ETX Capital has launched the US Election News Sentiment Index, a tool that displays the quantity and tonality of media coverage towards the presidential elections. Harnessing the power of big data using technological advancements in Natural Language Processing (NLP), the
The October 2016 Eurekahedge Report finds that over September 2016 hedge funds recorded their fifth month of investor redemptions pushing net investor allocations into the red for the year with USD8.7 billion outflows. As of September 2016 year-to-date, this has
The value of assets invested in alternative UCITS funds has increased by 26 per cent annually since the financial crisis of 2008, according to Deutsche Bank Global Prime Finance’s 2016 Alternative UCITS Survey. In this year’s survey, 130 institutional investors
Man Group plc has acquired Aalto Invest Holding AG and launched a new ‘private markets offering’, Man Global Private Markets, designed to offer longer term investments and complement their existing products. Man defines private markets as real estate, credit and
Pioneer Investments has launched a global inflation-linked short-term strategy as an approach to managing against inflation risk. The firm says the strategy aims to protect investors’ purchasing power and returns against inflation through the use of low duration global inflation-linked
Hazeltree, a provider of integrated buy-side treasury management solutions, has added BlackRock to the partner network of Hazeltree LiquidityWeb, an integrated cash management and sweep platform. The partnership provides mutual clients with an efficient way to manage cash and sweep
SunOpta, a company focused on organic, non-genetically modified and specialty foods, has entered into an agreement with funds managed by alternative asset management firm Oaktree Capital Management. Oaktree is an investor in the consumer and retail industry, with a track
Geraud Charpin (pictured), Portfolio Manager, BlueBay Asset Management discusses how risk assets struggle to gain impetus as investors turn their attention to negative newsflow… The uneventful meetings from the Bank of Japan (BoJ) and the Federal Reserve (Fed) earlier in
Imagine Software, a provider of front-to-back office risk and portfolio management to asset managers, investment banks, prime brokers, hedge funds, and institutional investors, has been voted Best North American Risk Management Software Provider in the 2016 Hedgeweek USA Awards. Winners
Wedbush Securities’ prime brokerage team has been voted "Best North American Hedge Fund Research Provider" at the Hedgeweek USA Awards 2016. The annual awards ceremony, which took place in New York, recognises excellence among service providers and hedge fund managers
