Columbia Threadneedle Investments has launched a new, global absolute return credit strategy – the Threadneedle (Lux) Global Investment Grade Credit Opportunities Fund (the Fund). The Fund will emulate the investment approach taken in the successful Threadneedle Credit Opportunities Fund. The
PEGAS, a pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, has recorded another high on its spot segment with 133.4 TWh in March 2018 (previous record: 112.4 TWh in February 2018). Increased balancing needs due to a colder than usual start
Asian hedge fund platform OP Investment Management (OPIM) has partnered with Longrising Asset Management (Longrising) to launch the Longrising Prosperous China Fund, a Cayman-domiciled hedge fund for Professional Investors only. The Fund will replicate Longrising’s strategy in the China A-share
The State Street Global Investor Confidence Index increased to 111.9, up 4.8 points from February’s revised reading of 107.1. Investors across all regions expressed an improved appetite for risk, with the North American ICI rising by 5.8 points to 109.8,
Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions and application hosting for alternative investment firms, has reported a 21 per cent increase in revenue in Q1 2018 compared with the same period in 2017. The growth is attributed to winning
Palmer Square Capital Management, an asset management firm that provides portfolios of corporate credit, structured credit and alternative credit strategies to a wide range of institutional and high net worth investors, has surpassed the USD5.0 billion assets under management mark
Alter Domus, a provider of Fund and Corporate Services to alternative investment managers, has completed the acquisition of Cortland Capital Market Services (Cortland) in the US. Headquartered in Chicago and with offices in New York, London, Los Angeles, Austin, Indianapolis,
Fair Oaks Capital was launched in 2013 by senior professionals previously at GSO Capital Partners and Apollo Global Management. It characterises itself as a research-driven investment manager with a focus on fundamental corporate credit analysis. “Our focus is to identify
Pillar Capital Management (‘Pillar’) was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Bermuda. The firm manages open-ended Bermuda incorporated funds invested in the global property catastrophe risk market. The senior management team at Pillar, headed up by CEO and CIO,
It’s fair to say that Optima Fund Management has seen a lot of change in the hedge fund industry, given that it is preparing to celebrate its 30th anniversary. Since Dixon Boardman founded the New York-based firm in 1988, it
