Citi Capital Advisors (CCA), a global alternative asset management platform with USD16.2 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2011, has acquired management responsibilities for four collateralised loan obligations (CLOs) from DiMaio Ahmad Capital LLC (DA Capital), expanding
The effects of the credit crunch and a generally harsher economic climate are driving various trends in the alternative investment industry. Hedge funds are become more activist investors, bold enough even to take on the UK government for its nationalisation
The Dow Jones Hedge Fund Strategy Benchmarks were not invulnerable to the financial hardships that have hit the US economy, with five of the six strategies covered by Dow Jones Hedge
Reeling from a double whammy of losses last year that averaged nearly 20 per cent across the global industry and a wave of redemptions by investors disappointed by performance or in urgent need of
36 South Investment Managers Limited, a ‘tail risk’ hedge fund manager, is preparing to launch the 36 South Black Swan Fund in August.
BlackRock, Inc is to acquire Barclays Global Investors (BGI), including its market-leading ETF platform, iShares, from Barclays PLC for USD13.5bn.<
“It’s about providing efficiencies across asset classes. Whether it’s a limited partnership private equity fund, a FoHFs, a hybrid private equity fund, we offer those efficiencies under one hood, on one platform,” comments Eddie Russo (pictured), solutions consultant at Advent
Central clearing significantly reduces systemic risk and their amplifying factors in financial markets, according to a white paper by Eurex Clearing, the central counterparty (CCP) of Deutsche Börse Group. The paper, “How central counterparties strengthen the safety and integrity of
Mariner Investment Group has closed on two new client mandates, launching Mariner Infrastructure Investment Management (MIIM), Mariner's bank deleveraging and regulatory capital management investment business. MIIM serves as portfolio manager for two investment vehicles: the International Infrastructure Finance Company Fund
Sales of alternative investment firms account for a record 40 per cent of deals in the global investment management business so far in 2008, according to Jefferies Putnam Lovell, an advise
