CTAs and trend-following hedge funds have seen their recent advance halted, as anxieties over the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 punctured market momentum towards the end of last month.
Sycamore Tree Capital Partners (Sycamore Tree), an asset manager specialising in private and alternative credit investments, has closed its inaugural collateralised loan obligation (CLO), Sycamore Tree CLO 2021-1, Ltd (STCP CLO 1). The CLO totals USD403.3 million, with Citibank Securities
STP Investment Services (STP) has acquired third-party fund administrator Tower Fund Services (Tower).
The European Power Exchange (EPEX SPOT), European Energy Exchange (EEX) and European Commodity Clearing (ECC) plan to jointly launch a pan-European market for Guarantees of Origin (GOs) as part of EEX Group’s ongoing efforts to support the energy transition with
The hard-won, if only tacit recognition of crypto as an asset class, is rippling across the financial industry. Crypto’s new status brings with it the requirement for trading, clearing, settlement and custody of digital assets, and nowhere is this need
Hedge fund industry assets continued to grow in September with USD10.2 billion in monthly inflows. September’s inflows represented an increase of 0.22 per cent of industry assets, according to the Barclay Fund Flow Indicator published by BarclayHedge, a division of
As sustainable investing has gathered pace in recent years, asset allocation, position reporting and other regulatory and client disclosures at various stages of the investment process have all been impacted by the rise of ESG factors in portfolios.
Portal Asset Management, sponsor of the Portal Digital Fund, a global fund of digital asset hedge funds, has launched the Horizon Index Fund, which is targeted at family offices, sophisticated and institutional investors seeking passive, broad market exposure to the
Long/short equity-focused hedge funds are offloading or short-selling stocks that are most exposed to tighter Covid-19 restrictions, against a backdrop of surging coronavirus infections in Europe and heightening concerns surrounding the new Omicron variant. With Covid-19 cases rising across Europe –
The Cooper Creek Partners North America Long/Short Equity UCITS Fund, which launched on Waystone’s MontLake UCITS Platform on 12 November 2018, marked its third UCITS anniversary this month, November 2021. Since inception to October-end 2021, the fund has produced +23.24
