Sterling Trading Tech (STT), a specialist in technology solutions for equity, equity options, futures and digital asset trading, has reported record growth companywide in 2020. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for January 2021 measured -0.33 per cent. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 0.87 per cent in February. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Capital
While closing 2020 up 30.93 per cent, Quantumrock’s flagship strategy Volatility Special Opportunities Program (VSOP) fell by 0.2 per cent in January. Michael Zeller, CIO, says: “The market experienced a bumpy road in January. While the S&P500 rallied over 2
Since launching last summer, BNP Paribas Asset Management’s Environmental Absolute Return Thematic (EARTH) hedge fund has generated a striking double-digit return, trading long and short positions in energy, materials, agriculture and industrial companies across both developed and emerging markets. The
Falcon Investment Management a multi-manager hedge fund platform, has launched its first loss program to support early-stage hedge fund managers with seed and acceleration capital. The program is designed to align interest between investors and managers. Through first loss structure, managers receive
By Stephen Oxley (pictured), managing director, Institutional Relationship Group, PGIM – I read a prediction in one of those crystal-ball gazing missives that financial firms like to put out at the start of every year. It forecast that there will be continued
Emerging Asset Management Ltd (EAM), a provider of turnkey solutions for alternative fund launches, has reached the milestone of USD1 billion in assets under management (AUM). EAM provides the services required to support managers investing alternative asset classes so that
The “private debt” bucket within the fund industry has seen tremendous growth, opportunity, and evolution over the last few years, with no signs of slowing down. The definition and composition of the private debt space has expanded in both breadth
The complexity of how private debt funds are structured and managed is increasing. Cost and expenses related to private debt funds are also becoming more intricate. Newly launches, in particular, need to identify where to keep their expenses low and
By Scott Turley (pictured), Broadridge Financial Solutions – Private debt is expected to be one of the few asset-class winners of the Covid-19 crisis. As institutional investors struggle to obtain decent returns due to low interest rates and irrationally priced equity
