Managed futures posted positive results overall in February with a 0.32 per cent return for the month according to the Barclay CTA Index. Despite February’s positive results, however, the index is down 0.16 per cent year to date. Five of
Principal Global Investors is to acquire a 55 per cent stake in Liongate Capital Management (Liongate), a global alternative investment boutique based in London and New York focused on managing portfolios of hedge funds. Founded in 2003, Liongate has approximately
The Vienna Stock Exchange is now distributing the first crypto index calculated by the LIMEYARD joint venture in cooperation with Decentriq, a specialist in distributed ledger technology. The central data feed of the Vienna Stock Exchange reaches around 250 data customers
Shipbroker Clarksons is moving ahead with plans to launch a Cayman Islands-registered, shipping-only hedge fund with seed capital of USD 20-30 million. The aim is t
PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, saw a strong push on its futures market during the month of September to achieve its highest volume in 2018 on this segment with 96.8 TWh. A total volume of 169.4
Geneva-based Stigma Partners, the boutique independent asset manager with CHF1.5 billion in AUM, is to launch a new UCITS on 1 October.
London-based asset management business Titanium Capital Partners LLP has been appointed as the asset manager for the Vizor Macro Fund. David Morrison, formerly dire
Eiger Advisors, a UK-regulated business assisting alternative and traditional asset management businesses, and Investeam, an established Paris-based third-party manager, have announced a new commercial partnership. It will support UK-based fund managers wishing to access the French, Luxembourg and Belgium institutional
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for December 2019 measured 1.65 per cent.Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index declined 1.84 per cent in January. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Capital Movement Index for January 2020 of
Geneva-based Pictet Funds, the fund management arm of Swiss private bank Pictet & Cie, has announced plans to launch a new UCITS fund that will aim to capture secular growth across the G
