Lyxor Asset Management has launched a new program enabling institutional investors to participate in stand-alone co-investment and selective hedge fund opportunities presented to Lyxor Americas by third-party managers. To date, Lyxor Americas’ new co-investment programme has received more than USD300
PremiaLab, a Fintech platform for Risk Premia Strategies, has launched its European offering with the opening of a new European headquarters in Paris. The PremiaLab platform allows institutional investors and asset allocators to access data on systematic strategies from across
European fund distribution specialist MFEX has closed its previously announced acquisition of the Luxembourg based RBC Investor & Treasury Services (RBC I&TS) Global Fund Platform (GFP), having secured the necessary regulatory approvals for the deal. In turn MFEX has gone
Acolin Fund Services AG (Zurich) and Hugo Fund Services SA (Geneva) have formed a joint venture aimed at enhancing the two companies’ positioning within the global fund distribution market. A new entity has been formed, Acolin Holding AG, under which
Saxo Bank has announced the launch of the Essential account – a price competitive solution for entry-level traders. The new account type has launched in the UAE and UK and will be followed by a roll out in Australia and
Getting distribution right is crucial when launching UCITS funds. The last thing a manager wants is to struggle to grow their AUM. Not only does it look bad in the eyes of prospective investors, an inadequate marketing effort can quickly
Goldman Sachs Fund Solutions is a bespoke solutions-oriented fund investments platform that was launched in 2004 within the Securities Division. The platform, at large, provides investors with access to unique internal strategies via regulated funds (UCITS and AIFMD-compliant funds), unregulated
ML Capital is an independent European regulated fund structurer that is rightly well known for its MontLake UCITS and MontLake QIAIF platforms, the success of which has seen firm-wide AUM grow to EUR5 billion since its inception in 2009. However,
Investcorp has formed a strategic partnership with Steamboat Capital Partners (Steamboat), a long-short investment firm, through its Hedge Funds Partnerships platform. As part of the relationship, Investcorp provided additional capital to Steamboat to accelerate growth and raise assets under management,
Willis Towers Watson’s Asset Management Exchange (AMX) has more than quadrupled its assets under management, to USD3.2 billion, less than a year after launch, following the onboarding of GSA Capital Partners (GSA) and Systematica Investments (Systematica). AMX, the open architecture
