Digital asset exchange Kraken has acquired Crypto Facilities, a regulated cryptocurrency trading platform and index provider. The combination creates a specialist in cryptocurrency spot and futures trading. London-based Crypto Facilities offers individuals and institutions transparent, secure, 24/7 trading on a
GLG Partners announced this week that it was re-opening its GLG Alpha Select newcits to additional, limited investment having seen strong take-up by investors since it was launched in
Dynamic Funds has launched the Dynamic Alpha Performance II Fund and Dynamic Premium Yield PLUS Fund (the Funds). Both Funds are based on the Canadian Securities Administrators’ ‘alternative funds’ proposal, which is governed under National Instrument 81-102 Investment Funds. Liquid
Long/short equity is the most popular strategy pursued by Alternative UCITS (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) funds, and overall, funds invested in emerging markets have posted the best performance from January 2002 through October 2011, according to PerTrac.
SaxoSelect, a digital service that enables clients of Saxo Bank to invest in pre-selected investments, has reported a 36 per cent increase in AUM for its range of Managed Trading Strategies over the third quarter. The sharp increase in
Salus Capital Partners has provided a USD65m Debtor-in-Possession (DIP) credit facility to HMX Group, a designer, manufacturer and marketer of men’s and women’s business and leisure apparel. The DIP financing will be used by HMX Group to provide working capital
Long-term UCITS enjoyed a healthy inflow of EUR16 billion for July, with total UCITS net inflows increasing by EUR5.4 billion to help reverse the EUR31 billion
Catalyst Funds, an alternative-focussed mutual fund company, has launched the Catalyst Enhanced Income Strategy Fund (EIXIX), which employs an income-focused strategy that invests in a variety of non-traditional income asset classes. EIXIX invests primarily in agency and non-agency residential mortgage
Double Haven Capital Management (Hong Kong) Limited (Double Haven) has acquired the hedge fund platform, DragonBack Capital Limited. 

Prior to the acquisition, Double Haven had outsourced its operations, risk and other back office functions to the team at DragonBack. These
Lyxor Asset Management has teamed up with Dymon Asia to launch the Lyxor/Dymon Asia Macro Fund, a liquid discretionary global macro strategy with an Asian focus. As Asia becomes increasingly important in the global economic landscape, it offers a wide
