The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index (CSLAB), which aims to reflect the performance of the overall hedge fund industry, finished up 0.83 per cent in May. The Long/Short Equity strategy was the strongest performer, finishing up 1.28 per cent
Markit is to acquire Information Mosaic, a software provider for corporate actions and post trade securities processing. Information Mosaic’s enterprise software will allow Markit to extend its corporate actions service to support the full corporate actions trade lifecycle and enhance
eVestment, a provider of traditional and hedge fund data and analytics for the institutional investing community, is launching new offerings in the private equity and venture capital arenas. To serve institutional investors who are increasingly investing in private market funds,
Markit has agreed to acquire CoreOne Technologies, a provider of regulatory reporting, index management, data management and prime brokerage services to financial institutions. Lance Uggla (pictured), chairman and chief executive officer of Markit, says: “CoreOne is a great fit for
Following a mixed first half of the year, CTAs returned to positive performance in July, according to the indices calculated by Societe Generale Prime Services. The Newedge CTA Index posted +3.01 per cent during the month of July, returning to
Equity-focused hedge fund strategies are making good gains in 2015 and despite momentum slowing down in April and May, should be well placed to generate further alpha in the second half of the year. There are three trends to pick
IKONIC Fund Services has chosen Nedelma Portfolio Amalfi to provide enhanced, dynamic reporting to its hedge fund clients. Now, IKONIC’s daily servicing clients will receive their fully reconciled and priced portfolio data on a T+1 basis via Nedelma’s dynamic and
Managed service and IT infrastructure provider Options, has acquired Jake Roy Pillar, a New York-headquartered technology consultancy for the financial industry and primarily hedge funds. The financial terms of the deal, which closed in the second quarter of 2015, have
Craig Botham, Emerging Markets Economist at Schroders comments on the latest GDP figures from India and Brazil… "Surprising first quarter growth figures for both India and Brazil were released today. In both economies, we think the numbers could trigger monetary
CBOE Holdings has finalised the acquisition of the market data services and trading analytics platforms of Livevol, a provider of equity and index options technology and market data services to professional and retail traders, effective 7 August. Financial terms of
