International capital markets software firm genesis has completed a Series A financing round, securing a total of USD3 million from Illuminate Financial, a UK-based capital markets venture capital firm, and Tribeca Angels, a New York venture group.

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Hedge Funds gave up 3.06 per cent in October according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, versus a 6.84 per cent decrease in the S&P 500 Total Return Index. Year to date, the Barclay Hedge Fund Index
On average, Alternative UCITS funds suffered during October’s market correction with almost every strategy index showing a negative performance, according to LuxHedge’s latest market overview. The LuxHedge Global Alternative UCITS Index posted a loss of -1.67 per cent, bringing YTD
Julius Baer has opened its third single manager hedge fund, the Julius Baer Credit and Emerging Markets hedge fund (JB CrEM fund), to public subscription. The fund
Cooper Creek Partners (Cooper Creek) has launched its North America Long Short Equity UCITS Fund on ML Capital’s MontLake UCITS Platform. With day one assets in excess of USD110 million, it will be one of the largest Alternative UCITS Fund
Fairfield Greenwich Advisors, a member of the Fairfield Greenwich Group (FGG), has appointed Timothy Hynes as a portfolio manager of Windward Capital LP. Windward
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for November 2018 measured 3.96 per cent, down from 2.66 per cent in October. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Forward Redemption Indicator for November 2018 was 3.96 per cent, a favourable reading in view of seasonal norms and essentially
Hedge funds endured their heaviest outflows in more than five years in September despite record highs in US equity indexes and strong consumer sentiment, according to the Barclay Fund Flow Indicator. Data from more than 5,000 hedge funds in
MV Index Solutions has launched the MVIS Bitcoin US OTC Spot Index (MVBTCO), which is the first bitcoin index based on US price feeds from established OTC digital asset trading operations. The index shows the spot price of bitcoin
Investors removed an estimated USD7.13 billion from the global hedge fund industry in October, pushing year-to-date (YTD) flows firmly negative at -USD10.09 billion. The October outflows follow an uninspiring year in hedge fund performance, culminating in October performance numbers that
