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
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 0.13 per cent in September, outperforming the -0.69 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. The
Independent depositary firm INDOS Financial is now offering a new ESG oversight service, which will be led by Matthew Queree, the company’s newly-appointed Head of ESG Oversight. INDOS Financial, now has USD28 billion of assets under its oversight, plus a
By Don Steinbrugge, Agecroft Partners – Each January Agecroft Partners releases its predictions regarding the top 10 hedge fund industry trends in the coming year. One of our predictions for 2018 was an increase in hedge fund closures for both
Guernsey’s commitment to meeting international standards of transparency and exchange of information in tax matters was further underlined last week, with the signing of a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with the Republic of Slovenia. Iztok Jarc, Ambassador of the
US banking giant J.P.Morgan has rolled out a new multi-strategy newcits fund, following its soft launch last month.
Reech Aim Partners, a London-based USD300m investment manager specialising in absolute return strategies, will continue expanding its suite of Ucits III-compliant offerings with the launch of a Ucits long only North American equity fund. It will be managed by the
Assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed globally amounted to USD4.82 trillion at the end of Q4 2018, following net inflows of USD164.84 billion and market moves during the period, according to ETFGI’s Q4 2018 Global ETF and ETP industry landscape
