Black River Asset Management was founded in 2003 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cargill, Incorporated. Black River Asset Management LLC, combined with its wholly-owned subsidiaries around the world (together "Black River"), encompasses what was formerly Cargill's Global Capital Markets Division, that engaged in proprietary trading for Cargill from 1984-2003.
Black River opened its first fund to external capital in February 2004 and now manages over $10.3 billion. Products include multi-strategy hedge funds, private equity and index products. All the funds are managed by Black River employees; there are no third party managers. Black River today employs over 165 investment professionals located in 13 offices and 11 countries. There are also independent Risk and Compliance functions providing risk oversight.
Black River Advisors India Private Limited provides: