PEGAS, a pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, achieved its best trading results in 2017 by reaching a new record with 1,953.9 TWh, improving its previous record (1,733.3 TWh in 2016) by almost 13 per cent. The top volume
The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index gained 1.00 per cent in March, supported by strength in global equity and bond markets as central banks shy away from tight monetary policies. Optimism over the progress of the US-China trade talk supported both
Carmignac has launched the Carmignac Portfolio Unconstrained Credit, a global fixed income UCITS fund that invests in credit strategies across the globe. Its flexible and opportunistic style enables the Fund to implement an unconstrained and conviction-driven allocation. The fund aims
UK investors have moved a net GBP62 billion of their fund investments outside the UK since the Brexit referendum in June 2016, according to the latest Fund Flow Index (FFI) from global funds transaction network Calastone. In March 2019 alone,
iCapital Network, a financial technology platform aiming to improving access and efficiency in the alternative investment marketplace, is to enter into an exclusive relationship with The Nasdaq Private Market (NPM) to create an integrated secondary marketplace for iCapital sponsored funds
Hedge funds concluded 2017 with the strongest capital inflows since Q2 2015, driving total assets to new record, while completing the first performance year without a monthly decline since 2003; according to the latest HFR Global Hedge Fund Industry Report.
Torstone Technology, a provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing technology, is to acquire Percentile, a provider of real-time, cloud-based risk and compliance technology to global financial markets. The Percentile risk management solution will form a component of Torstone’s platform.
There was a sharp increase recorded in private debt fund activity in France in 2018 confirming the growing importance of private debt in financing methods, by offering companies and equity investors an alternative and complementary financing solution to bank debt.
Burford Capital Limited (Burford), a global finance and investment management firm focused on law, has closed the Burford Alternative Income Fund LP (BAIF), a new private fund focused on post-settlement investments. BAIF will invest in settled litigation matters, monetising a
Man AHL’s TargetRisk strategy has returned 33 per cent since its launch in December 2014, ranking it in the top decile in comparison to its peer group. The strategy has also been awarded a five star rating by Morningstar. Managed
