Argonaut Capital, the GBP1.4 billion specialist European equity asset manager, has launched a sterling-hedged share class for its GBP395 million FP Argonaut European Alpha Fund. The sterling-hedged share class, which has been launched in response to growing demand from clients,
ShelteR Investment Management has launched the ShelteR Invest Best Alternative UCITS Fund (BAU) a Luxembourg UCITS fund providing investors with access to a smart portfolio of alternative UCITS fund strategies. The fund targets a gross annual return of 6 per
Castle Hall Alternatives has launched Due Diligence University, a growing collection of educational resources including webinars, white papers and online courses. Commenting on the launch, Chris Addy, President and CEO of Castle Hall, says: “The guiding principle of Due Diligence University
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has partnered with State Street and MKT MediaStats to evaluate data-driven indicators that help analyse economic and market information. MKT MediaStats is focused on financial market implications of increasingly available ‘big data’ from multiple sources,
At a time when the world is grappling with zero inflation, near-zero interest rates and oil prices at a 12-year low, one could be forgiven for thinking that the alternative investment funds (AIF) industry might be supercharging in reverse. If
Linedata has completed the acquisition of Derivation, a specialist provider of risk, analytics, and portfolio management solutions to institutional and hedge fund managers. This acquisition immediately enhances Linedata’s comprehensive, global platform across its clients’ entire investment process with support for
March was the best month for aggregate hedge fund performance in two years and some segments, notably activist, credit and emerging markets funds, performed extremely well, according to eVestment’s latest Hedge Fund Industry Performance Report. For the quarter, overall industry
Emerging Markets hedge funds posted strong gains in March, leading industry-wide gains as equity and commodity markets reversed early quarter declines to conclude the first quarter, according to data released today by HFR. The HFRI Emerging Markets Index advanced +6.9
Blackstone Alternative Investment Advisors (BAIA), an affiliate of Blackstone’s hedge fund solutions business, will be closing the Blackstone Alternative Multi-Manager Fund (BXMMX), the smaller of its two mutual fund products. Blackstone launched BXMMX in August of 2013 as a dedicated
Nomura Research Institute (NRI) has launched the second phase of its Proof-of-Concept (PoC) to examine the applicability of blockchain technology for securities markets. This project will be done in collaboration with Asia’s leading exchange group, Japan Exchange Group. (JPX). Through
