Since 2012, European direct-lending loan volumes have surged 120 per cent year-on-year, with an estimated 86 funds raising more than GBP50 billion.1 As Preqin noted in its Q2 2017 private debt report2, Europe had a total of USD39.1 billion of targeted capital.
RiverRock has launched its digital Structured Products multi-dealer platform LinkedTrade, developed by its FinTech arm, RiverRock Technology Solutions. LinkedTrade is a SaaS platform which enables Private Banks and Asset Managers to provide their clients with cutting-edge tools and ground-breaking solutions
Record Currency Management (Record) has signed both the FX Global Code and the LGPS Investment Code of Transparency. The FX Global Code is a set of principles of good practice in the foreign exchange market that has been developed in
Local Pensions Partnership has launched the LPP I Fixed Income Fund, its inaugural fund dedicated to investing in fixed income as an asset class. The fund aims to deliver optimal long-term risk-adjusted returns, capitalising on opportunities in the global fixed
CMC Markets, a spread betting and contracts for difference (CFD) provider, is now offering its customers three new commodity indices: the Energy Index, Agricultural Index and Precious Metals Index. This gives clients the opportunity to invest in multiple raw materials
Brisbane-based emerging manager WPT has just launched its first flagship fund, WPT Alpha Fund a purely quantitative long/short equity fund with the objective of achieving an absolute return uncorrelated to the S&P 500 index. The model-driven approach is designed to
The Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) has reported a sustained strong uptake in the Jersey Private Fund (JPF), with 100 structures being formed since its launch less than one year ago. The 100th JPF was registered by the JFSC last
PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, has reported its strongest spot volumes in February 2018 with 112.4 TWh (previous record: 95.7 TWh in December 2017). Extreme weather conditions in the later part of the month helped bring
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up 1 per cent last week, with Event-Driven strategies outperforming, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. Merger Arbitrage funds benefitted from their top M&A positions. Long positions on
Timothy Graf, head of macro strategy for EMEA at State Street Global Markets; Antoine Lesné, head of EMEA strategy and research for SPDR ETFs; and Elliot Hentov, head of policy and research – official institutions for EMEA at State Street
