Fenics Market Data, BGC’s Market Data division, has agreed to a distribution partnership with OTC energy brokerage Amerex Brokers (Amerex), whereby Fenics Market Data will provide Amerex energy-focused market data products to its customer base. The Amerex market data service
Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, has launched its EMEA Next Gen Algo suite, which is designed to enhance the trading performance of its institutional Members. Liquidnet’s Next Gen Algos are the only ones that fully leverage Liquidnet’s network of
December was another difficult month for the hedge fund industry, as the Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark recorded performance of -0.40 per cent. This puts full-year performance for 2015 at 2.02 per cent, the lowest yearly return since 2011, when
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down -0.7 per cent in December, with three out of 11 Lyxor Indices ending the month in positive territory. The best performers were the Lyxor Merger Arbitrage Index (+1.5 per cent), the Lyxor LS
Northill Capital (Northill) is to acquire a majority interest in Capital Four Holding, a European High Yield asset management firm, based in Copenhagen, with an award winning performance track record and approximately EUR6 billion of assets under management. Northill’s investment
THL Credit Advisors has closed on a total of USD511 million in commitments to its third direct lending fund. Strong institutional investor demand from both existing and new investors enabled THL Credit Direct Lending Fund III and affiliated vehicles to
2015 was a record breaking year for Electra Information Systems (Electra), a provider of software solutions for the asset management industry, including institutional investment managers, hedge funds, insurance companies and plan sponsors, Since its inception in 1998, Electra has been
JMP Group’s hedge fund and investment arm Harvest Capital Strategies has raised USD245 million for the Harvest Intrexon Enterprise Fund, an investment vehicle dedicated to funding companies that utilise the inventions, discoveries and technologies of Intrexon Corporation, a specialist in synthetic
European equities still present an attractive potential over the long term, but according to systematic analysis used by Quaero Capital’s Argos European Systematic Long Short Equity fund, the optimum market timing conditions to go net Long have not materialised. For
The Archstone Partnerships, an alternative investment management firm focused exclusively on hedge fund investments, has extended its investment offerings for the first time to accredited investors through the Archstone Alternative Solutions Fund. Capitalizing on over 25 years of experience and
