IS Prime Risk Services, an affiliate of IS Prime, has acquired the assets of Think Liquidity, a provider of risk management focused technology and services. The acquisition, for a non-disclosed sum, is a key part of the group’s strategy to
Alternative investment advisory firm AlphaCore Capital has doubled its assets under administration to approximately USD205 million following the acquisition of a San Diego-based registered investment adviser and the addition of five new team members. The firm's expansion will double assets
Directed Capital, a distressed asset workout specialist firm that acquires, manages and resolves distressed commercial mortgage loans, has closed its seventh fund at USD77 million, its highest-grossing fund to date. Additionally, the firm has announced a USD40 million increase in
After a strong first quarter of the year, most alternative UCITS funds continued to edge higher in April with the LuxHedge Global Alternative UCITS Index posting a gain of 0.58 per cent bringing year-to-date results for the average fund up
Frankfurt-based asset manager First Private Investment Management has established a new multi-boutique network, FP Investment Partners which offers access to quant investing, infrastructure and alternatives/hedge fund investments.Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
PEGAS has launched Congestion Management Products (CMP) on the French Nord and TRS delivery zones, to help the Transmission System Operators GRTgaz and TIGF manage potential congestions on their grids. 

 The Nord and TRS zones are scheduled to merge
The majority of global alternative firm SkyBridge Capital has been sold to RON Transatlantic EG and HNA Capital. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed but at the end of November SkyBridge managed or advised on USD12 billion. SkyBridge also hosts the
Thomson Reuters has completed its acquisition of REDI Holdings, allowing it to incorporate a cross-asset execution management system (EMS) into its buy-side trading capabilities. REDI will now operate as Thomson Reuters REDI. Thomson Reuters REDI will continue to provide
Aspect Capital (Aspect), a USD7.0 billion systematic investment manager, has launched the Aspect Alternative Markets Fund, a managed futures trend following strategy which invests in a range of non-traditional, and harder to access markets. From credit indices and emerging markets
The team behind alternative investments platform CoInvestor have launched an online service, EISWallet.com, allowing investors and their financial advisers to record and manage all of their Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and unlisted investments digitally. The service, which is free to
