Societe Generale has launched Tempo, a collateral management outsourcing solution aimed both at buy-side and sell-side market participants, including traditional and alternative asset managers, institutional investors, banks and major corporates. A unique, multi-asset offering, “Tempo” alleviates the complexity, cost and
Investment management sector technology specialist RFA (Richard Fleischman & Associates) has launched a new data governance solution for the alternative asset industry. The data governance service extends the full functionality previously only offered by enterprise level data governance services to the
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for April 2015 measured 3.36 per cent, down from 3.91 per cent in March. “The forward Redemption Indicator for both April and Year to Date 2015 are consistent with seasonal trends and closely in
Lord, Abbett & Co LLC ("Lord Abbett"), an independent investment management firm, this week announced that it had launched Passport Portfolios to provide non-US institutions and non-US resident investors with access to select Lord Abbett fixed income investment strategies through
Investors’ plans for future activity in the private debt space are revealed in this extract from the Preqin Quarterly Update: Private Debt, Q1 2015. Investors surveyed by Preqin in Q1 2015 conveyed a strong appetite for exposure to private debt
ML Capital and Ardsley Partners are repositioning the Ardsley Partners US Equity UCITS Fund to take advantage of increasing investor interest in the renewable energy sector. The aim is to capture the secular growth opportunities presented as global energy production growth
ERI Scientific Beta has launched two new families of smart "quality-type" factor indices – High Profitability and Low Investment, allowing investors to benefit from well-documented additional risk premia. These new smart factor indices have been available on the www.scientificbeta.com platform
Representatives from PwC, Coller Capital, Dexion Capital, Baring Vostok, Hermes GPE and Metric Capital have been added to the roster of speakers for the Guernsey Funds Forum 2015. It has already been announced that Guy Hands, Chairman and Chief Investment
This extract from Preqin’s Quarterly Update: Private Equity, Q1 2015 focuses on global private equity-backed buyout deals, featuring the latest available data. The number of private equity-backed buyout deals recorded globally in Q1 2015 fell by 20 per cent from
Hedge funds posted gains in March, with performance driven by strong macro trends in Currency and Commodity markets, complemented by broad-based gains and positioning in Event Driven, Equity Hedge and fixed income-based Relative Value Arbitrage strategies. The HFRI Fund Weighted
