BlueCrest Capital Management has launched a multi-strategy equity market neutral fund called BlueCube. The new fund currently trades a universe of 300-500 European stocks and will eventually expand to include the US and Japanese markets. The fund is looking to
By James Williams – Over the last three or four years the technology platform between fund administrators and managers has become all-encompassing in terms of supporting front- through back-office operations. There’s a clear push towards real-time integration of services between
Peregrine Communications, the specialist integrated communications consultancy, has been appointed by Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) to support the firm’s communications and media relations in Europe and Asia targeting the retail, wealth management and institutional markets. The WFAM account team
Naissance Capital, a Swiss-based alternative investments manager, has launched the Women’s Leadership Fund to invest in companies having a greater than average number of women in key roles. The eight-member board of the new fund encompasses seven top career women
Hedge fund manager Molinero Capital Management has launched Molinero Global Markets Fund, a systematic CTA hedge fund. Laven Partners, the London based investment management consultancy and Laven Legal Services, an associated law firm, advised Molinero Capital Management on the structuring
By James Williams – The advances being made in technology to support hedge fund managers are significant, not only because the way hedge funds operate is becoming more complex thanks to multi-prime relationships and the trading of new instruments, but
The past 12 months have seen a sharp fall in new private equity business coming to Guernsey and little transaction activity in either acquisitions or exits for existing funds.
Apollo Global Management has priced ALM VII, a USD722m collateralised loan obligation (CLO), the largest broadly syndicated CLO issued in the US in 2012. ALM VII will invest in corporate leveraged loans and high yield bonds. Apollo has priced three
Brinker Capital has launched three 40-Act liquid alternative mutual funds – Crystal Strategy Absolute Income Fund, Crystal Strategy Absolute Return Fund, and Crystal Strategy Leveraged Alternative Fund. The new funds are designed to mirror the investment strategy of the firm’s
Hedge funds posted their strongest monthly performance since February to conclude Q3 2012, led by equity hedge strategies as investor sentiment improved on positive developments in the European banking and sovereign debt crisis, as well as US stimulus efforts, according
