International law firm Simmons & Simmons has acted on the restructuring of the Sturgeon Central Asia Fund, to enable it to be one of the first funds to invest in Iran. Although the repeal of pre-existing sanctions is good news
Karson Management, a provider of reserve, capital and collateral financing solutions, and BNY Mellon have successfully completion of the first K-Note reinsurance collateral financing transaction in Canada. The patented K-Note financing platform has been designed by Karson around a number
HazelTree has partnered with AcadiaSoft to enhance the Collateral Management capabilities of the HazelTree Integrated Treasury Management Solution. The enhanced solution aiming at delivering seamless integration between the industry’s leading treasury management and margin automation solutions. It is expected to
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 0.34 per cent in May, outperforming the 0.24 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. The
Hedge funds lost 0.64 per cent in December according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The Index was up 0.29 per cent at the end of 2015, its smallest yearly gain since 2011 when it declined 5.48
The Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark returned 0.26 per cent in May, marking the seventh consecutive month of positive returns for the industry. Overall, hedge funds have recorded just three months of losses since the start of 2016. Multi-strategy hedge
Cordium, a provider of compliance consulting, accounting, tax and software to the financial services industry, is evolving its EMEA compliance offering to a tiered services model. 

With a focus on improving the choice, quality, efficiency and consistency of their service
The South East European Power Exchange (SEEPEX) and its project partners are to launch the Serbian Day-Ahead market on 17 February 2016, subject to member readiness. Member tests have been conducted successfully and final regulatory issues are about to be
Hedge funds posted their fifth consecutive month of gains this year, up 0.31 per cent during the month of May, according to the latest Index Flash Update from EurekaHedge. On a year-to-date basis, managers gained 3.25 per cent while underlying
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for May 2017 measured -0.13 per cent. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 1.24 per cent in June. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Capital Movement
