KuCoin Opens Managed Portfolios to Users with Deposits from 100 USDT

KuCoin is offering eligible users access to professionally managed portfolios starting at 100 USDT; customers can subscribe to a strategy instead of selecting individual assets. The manager behind the new product is not disclosed.

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KuCoin Wealth already offered fixed-term investments and quantitative strategies for high-net-worth and professional clients. The new products move the service further into managed portfolio allocation, with a lower stated entry point for eligible users.

The company is presenting the products as a lower-entry route into managed strategies, saying the launch is intended to “narrow the access gap” between professional investment products and digital-asset investors.

Users Subscribe to Managed Strategies

The exchange announced two additions to KuCoin Wealth on Tuesday: All-Weather Multi-asset strategy and Crypto Assets Multi-strategy. The All-Weather is a principal-protected product.

It combines equity long-short, quantitative and commodity trading adviser strategies, with allocations adjusted as market conditions change. KuCoin describes it as Wealth’s first RWA-focused offering with exposure to traditional asset classes.

The crypto product combines fundamental investing, quantitative trading, trend-following, arbitrage and event-driven approaches. Its stated objective is to spread exposure across different sources of returns, reducing dependence on any single strategy or market direction.

The customer chooses the product, while the manager makes portfolio decisions.

KuCoin says the All-Weather strategy’s manager has historically overseen more than $1 billion across its strategies, but the release provides no name, jurisdiction or licence details. The figure describes the manager’s historical business scale, not assets subscribed to the new KuCoin product.

Product cards on KuCoin’s website show a 90-day lock-up period for both strategies. They also list past-one-year APRs of 13.5% for the All-Weather product and 10.56% for the Crypto Asset Multi-Strategy, although those figures are historical and do not guarantee future returns.

Manager and Product Terms Remain Limited

KuCoin’s general Wealth terms say independent third parties may handle asset management and that the exchange does not act as a fund manager, fiduciary or trustee.

The terms also say subscribing does not create a collective investment scheme, trust or partnership between the customer and KuCoin. “Principal Protected” appears in the All-Weather product’s name, but the release does not explain who provides that protection or when it applies.

The general terms warn of possible partial or total losses and allow redemption restrictions and performance-related fees.

The announcement does not name the All-Weather manager, identify the issuer or custodian, or explain how the “Principal Protected” feature would work. It also does not explain how capital protection would treat a USDT depeg.

This article was written by Tanya Chepkova at www.financemagnates.com.