Beechbrook Capital has launched the fundraising for its third private debt fund, Private Debt III, with a target of EUR200m-plus. First close is targeted for the second quarter of 2016, with a final close planned for later in the year.
EFG Asset Management (EFGAM) – an international provider of actively-managed investment solutions – has brought the management of its top-performing, award-winning New Capital US Growth Fund in-house. The strategy underpinning the New Capital US Growth Fund was launched for EFGAM
CME Group is expanding its base metals offering with the introduction of a new Aluminium European Premium Duty-Paid (Metal Bulletin) futures contract to begin trading on 21 March, 2016. Pending relevant regulatory review periods, the new contract will be available
100 Women in Hedge Funds (100WHF) has announced that Big Brothers Big Sisters Cayman (BBBS) has been designated as its 2016 Cayman Beneficiary. 100WHF Cayman aligns its yearly objectives to a global theme that rotates on an annual basis to
After a strong start to the year in January, Societe Generala Prime Services’ managed futures strategies continued to deliver positive performance across the board, with all CTA indices posting gains in February, The SG Short-Term Traders Index posted the highest
Did you know that large parts of Canada have less gravity than the rest of planet earth? Sadly, this random fact does not apply to the country’s currency over the past three years. If anything it feels like there’s more,
Franklin Square Capital Partners has provided a USD260 million unitranche term loan to support the acquisition and combination of Trover Solutions and Equian by New Mountain Capital, a New York-based alternative investments firm that manages approximately USD15 billion of private
Sentiment overall is positive for hedge fund industry growth with investors forecasting a 3.5 per cent increase in AuM during 2016, according to the 8th Annual Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Investor Survey. If accurate, this projection would push industry assets
Four European trade associations representing investors, issuers and other market participants have come together for the first time to support the new framework for securitisation regulation. The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), the European Fund and Asset Management
The Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H1 2016 finds that investors are mixed in their attitudes to the alternative assets industry. The majority (65 per cent) of investors holds a positive general perception of private equity, and only 6 per
