BNP Paribas Securities Services this week announced the launch of a major investment programme to expand its hedge fund and FoHF administration services for both offshore and onshore UCITS f
ACA Compliance Group (ACA) has completed the acquisition of Cordium, a provider of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) products and services, following the receipt of the necessary regulatory approvals. ACA now employs nearly 700 people and provides products and services
East Capital has launched a UCITS version of its successful China A-Shares strategy, providing investors with easier access to investment opportunities on the Chinese onshore equity markets. The strategy, which aims to deliver long-term capital appreciation by investing in high-quality
Baring Asset Management has unveiled plans to launch the Baring Alpha Currency Fund in October, subject to regulatory approval.
Alternative investment fund (AIF) manager Olymp Capital has launched what it says is the first European investment fund to cover the entire blockchain and crypto asset ecosystem. The fund will include blockchain-related private equity, initial coin offering (ICO) activity, and fund-of-fund activity
UCITS and AIFs recorded net sales of EUR28 billion in Q2 2018, a significant decrease on the EUR222 billion of sales seen in Q1, according to the latest European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) Quarterly Statistical Release for the European investment funds
NUMERI Capital Management has launched a new alternative investment program – NUMERI Intraday I – which aims to provide institutional and retail investors with superior risk-adjusted returns, regardless of the direction of traditional markets. Using proprietary intraday forecasting techniques developed
Alternative UCITS funds gained 0.49 per cent in November according to the UCITS Alternative Index Global managed by Geneva-based Alix Capital. That brings year-to-date returns to 3.71 per cent; a substantial improvement on the figure of 1.63 per cent recorded
The summer saw the launch of a new investment platform, AtomInvest, which is designed to democratise access to alternative investment funds across private equity, venture capital and hedge funds. Founder and CEO of AtomInvest Hemal Mehta explains that he has
Amundi Alternative Investments SAS (Amundi AI) has obtained AIFM authorisation from the French securities regulator (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) for all of its investment solutions. The AIFM directive, transposed by the EU member states on 22 July, regulates alternative fund managers
