Al Noor, the Qatari media group, has launched the USD200m Al Noor Fund, an ethically based fund which will invest in international film projects. The fund will build a library of film assets by investing in two to three high
Five new liquid alternative funds were launched in Q1 2019, including three equity hedge funds, one multi-strategy fund and one relative value fund, according to Wilshire Funds Management’s Q1 2019 Liquid Alternatives Industry Monitor. Additionally, there were 12 fund liquidations.
EXANTE has launched the EXANTE Hedge Fund Index, which tracks the best performing hedge funds that are listed on the company’s Automated Trading Platform (ATP). Currently composed of 20 top performing management companies, the performance of the index originates from a
Even though the introduction of regulation into Switzerland under the revised Collective Investment Schemes Act (CISA) has changed the landscape it doesn’t appear to have put off fund managers. Markus Fuchs, Managing Director of the Swiss Funds & Asset Management
NYSE Euronext has signed an agreement with several global banks and liquidity providers — Citadel Securities, Getco, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and UBS — to sell a significant equity interest in NYSE Liffe US, its US futures exchange. NYSE Euronext
NYSE Euronext’s net income was USD125m, or USD0.48 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2009, compared to net income of USD174m, or USD0.66 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2008. Third quarter 2009 GAAP results include
Jersey Corporate Services (JCS) has launched an outsourced business development service called Prospect. The new services, which aims to help service providers foster relationships across the globe, has already attracted attention from foreign clients as well as those closer to
The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative (LAB) Index was up 0.59 per cent in September according to Jordan Drachman, head of research for alternative beta strategies at Credit Suisse. The long/short strategy was the most significant contributor to performance again, finishing
Sciens Fund of Funds Management, part of the Sciens Capital Management Group and provider of single- and multi-strategy funds of hedge funds and managed account services, has launched the CCA Event Driven Fund on the Sciens Managed Account Platform (MAP).
IndexIQ is to launch its latest hedge fund replication exchange-traded fund on 4 October on the NYSE Arca. The IQ Hedge Market Neutral Tracker ETF (QMN) will be the first ETF designed to offer investors liquid, transparent exposure to the
