Commonfund Capital has held the closing of its second secondaries fund, Commonfund Capital Secondary Partners II with USD450 million of capital commitments sourced from investors including endowments, foundations, pension plans, insurance pools and family offices. The total raised is more
SEA Asset Management (SEA AM), a boutique fund manager based in Singapore, and Seahawk Investments based in Eschborn, Germany, have formed a fund distribution partnership. The collaboration of the two firms brings together the capabilities and services required to successfully
Hedge funds gained an average of 1.26 per cent in April, the fourth consecutive month of positive returns, following a five-month string of aggregate declines closing out 2018, according to the latest eVestment April 2019 hedge fund performance data. Year
Liquidnet, a global institutional investment network, has acquired RSRCHXchange, a marketplace and aggregator for institutional research. Liquidnet will now be able to deliver relevant, actionable insights directly to investment teams through the Liquidnet platform. Following its acquisition of OTAS Technologies
Alternative strategies within a Ucits framework continued to see improving demand in the third quarter, with growth in both the number of funds and assets under management, according to the Alceda Quarterly Ucits review produced by independent structuring specialist Alceda
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (SMTB) has completed the acquisition of the global asset services division from Daiwa Securities Group. The global asset services division comprises Daiwa’s fund administration/Ucits management company, custodian, trustee and authorized corporate director entities domiciled in Ireland,
GSR, a specialist in market making and algorithmic crypto assets trading, has launched a new structured product called the Bitcoin Halo Option aimed at allowing investors to manage and limit some of the risk of their cryptocurrency trades. The GSR
CVC Capital Partners and Resource America Inc have signed an agreement to combine CVC Cordatus Group and Apidos Capital Management to form CVC Credit Partners. Led by Marc Boughton, Managing Partner, CVC Credit Partners will comprise USD7.5bn of credit assets
It looks like European regulators are continuing to seek to limit the instruments that UCITS funds may invest in, with unregulated hedge funds the next out-of-bounds category. A legal update released by Dechert LP this week refers to a formal opinion
Hedge funds proved unable to turn February’s net inflows into a two-month trend, as March saw USD11.0 billion in hedge fund redemptions worldwide, a dramatic shift from February’s USD12.1 billion in inflows. Hedge funds’ March outflows represented 0.4 per cent
