Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM), Blackstone’s hedge fund solutions business, and NWI Management (NWI), a global macro hedge fund, have launched Blackstone NWI Asset Management. BNAM will offer a platform of investment solutions for investors seeking to access fixed income
The Conifer Group, which merged with Vastardis Capital to form Conifer Financial Services – an asset services firm offering front to back capabilities across all asset classes to pensions, endowments, family offices, hedge funds, private equity and venture capital managers,
Castle Hall Alternatives, the hedge fund industry’s leading specialist provider of operational due diligence, and Orchard Harbour, an expert provider of due diligence in Australasia and Asia, today announced that they had formed a strategic partnership. Castle Hall will utilise
Last week Hedgeweek attended an update on the AIFMD hosted by Bovill, the financial services regulatory consultants, following ESMA’s second consultation into the implementation of the Directive. ESMA’s first consultation paper closed 13 September. Its final advice on the back
Fortigent, a provider of outsourced wealth management solutions for financial advisors and institutions targeting high net worth clients, has selected IndexIQ’s IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy SMA Portfolio as an Alternative Investment solution for the firm’s Access Overlay customisable UMA program. Fortigent’s
The number of alternative and multi-asset fund launches have increased 15 per cent since 2010, according to research from Cerulli Associates. "The market crisis was highly disruptive, temporarily halting new product introductions as budgets were slashed, but in the longer
The Palaedino Fund (UCITS IV) and Sabre Fund Management Limited (Sabre) have launched the Sabre Dynamic Equity Fund. Sabre Dynamic Equity is a quantitative Long/Short Equity Fund that invests across a broad universe of 800 large/midcap European stocks and 500 large-cap US stocks.
Malaysia-based asset manager Affin Hwang Asset Management Berhad has launched an Asian equity-focused UCITS fund reported Citywire Global Asia this week. The Affin Hwang Capital Asian Series is domiciled in Luxembourg and initially consists of two sub-funds: Select Asia Opportunity
RBC Dexia Investor Services has won a mandate from Tages Capital SGR, a newly-launched independent investment management company based in London, Luxembourg and Milan. RBC Dexia will provide depository bank, fund administration and shareholder services to Tages Capital’s domestic
The IMA this week responded to ESMA’s paper on guidelines for UCITS ETFs and Structured UCITS, in which they propose applying greater regulation, by quest
