of asset management
experience to Accuidity, which they founded in 2021 to provide
investors with index-based access to the private market. As
President of Geode Capital Management, Gubitosi led the development
and launch of $750 billion of index funds in partnership with
Fidelity Investments. At Goldman Sachs, DeNatale supported the
creation of the first tradable index of leveraged loan
derivatives.
About Forge
Forge is a leading provider of marketplace infrastructure, data
services and technology solutions for private market participants.
Forge Securities LLC is a registered broker-dealer and a Member of
FINRA that operates an alternative trading system.
About Accuidity
Accuidity was formed with a vision to bring ACCESS, LIQUIDITY,
and TRANSPARENCY to private market investing via a suite of
institutional index funds. The firm was founded by Vince Gubitosi
and Mark DeNatale, executives with 50+ years of combined
institutional experience across both the public and private
markets.
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“outlook,” and similar expressions that predict, indicate or relate
to future events or trends or Forge’s future financial or operating
performance, or that are not statements of historical matters.
These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to,
statements regarding Forge’s beliefs regarding future opportunities
for Forge to expand its business through the Forge Accuidity
Private Market Index. Forward-looking statements are predictions,
projections and other statements about future events that are based
on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, while
considered reasonable by Forge and its management, are subject to
risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ
materially from current expectations. You should carefully consider
the risks and uncertainties described in Forge’s documents filed,
or to be filed, with the SEC from time to time, including in its
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Reports on Form 10-K.
There may be additional risks that Forge presently does not know of
or that it currently believes are immaterial that could also cause
actual results to differ materially from those contained in the
forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements
reflect Forge’s expectations, plans or forecasts of future events
and views as of the date of this press release. Forge anticipates
that subsequent events and developments will cause its assessments
to change. However, while Forge may elect to update these
forward-looking statements at some point in the future, Forge
specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These
forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as
representing Forge’s assessments as of any date subsequent to the
date of this press release. Accordingly, undue reliance should not
be placed upon the forward-looking statements.
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