Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, has increased its US presence and capabilities by opening a new office in Boston, which will provide support for its growing client base and the
Natixis Global Asset Management has launched the ASG Dynamic Allocation Fund (DAAFX), a global asset allocation mutual fund managed by AlphaSimplex Group, LLC (AlphaSimplex). The fund seeks to deliver long-term capital appreciation to investors looking for a tactical global asset
Banking and payments technology specialist FIS has closed it s acquisition of SunGard, a financial software and technology services companies. The acquisition will allow FIS to offer a broad range of enterprise banking and capital markets capabilities that will further
More than 150 individuals representing AIMA Canada member firms from across the country participated in annual wine-tasting receptions held in Toronto and Montreal respectively last week. Sponsored by BMO Capital Markets, McMillan LLP and KPMG, the member appreciation receptions capped
Going into this week’s ECB meeting, Macro/ CTA strategies maintain large net short positions on the EURUSD cross, which are in line with expectations that the ECB will announce additional easing measures. Indeed, over the recent weeks, ECB officials have
Deutsche Börse Cash Market: Deutsche Börse has introduced a new advanced version of its Xetra electronic trading system release 16.0, offering customers new matching functions specially designed for larger volume orders. In addition hardware optimisation has furthermore led to an
A new trading team has joined London-based specialist CTO Old Park Capital to launch the SI8 strategy from 1 December. According to the firm, the SI8 strategy is a systematic trading model that generates uncorrelated high risk adjusted returns from
Agecroft Partners has acquired the business of Alta Via Advisors, a New York based hedge fund third party marketing boutique. Alta Via Advisors’ client base will be migrated over to Agecroft Partners and Andrew Feldman, Alta Via’s founding principal will
LME Clear, the clearing house for the London Metal Exchange (LME) market, has launched two new services – trade compression and the ability to post metals warrants as collateral. “We are delighted to be offering these two new services,” says
On 28 August 2015 Aberdeen Asset Management PLC launched a USD500 million liquid alternatives fund – the Aberdeen Alternative Strategies Fund – designed to give investors access to a portfolio of alternative strategies. At the time, Morningstar quoted Andrew McCaffery,
