CIT Group a provider of commercial lending and leasing services has formed a joint venture with funds managed by TPG Special Situations Partners (TSSP), a dedicated special situations and credit platform with over USD12 billion in AUM. Strategic Credit Partners,
The number of Jersey funds marketing into Europe through national private placement regimes (NPPRs) under the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) broke through the 200 barrier in June. Net asset values under administration in the island’s alternatives sector
The global hedge fund industry has seen a USD76 billion net inflow of assets through the first half of 2015, bringing the size of the industry to USD3.22 trillion, according to figures released by Preqin. The second quarter saw the
Euronext saw record trading volumes on its markets on 24 August 2015. On cash markets over 550 million orders were managed, surpassing the previous record set in January 2015 by 22 per cent. A total of 4,478,154 transactions were completed
Alternative methods of accessing the private real estate market, including separate accounts, joint ventures and co-investments, are under the spotlight in this extract from the Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H2 2015. Recent years have seen an increase in institutional
Hatteras Funds has opened up access to its Alternative Multi-Manager Fund (HHSIX). The Fund, which has been available to select institutional clients since 2011, will continue to be co-managed by Portfolio Managers Michael P Hennen and R Ty Powers. “With
FinTech Sandbox has partnered with Quandl, a web-based platform for financial and economic data. Quandl will offer startups participating in the Sandbox program access to both free and premium data from hundreds of publishers, via its simple and flexible platform.
Orc, a specialist in electronic trading technology for listed derivatives, has launched certified connectivity to Borsa İstanbul enabling quoting and trading on Borsa İstanbul for all Orc clients using the Execution Bricks or the Orc Trading Bricks platforms. Since its
Omni Partners Omni Macro Fund was up 4.9 per cent MTD as of Friday 21 August and the London and Irvine, California-based hedge fund manager is expecting further gains from moves at the beginning this week. Since inception in 2007
This extract from the Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H2 2015 analyses the responses gathered in Preqin’s latest round of investor interviews to find out what investors in private equity believe are the biggest issues they face at present. Preqin’s
