Martin Currie, the active equity manager, intends to launch three Ucits III-compliant absolute alpha funds. These launches are subject to regulatory approval, with the funds expected to be available to retail and institutional investors from October 2010. The three strategies
Investor demand has prompted Standard Asset Management (Standard) to launch a new short duration fund, the Amex Global Ultra Short High Yield Fund. Standard is sole
Swiss-based Alix Capital, provider of the UCITS Alternative Index has found its latest UCITS Alternative Index Industry Survey Q1 2012 that the majority of investor respondents are wi
London-based Armajaro Asset Management has announced plans to expand its commodity hedge fund offering with a third specialist commodity fund.
CloseCross, a multi-party, decentralised derivatives trading platform in beta, has opened its investment round with USD3 million backed by Amnis Ventures, a privately owned venture fund based in Houston, Texas. The investment puts CloseCross at a post-money valuation of USD60
Warrington Asset Management (Warrington) has launched the Warrington Strategic UCITS Fund on the MontLake UCITS Platform. The Warrington Strategic UCITS Fund seeks to generate attractive absolute returns, non-correlated to traditional equity and bond markets, by investing in a portfolio of
Broadridge Financial Solutions has acquired certain private fund regulatory reporting capabilities from PivotData, a data warehouse and compliance reporting solutions platform for the investment community, and its partner Sol Hedge. Broadridge will leverage their capabilities to help private fund asset
A survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has found that more than 50% of asset managers have failed to factor in the
Threadneedle Asset Management has hired Nicholas Robin, who joins from J.P.M
BNP Paribas Securities Services (BNP Paribas) is rolling out a major investment programme to expand its hedge fund and fund of hedge fund administration services, for both UCITs and offshore funds. 

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