Affluent Americans are more likely to allocate assets to alternative investment strategies in asset classes such as private equity, real estate investment trusts and hedge funds today than they have been for several years. That is especially true for
Convergex Group, a provider of investment technologies and execution solutions to institutional clients, has completed the integration of NorthPoint Trading Partners, its recently acquired boutique prime brokerage business. Convergex now offers an integrated prime services model that combines traditional
Brevan Howard Capital Management is set to list a new investment company, BH Credit Catalysts, on the London Stock Exchange. BH Credit Catalysts will be a closed-ended, Guernsey-incorporated investment company, proposed to have a premium listing on the Main Market
Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has created a centre of expertise in Luxembourg for alternative funds, which provides specific experience in private equity, real estate and tangible assets. Institutional investors or other professionals who manage these funds, such as
London-based Emergent Asset Management, an alternative investment firm specialising in macro and emerging markets, is launching a directional global macro hedge fund in a joint venture wit
Fidessa group, a provider of trading systems, market data and global connectivity, has announced connectivity to NYSE MatchPoint, the recently-launched electronic block trading facility ow
Hedge funds, as measured by the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, finished February up 0.24 per cent, with six out of 10 strategies in positive territory. In total, the industry saw estimated inflows of approximately USD3.4bn in
It would be possible for the ECB to underwrite all the existing and future debt of the Eurozone sovereigns, without moral hazard, but Greece should leave, says Piere Lagrange, manager of GLG’s European Long Short Fund… The underwriting MUST be
Standard Life Investments has been selected on a sub-advisory basis by UBS Pace Select Advisors Trust to manage a 25 per cent (approximately USD116.5m) component of its UBS Pace Alternative Strategies Investments. In managing its portion of the fund,
Equinoxe Alternative Investment Services, a newly-established boutique fund administrator based in Hamilton, Bermuda, has announced a significant minority investment from a wholly-owned su
