November 1, 2005: Palladium Capital advisors brokered a placement of a $100,000,000 investment by the New Mexico State Investment Council (NMSIC) to be managed by Maple Financial Alternative Investments, a division of the Maple Financial Group in Canada.

Maple Financial has developed and manages a highly focused fund of market-neutral hedge funds that uses their experience in risk management and arbitrage trading to aid in the selection and monitoring of a diversified portfolio of market-neutral investment strategies seeking to provide low correlations, stable and absolute returns and capital preservation.