Barclays and MSCI have launched a new green bond index family measuring the global market of fixed income securities issued to fund projects and initiatives with direct environmental benefits. The Barclays MSCI Green Bond Index family complements the existing Barclays
An increasing proportion of investors in hedge funds are based in the Asia-Pacific region. Who are these investors and which strategies are they targeting? Preqin examines the hedge fund investor landscape within this dynamic region. Asia-Pacific is home to just
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) and Sandell Investment Services have launched the Merrill Lynch Investment Solutions – Castlerigg Equity Event and Arbitrage UCITS Fund. The sub-fund, which merges Sandell’s Castlerigg Merger Arbitrage UCITS fund onto the Merrill Lynch Investment
Greensolver, the independent wind and solar farm asset manager, has launched Greensolver Index, its asset management performance benchmarking tool for the UK and Irish wind and solar energy markets. Traditionally, funds, utilities and independent power producers have had to rely
Pershing Square Capital Management is filing a beneficial ownership report on schedule 13D with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to disclose its ownership of 41,823,145 shares of Zoetis. Pershing also has additional economic exposure through cash-settled total return
2013 was a record year from a transaction perspective with EUR64bn of Europe’s non-core loans sold as part of portfolio transactions last year, a 40 per cent increase on the previous year, according to PwC. Increased activity levels were mainly
Common Sense Investment Management has launched a new business line, Liquid Strategies, to complement the firm’s existing hedge fund business. Led by a team of industry veterans, Liquid Strategies will invest in managed futures managers using a combination of non-finance
V2 Capital, a Securities and Exchange Commission-registered investment advisor, has launch the V2 Hedged Equity Fund, an open-ended single manager mutual fund using the V2 Hedged Equity Strategy. The fund began trading on 31 October 2014 with assets previously invested
Standard Life Investments combines micro and macro capabilities to launch new fund… BNY Mellon closes two sub-funds… BNY Mellon has taken the decision to close two of its funds on the back of falling assets. As reported this week by
Carne Group has received authorisation for an independent AIFMD-compliant management company in the Channel Islands. The new management company has become immediately operational with Carne Group’s fund clients. It is particularly suitable for alternative fund managers, including credit, hedge fund,
