{"id":15159,"date":"2021-08-12T11:36:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T11:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ci028a7c07900025a3"},"modified":"2025-10-01T15:31:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:31:05","slug":"neuberger-berman-to-offer-bitcoin-futures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/business\/neuberger-berman-to-offer-bitcoin-futures","title":{"rendered":"Neuberger Berman To Offer Bitcoin Futures Through $161 Million Commodity Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p>Private investment firm Neuberger Berman is adding Bitcoin futures to its $161 million Commodity Strategy fund, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. <\/p>\n<p>Notably, Neuberger Berman will not be investing in Bitcoin directly, but rather will offer clients exposure through Bitcoin Futures. <\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/citywireusa.com\/professional-buyer\/news\/fund-files-neuberger-fund-adds-crypto-option-massmutual-offers-bitcoin-play\/a1541324\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Citywire<\/em><\/a>, a spokesperson for the firm said it is using bitcoin price exposure strategically as a hedge against inflation, as Bitcoin \u201cis scarce by definition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Neuberger Berman\u2019s Bitcoin strategy, the spokesperson continued, \u201cIn the interim, however, they believe that there will be strong price trends, including relative price trends, and as such believe exposure to a diversified, albeit modest, portfolio of such crypto assets offers another source of potential return to the portfolio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This follows a number of investment firms who have recently sought Bitcoin price exposure through futures rather than the underlying asset, including most recently <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/business\/vaneck-files-for-bitcoin-futures-etf-again\">VanEck<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/business\/invesco-bitcoin-etf-filing\">Invesco<\/a>, who both filed for Bitcoin Futures ETFs with the SEC under the 40 Act, a move that follows recent recommendations made by SEC Chairman Gary Gensler last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to the staff\u2019s review of such filings, particularly if those are limited to these CME-traded bitcoin futures,\u201d Gensler said.<\/p>\n<p>BlackRock,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/business\/goldman-sachs-to-offer-a-note-tied-to-an-etf-capable-of-investing-in-bitcoin\">Goldman Sachs<\/a>, Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, and <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/press-releases\/viridi-funds-launches-rigz-etf\">Viridi Funds<\/a> all recently filed for or began to offer investment vehicles tied to Bitcoin ETFs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neuberger Berman To Offer Bitcoin Futures To Its $161 Million Commodity Strategy Fund, According To A Filing With The Securities And Exchange Commission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2936,"featured_media":15160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business"},"author_data":{"id":2936,"name":"Alex Mcshane","nicename":"bitcoin-journalist-alex-mcshane","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3dd6bbed938cbadeed734dfff7b3964c2a43e2784e2d9ead80b8d5476f8209f1?s=96&d=robohash&r=g"},"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/neuberger.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2936"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}