Hedge fund managers kicked off the fourth quarter on a positive note following a flat Q3, with the equal-weighted index up 0.40 per cent and the asset-weighted index up 0.82 per cent in October, according to data released by Eurekahedge.
New London-based investor, Inspirit Capital, is to focus on acquiring and transforming small and medium-sized businesses that are experiencing strategic, operational or financial complexities. Inspirit Fund I successfully hit its GBP50 million hard cap attracting committed capital from a select
This week London based ETP provider Source announced that it had partnered with Ashmore to launch the manager’s first funds in Europe. Ashmore is a specialist active investment manager with more than 20 years’ experience in emerging markets. “Source focuses
Specialist finance and advisory firm Trafalgar Capital Advisors (TCA) has entered into a strategic partnership with Marylebone Fund Management Group to launch the PreIpo2Ipo fund, which will provide bridge financing to innovative organisations seeking listing on small-cap exchanges or listing
Companies ranked in the bottom 50 per cent of ESG performance are significantly more likely to attract activists’ attention, according to the findings of Alvarez & Marsal’s (A&M) latest analysis and predictor of shareholder activism in Europe, the A&M Activist
GAM has launched the GAM Star Cat Bond, a UCITS-compliant fund that aims to deliver stable and very attractive cash plus returns that are not impacted by the volatility and performance of more traditional equity and fixed income instruments. The
GPIF, the Japanese Government pension fund and the largest pool of retirement savings in the world, has suspended stock lending in a move that will have implications for short-sellers including hedge funds. GPIF says that the practice of stock lending
The signing of Jersey’s Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with India is a welcome development in the island’s progress in establishing closer commercial ties with the country, according to Jersey Finance chief executive, Geoff Cook. “For the last five years
Fundsmith has become the first UK fund management company to launch a regulated Lux-based SICAV under the new UCITS IV directive.
Pennsylvania-based growth specialist Turner Investments is to introduce two Ucits funds into Europe reported Citywire Global this week.
