Lyxor Asset Management has partnered with Academy Investment Management, a New York based asset management firm, to launch the Lyxor/Academy Quantitative Global UCITS Fund, a systematic market neutral strategy focused on global equity markets.

Vanguard has launched the Vanguard Commodity Strategy Fund (VCMDX) for investors seeking low-cost exposure to the commodities market. 

Nomura Alternative Investment Management (NAIM), a London and Paris-based quantitative investment manager within Nomura Group has launched the Nomura Diversified Absolute Return UCITS Fund.

Prestige Funds, is launching two new distribution share classes for its recently launched Prime Alternative Finance - Luxembourg SICAV.

Alternative asset manager Cheyne Capital Management (Cheyne Capital) has closed its inaugural European Strategic Value Credit Fund (SVC) having scaled back subscriptions to the Fund's capacity limit of EUR1 billion.

The Marlborough Group has strengthened its international proposition with the launch of a new risk-graded range of UCITS funds of funds domiciled in Ireland.

Credit investment manager Marathon Asset Management (Marathon) has closed its first fund solely dedicated to aviation leasing, the Marathon Aviation Fund (MAF).

Shinnecock Partners has launches an open-ended, standalone dedicated alternative art lending fund, ALF, building on its seven-year non-bank lending history and fine-art secured lending experience.

iM Global Partner and Dynamic Beta investments (DBi) have launched the iM DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF, one of the first actively-managed Managed Futures exchange traded funds (ETF) on the market. 

Adams Street Partners, a private markets investment management firm with USD37 billion of assets under management, as successfully completed fundraising for its inaugural Private Credit programme with approximately USD1.1 billion of capital available to deploy, including leverage.