Medley Capital has acquired credit hedge fund manager Viathon Capital LP effective March 31, 2011. Medley, a registered investment adviser with USD1.4 billion of assets under management in private investment funds, hedge funds and Medley Capital Corporation (NYSE: MCC), provides
All seven of IndexIQ’s hedge fund and alternative beta replication indices saw negative performance in May. Designed as investable benchmarks that replicate the performance characteristics of sophisticated hedge fund strategies, the IQ Hedge benchmark indexes underlie a variety of investment
By James Williams – Dark pools exist in a variety of forms to serve a variety of clients. In the US they are referred to as an alternative trading system (ATS). In Europe they include multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) –
The last few months have been a flurry of activity for Cordium. In December 2013 it acquired Sigma Partnership, a London-based compliance and accounting firm. This was followed by the acquisition of HedgeStart in January 2014, a multi-service provider to
FRM Capital Advisors (FCA), the hedge fund seeding division of Financial Risk Management (FRM), and Eagle River Asset Management LLC (Eagle River) have formed a strategic relationship under which FCA has made a significant investment in Eagle River’s fund. The investment
Intech Investment Management has launched its first enhanced global equity strategy. It has been seeded with funding by one of Europe’s largest pension funds. The strategy is an extension of both Intech’s global core and enhanced index strategies. As of
The decision for Société Générale to launch a dark pool trading platform, AlphaY, in April 2012 arose from a desire to access liquidity in a safe environment that the firm felt was not readily available externally. Prior to launching AlphaY,
Fitch Ratings says in a new hedge fund sector update that stronger flows to hedge fund and absolute return strategies in 2010 should increase during 2011, as institutional investors seek diversifying sources of performance and downside risk protection. In
Global Fund Media and its staff wish all our readers a very happy (and relaxing) holiday season.
Statistics and anecdotal evidence from the first months of 2011 suggest that a significant upturn is underway in primary private equity fundraising, and offshore jurisdictions are set to benefit from the trend, according to Philip Millward (pictured) and Julian Ashworth,
