The private debt industry has more than tripled in size since 2006, with assets under management (AUM) increasing from USD152bn to USD465bn as of June 2014. Ryan Flanders, Executive Editor of the newly released 2015 Preqin Global Private Debt Report,
Highland Capital Management has launched Highland Alternative Investors, an alternative investment platform that will encompass all of Highland’s existing non-traditional, liquid alternative funds. Michael Gregory will oversee the new platform as Global Head and CIO of Highland Alternative Investors. “Highland
AlphaPipe has launched Form ADV Change Reports a new service that delivers to investors a monthly change report of all changes made to an asset manager's Form ADV filing. "Form ADV is publicly available and should be one of your
The UCITS Alternative Index Global ended April down 0.37 per cent to leave it slightly down for the year at -0.03 per cent, according to Alix Capital who manage the index family. Indeed, April proved a challenging month for most
Coral Gables Asset Management has launched a new hedge fund, which employs a long-short trading strategy and seeks to exploit short-term and medium-term trading opportunities in the US equities market. Dr Alok Kumar, Coral Gables Asset Management Chief Investment Officer,
Cornerstone Global Commodities is pleased to announce that it has been joined by Duncan Preston, formerly of Vitol, has joined Cornerstone Global Commodities. He will be be based in London before opening Cornerstone's Dubai office. Preston has substantial experience of
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for March 2015 measured 3.91%, an increase from February’s figure of 3.64%. “March redemption requests are in line with prior-year levels and represent quarter-end activity, plus slightly higher redemptions planned for the long-term,” says
ECN broker Tickmill has added contracts for difference (CFDs) – a derivative product that gives opportunity to make money from both falling and rising markets – to its diverse product line. CFDs have no expiry date allowing traders to hold
The hedge fund industry produced an aggregate return of positive 1.93% in February, the industry’s best monthly performance since February of last year, according to eVestment’s latest Hedge Fund Performance report. The primary driver of hedge fund returns in February
Borsa İstanbul is to acquire the London Metal Exchange’s (LME) stake in clearing house LCH.Clearnet. In addition and Borsa İstanbul is to partner with the LME and the LME’s parent company Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx), on the dissemination
