The Berens Capital Management team and their funds are to become become part of Alternative Investment Group on 1 June. Berens Capital Management is a global asset manager known for its high-quality research and focus on emerging and frontier markets.
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 0.40 per cent in March, and -0.99 per cent for the first quarter in 2018. Both returns underperformed the -0.98
There is a sense of optimism in Bermuda that the success it has enjoyed over the years in respect of the ILS industry can, over the coming years, be replicated in the cryptocurrency and blockchain arena. ILS fund managers like
A Q&A with Brian Desmond, CSO and EVP Head of Fund Services at Horseshoe Group. For readers unfamiliar with ILS Funds, can you give a brief summary of the asset class? Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) are financial instruments sold to
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for March 2018 measured -0.09 per cent. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index, meanwhile, declined 1.40 per cent in April. “SS&C GlobeOps’ Capital Movement Index for April
Ultimus Fund Solutions has acquired Woodfield Fund Administration, a privately-owned private fund administration firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Ultimus says that the combination will allow each firm to better leverage technology investments, resources and assets, providing current and prospective clients
Man Group, the world’s largest listed hedge fund, has reported net inflows in the first quarter of 2017 of USD4.8 billion, driven by strong inflows into alternative risk premia, European long short and emerging market local currency strategies. These inflows
BlackRock is to acquire Tennenbaum Capital Partners, an investment manager focused on middle market performing credit and special situation credit opportunities. The acquisition augments BlackRock’s position as a leading global credit asset manager and advances its goal of providing clients
The team behind London-based credit investment specialist PVE Capital is forming Prosperise Capital. The establishment of Prosperise involves a new legal structure, new partners, new offices in London and further offices globally, but the original investment team and their credit
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) is to expand trading in dairy products with a Liquid Milk Future, on 15 August 2018, becoming the first exchange in Europe to offer such a product in the process. So far, EEX offers trading
