BlackRock is to acquire 100 per cent of the equity interests in eFront, an end-to-end alternative investment management software and solutions provider, from private equity firm Bridgepoint and eFront employees, for USD1.3 billion in cash. The combination of eFront with
Hedge funds struggled to cope with extreme volatility in March and short bias was the only strategy in positive territory for the month as the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index declined by 2.02 p
Dalton Strategic Partnership LLP (DSP) is closing two funds within its Melchior range of UK OEIC Funds. The move has been made in order to focus its efforts on a smaller number of funds. The Melchior Japan Opportunities Fund
BoAML’s MLIS (Merrill Lynch Investments Solutions) platform is a marke
Style Analytics, a provider of factor-based analysis software for investment professionals, has entered into a distribution agreement with Sustainalytics, a specialist in ESG research, ratings and analysis, to serve the rapidly growing demand to integrate ESG considerations into the investment
The Luxembourg regulator, the CSSF, this week announced the authorization of the first Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) fund under the UCITS scheme. The UCITS can invest 100 per cent of its net assets in China A shares (shares
The performance of every hedge fund strategy and sub-strategy was in positive territory last week (12-19 March), with Special Situation and Global Macro strategies outperforming, up +0.8 per cent, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research
French banking giant, Natixis, is getting ready to introduce a re-vamped version of Sixtina
Citi has devised an online calculator to help financial planners and investors alike calculate annualised returns for its
Mehmet Dalman’s WMG aims to raise USD 1 billion for a new Global Macro hedge fund managed by Paresh Patel, previously with Tudor. Of the approx USD 13 billion raise
