The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and Alternative Credit Council (ACC) have welcomed the publication by the European Commission (EC) of the Capital Markets Union for people and businesses-new action plan (the CMU Action Plan). AIMA and ACC say their
Investors continued to add more money to hedge funds last month – after pouring more than USD9 billion into the industry in July – as the sector recovers from a bruising four-month run of withdrawals and allocators drift back to the sector,
Pierre-Henri Flamand, Man GLG’s CIO emeritus and hedge fund industry veteran, says the huge economic stimulus from governments to combat the coronavirus crisis is fuelling the threat of inflation, and is warning investors to “be vigilant rather than to relax”.
European mid-market private equity investor Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) is to acquire Moody’s Analytics Knowledge Services (Knowledge Services), a provider of bespoke research, analytics and automation technology to the financial services sector, from Moody’s Corporation. Established in 2014 through the
causaLens, a deep-tech company predicting and optimising the global economy, has released the World’s first causal Artificial Intelligence (causal AI) enterprise platform. causaLens says its platform defines a new category of machine intelligence and that its next generation AI engine harnesses
The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 1.83 per cent in June, bringing its year-to-date return to 5.84 per cent, according to the July2019 edition of the Eurekahedge report. Roughly 24.7 per cent of the hedge fund managers comprising the
The European Fund and Asset Management Association’s (EFAMA) Quarterly Statistical Release for the first quarter of 2019 reports a strong increase in net assets of UCITS and AIFs, driven by the rebound of financial markets. Net assets of UCITS increased
The second edition of the MJ Hudson Allenbridge Systematic Factor Market Review estimates that there are now USD1trillion of assets invested in systematic factor (smart beta) strategies. It is estimated that strategies created by investment banks represent approximately USD300 billion
Corgentum Consulting, a provider of integrated operational due diligence reviews and background investigations, has expanded its suite of background investigation services for investors seeking to evaluate reputational risk at fund managers. Corgentum’s offering now includes social media and expanded web
The recent flashpoint over the UK’s Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union may prove to be the high point of “maximum bearishness” in the long-running Brexit process, according to BlueBay Asset Management, which has closed successful short bets on the
