Independent asset manager Carmignac is widening the availability of its strategies to UK investors with the launch of six locally domiciled funds. This is a significant milestone for Carmignac’s UK offering and a natural step in the company’s European growth
Specialist credit asset management firm Cairn Financial Products has launched the Cairn Capital Structured Credit Fund, which is aimed at institutional investors and managed by Andrew Jack
Palmer Square Capital Management, along with Montage Investments and Atlantic Asset Management, has agreed an investment partnership with LNG Capital, a long/short European credit firm based in London that focuses on European corporate credit investments. In addition to securing significant
Private equity specialist Carlyle Group has raised USD1.35bn for Carlyle Strategic Partners II, its second distressed debt and corporate opportunities fund, following the closing of its fi
New Forests Inc has launched Forest Carbon Partners – an investment vehicle for California-compliant forest carbon offset projects – and closeed of the fund’s first two transactions. Forest Carbon Partners offers forest carbon offset project finance and development services to
New Star has launched the New Star Real Estate Hedge Fund, which will invest in listed real estate securities and may also use sector swaps, real estate funds and real estate derivatives.
Structured Portfolio Management (SPM) has announced the launch of a hedge fund designed to take advantage of dislocations in the structured credit and mortgage markets.
Investec Asset Management is launching a new Global Extension Fund managed by James Hand, Investec’s Head of 4Factor Research, based on a portfolio that uses derivative instruments to go b
Specialist convertible bond manager Acropole Asset Management has announced plans to launch its first alternative fund, Acropole Convertibles Arbitrage, to add to its existing product rang
New Star Asset Management is rationalising its single strategy hedge fund range by closing three small funds investing in the UK, Japan and Asia that had combined assets under management o
