Standish Management (Standish) has acquired Alpha Alternatives (Alpha), a boutique fund administration firm for hedge funds and other investment vehicles. Standish is an independent provider of fund administration services to Private Equity, Venture Capital, and Real Estate managers. Founded in
United Fintech, a London-based financial technology investor and holding company, has completed a 25 per cent minority investment in buy-side Portfolio/Order Management System vendor Athena Systems.
Seventeen partners at hedge fund Brevan Howard have shared a bumper GBP120 million payout after profits surged following a series of successful bets during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, according to reports in The Times and The Daily
Hedge funds continued to perform well at the close of 2021, according to data from Preqin, with the firm’s 2022 Global Hedge Fund Report revealing that returns across the asset class were up 11.43 per cent (as of September 2021,
Transcend, a provider of collateral, liquidity, and funding solutions, and Acadia, a provider of integrated risk management services, have partnered to deliver an automated, comprehensive and independent Collateral Validation Service.
The ESG-driven corporate governance revolution in Japan is creating investment opportunities similar to those in the UK in the 1980s and 1990s, according to Jeff Atherton, manager of the Man GLG Japan CoreAlpha Fund. Atherton, who took over as lead
AI enabled fintech company Qraft Technologies has closed a USD146 million investment from SoftBank Group Corp. (SoftBank), which includes primary growth capital and secondary capital that will be used to fund share purchases from investors.
Varenne Capital Partners (Varenne Capital) achieved net inflows in excess of USD1 billion from investors in 2021 amid strong fund performance, as assets under management reached USD4.3 billion at year-end.
Australian hedge fund VGI Partners is considering a merger or sale of its business with several rival firms including Regal Funds Management, according to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Spouting Rock Asset Management (Spouting Rock), a multi-boutique manager platform providing investment solutions and services, is to merge with Old Hill Partners Inc (Old Hill), an alternative asset manager focused on asset-based lending transactions with small- and medium-sized businesses. A
