Abacus Group, a provider of hosted cloud IT solutions for alternative asset funds, has enhanced its Abacus Client Portal, which gives asset managers greater control of and transparency into their AbacusFLEX cloud services. The enhancements include two new modules giving
Legg Mason has agreed to combine Permal, its existing hedge fund platform, with EnTrust Capital, an independent hedge fund investor and alternative asset manager headquartered in New York with approximately USD12 billion in total assets. The business combination will create a
Research Affiliates has launched a new version of Asset Allocation Interactive, an online investor tool that provides investment information and expected return data across more than 130 assets. The site features newly added alternative asset classes including real estate, hedge
Dr Nicola Meaden Grenham (pictured), co-founder of Dumas Capital, has been named Strategic Adviser to Kettera Strategies and its Hydra marketplace, a global platform providing investors with access, daily transparency, intra-month liquidity and notional funding to established and emerging alternative
State Street Corporation has received approval from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to operate its FX Connect and Currenex platforms as multi-lateral trading facilities (MTFs) for foreign exchange within the jurisdiction of MiFID II. Both platforms will now operate
Systematic alternative investment manager Devet Capital Investments has announced that assets under management have reached USD100 million, having risen from USD29 million in April 2016. “This is an important milestone for us, particularly as our asset growth has been fully organic
Data analytics platform Street Diligence has launched Bank Loan and High Yield Screener, which is designed to provide comprehensive analysis and instant comparability of covenant data. The platform, the first and only credit focused analytics platform built for buy and
INTL FCStone’s Precious Metals Division’s web-based physical gold trading platform, PMXecute+ has traded nearly 10 tonnes of gold, representing close to USD400 million in value, since its launch in late February 2017. Barry Canham, global head of the Precious Metals
A new report from Grant Thornton, entitled ‘The future of growth and the asset management industry: Disruptive forces rewrite the solution for hedge fund success’, finds that investors are demanding that hedge fund managers find alpha that exceeds market performance,
The Cayman Alternative Investment Summit (CAIS) has become an authoritative platform for fresh thinking on alternative investing and 2016 is set to raise the bar another notch higher. Taking place at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel between 4th and 5th February 2016,
