The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Timothy Massad has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) regarding cooperation with respect to derivatives clearing organisations (DCOs) established in the United States that
Lyxor Asset Management (Lyxor) has signed a distribution agreement with Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking, the wealth management arm of the Intesa Sanpaolo banking group, making Lyxor’s range of Alternative UCITS and Multi-Asset funds now available to private banking investors in
Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) is to acquire Petershill Fund I’s minority equity interests in five alternative investment firms – Winton Capital Group, Capula Investment Management, Partner Fund Management, Mount Lucas Management, and CapeView Capital. Under the terms of the agreement,
Laven Legal Services to continue alternative funds expansion Clients of Laven Legal Services, the law firm linked to Laven Partners, are to move to London-based law firm GRM Law’s expanding alternative funds and financial services team, led by partners Alper
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has welcomed the European Commission consultation on reducing barriers to the cross-border marketing of investment funds. AIMA believes that barriers to the take-up of the so-called “passport” for investment funds have held back growth
Sanne Group (SANNE) has completed the acquisition of IDS Fund Services (IDS), a leading independent South African based provider of outsourced investment administration services to the asset management industry, with a particular focus on hedge fund clients. IDS was established
SS&C Technologies Holdings has successfully transitioned Citi’s hedge fund customers to the latest version of the Geneva platform – SS&C’s real-time portfolio management, reporting and investor accounting solution. The swift implementation of Geneva 15.2 for Citi Alternative Investor customers demonstrates
EEX and Powernext have confirmed the launch date of the additional trading venues (non-MTFs) for German and French power derivatives as well as gas derivatives for all hubs and maturities available today through the regulated platform, in response to on-going
The latest Hedge Fund Exposure and Tail Risk report from eVestment seeks to quantify how major historical events, or current market shocks, might impact top hedge funds today across a variety of strategies and categories. To offer a broad look
Private equity firm TA Associates has completed the acquisition of Frank Russell Company’s asset management business (Russell Investments) from London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) in a transaction valued at USD1,150 million. Reverence Capital Partners, a financial services-focused investment firm, partnered
