Man Group has completed its previously announced acquisition of Aalto Invest Holding (Aalto). Luke Ellis (pictured), CEO of Man Group, says: “We are delighted to have completed the acquisition of Aalto, which is a key step in the development of
AlphaCentric has launched the AlphaCentric Hedged Market Opportunity Fund (HMXIX), a mutual fund converted from a hedge fund previously available only to accredited investors. HMXIX provides an options-rooted strategy, making long and short investments in call and put options on
Acadian Asset Management, a USD74 billion quantitative equity investor, has launched the Acadian Sustainable Emerging Markets ex Fossil Fuel UCITS Fund. The fund is the first of its type to focus on implementing this theme across emerging markets. Anchored
Managed account platforms (MAPs) vary in size and sophistication. At one end of the spectrum, the simplest MAP provides a separate ownership structure whereby a single investor invested in a MAP is required to manage each counterparty relationship with the
Lyxor Asset Management runs one of the most well established MAPs in the hedge fund industry, having established it in 1998. It has seen a lot of hedge fund talent come and go over that time. When it comes to
AcadiaSoft, a provider of margin automation solutions for counterparties engaged in collateral exchange worldwide, has acquired ProtoColl, an end-to-end collateral and margin management service, from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Wall Street Horizon’s earnings-related corporate event data is now available to the corporate "C-suite" and investor relations (IR) professionals for the first time through the Virtua platform. Wall Street Horizon is providing Virtua Research, a financial services technology company, with
Broad geopolitical risks, including the outcome of the US presidential election and Britain’s exit from the EU, are among top risks facing the global financial system, according to a survey by The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). Other geopolitical
CACEIS offers private equity fund managers bridge financing solutions that allow them to delay the process of collecting capital commitments from investors, thereby enhancing the internal rate of return of the fund. In such an arrangement, CACEIS provides Equity Bridge Financing
Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has launched an ETF seeking to track the Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund VIP Index, a proprietary index maintained by GSAM. The index includes 50 “Very-Important-Positions” – US-listed stocks that most often appear in the top
