Innealta Capital, a privately-held quantitative asset manager headquartered in Austin, Texas, has launched the Acclivity Small Cap Value Fund (AXVIX). The fund’s objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation. It aims to deliver excess returns within the small capitalisation, value
Orchard Global Asset Management (OGAM), an alternative investment management firm with a focus on opportunistic fixed income and structured credit transactions, has closed its Taiga Special Opportunities Fund after raising USD2.5 billion in capital commitments. “We appreciate the support of
The market rebound since end of December fuelled hedge fund strategies most exposed to risk assets such as L/S Equity and Special Situations, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset research team. Lyxor writes that this is
The Blackstone Group is making changes to the single manager hedge funds businesses within its alternative asset management segment, including consolidating its distressed securities fu
There was a pause in trade developments and solid corporate profits fuelled risk appetite last week pushing hedge funds strategies with the highest market beta higher, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. CTAs outperformed
There are not many investment options that can deliver strong positive returns in the current turbulent market environment, but US hedge fund manager John Paulson has managed to do that –
BNY Mellon has been appointed as depositary for a significant proportion of the alternative investment holdings of Alceda Asset Management GmbH in Germany and Alceda Fund Management SA in Luxembourg. The mandate also covers assets held in alternative investment funds
Phoenix Fund Services has won the contract to provide the middle office, fund accounting and transfer agency services for the Coppertree Dynamic Fund. The Coppertree Dynamic Fund is a Bermuda domiciled fund with an absolute return investment objective through investing
With the final month’s performance figures of 2010 released by UCITS Alternative Index this week, it was evidently clear that across the board, strategies were well down on 2
Merchant Capital, the independent corporate finance and investment management firm, has migrated its UCITS umbrella to Point Nine’s Circle.2 platform of live middle and back office services. The firm chose Point Nine’s Circle platform for the launch of its
