The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global representative body for alternative asset managers, has launched a set of Due Diligence Questionnaires (DDQs) for hedge fund directors. These are the first set of AIMA DDQs – questionnaire templates that fund
DST kasina, a provider of data-driven insights and distribution solutions to financial companies around the world, thasoday released its fourth quarter DST kasina Asset Manager Composite results. According to the report, operating margins for the 16 asset management firms that
CME Group is to begin clearing Interest Rate Swaptions on 11 April. "CME Clearing is proud to be the first clearing house to deliver interest rate swaption clearing, a capital efficient clearing solution that has the opportunity to transform the
Drawing on data compiled for the 2016 Preqin Global Hedge Fund Report, Preqin has created league tables of hedge funds that have most consistently delivered strong, stable performance. These league tables do not seek in any way to endorse these
Following the successful launch of its low carbon equity index family, Solactive AG in collaboration with South Pole Group has launched the new Solactive SPG Euro IG Low Carbon Bond Index. The index will cover investment grade corporate bonds denominated
La Française Global Investment Solutions (La Française GIS) has launched of a new multi-strategy long/short credit UCITS fund, LFIS Vision UCITS – Credit. The fund goes beyond a traditional long-short approach, seeking to deliver “through-the-cycle” performance by investing opportunistically in
Linedata has released the latest version of fund accounting software Linedata Mfact, focusing on streamlining and automating key processes and enhancing exception management capabilities. This has been achieved by delivering new business process management (BPM) capabilities, enhanced corrections processing, an
Worth Venture Partners (Worth), an emerging manager hedge fund platform headquartered in Manhattan, has secured a USD100 million investment by Lombard International (Lombard) in a diversified portfolio of emerging hedge fund strategies, the WVP Emerging Manager Onshore Fund. Lydian Advisory
CME Group has made a number of Managing Director promotions, all of which took effect in February. Peter Keavey, 47, has been appointed Managing Director and Global Head, Crude & Refined Energy Products. Based in New York, Keavey is responsible
Hedge funds posted gains in February, outperforming US equities for the third consecutive month, as equity, credit and energy markets traded in a wide and volatile intra-month range, according to data released today by HFR. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite
