The Blackstone Group has agreed in principle to acquire GSO Capital Partners, an alternative asset manager specialising in the leveraged finance marketplace with approximately USD10bn unde
Much is written about the operational challenges that hedge fund managers face today but when it comes to data collection – ie reference data, pricing, portfolio valuations – and trade execution or standardised reporting, service providers and investors have to contend
Trusco Capital Management, an asset management subsidiary of the Atlanta-based SunTrust Banks financial group, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a minority equity interest in Al
The amount of data is exponentially growing. A paper by IDC, Data Age 2025, said that 16.3 zettabytes of information was generated in 2017 (one zettabyte is 1 billion terabytes), and forecasted this amount would rise to as much as
HSBC has appointed Wout Kalis to head the Singapore operations for its alternative fund services business, the group’s core provider of fund administration and custody to the alternative s
The Apex Group, which launched as a provider of fund administration services in Bermuda in 2003 and has more than USD5bn in assets under administration, has announced the establishment of
The current market environment has led some investors to completely avoid equity markets. But it is those kinds of uncertain and volatile conditions that make long/short strategies highly relevant today as they offer uncorrelated returns and reduced volatility, say Gilles
Bramdean Asset Management LLP, the specialist adviser and manager of alternative investments, is moving its London headquarters from Knightsbridge to Mayfair, enabling Bramdean to work clo
Axa Investment Management has set a target of attracting around USD2.5bn in new investment into its fund of hedge funds products this year as it opens its two commingled funds up to invest
AdvisorShares, a sponsor of actively-managed exchange traded funds, has launched the QAM Equity Hedge ETF. QEH is sub-advised by Commerce Asset Management (CAM), a Tennessee-based investment adviser and subsidiary of Commerce Holdings, which advises on approximately USD700m in assets. QEH
