The Swiss banking group Syz has integrated its institutional asset management activities within the newly-created division Syz Asset Management. Syz Asset Management will manage all the group’s institutional mandates, both traditional and alternative, as well as investment funds. Syz Asset
Minneapolis-based Groveland Capital has begun to actively market its Groveland Hedged Credit Fund to institutional investors. Nick Swenson founded Groveland along with members of his credit team and the fund was launched in January this year. Swenson was previously the
AlphaBot, a technology solution for sourcing, analysing and allocating to alternative investments, has added performance data and analysis tools enabling investors for the first time to compare, portfolio build, and compile reports on more than 1,600 crypto currencies and tokens. Launched in
Appleby, a provider of offshore legal, fiduciary and administration services, is opening its office in Guernsey today. The group will now have 81 partners, 215 lawyers and over 800 staff worldwide. The new office will practise Guernsey law with a
Royal Bank of Canada and BlueBay Asset Management have reached an agreement on terms for a recommended acquisition of BlueBay by RBC. Under the terms of the acquisition, BlueBay shareholders will be entitled to receive 485 pence in cash for
Kenneth Heinz (pictured) is President of Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research. Since it was established in 1992, HFR has become the standard bearer for indexation and cutting edge analysis of hedge funds, from strategy performance through to capital inflows and broad
Mendon Capital Advisors is based in Rochester, New York. Founded in 1996 by Anton Schutz (pictured), the fund employs a long/short equity strategy with an event-driven slant, and focuses primarily on the US financial services sector. Since inception, the fund
Barclays Capital’s Research Analysis Driven Absolute Return strategy has celebrated its first anniversary with a return of 29.7 per cent net of fees. Managed by Barclays Capital’s in-house fund manager, Barclays Capital Fund Solutions, Radar is a long/short macro
The number of alternative fund managers choosing to future-proof their EU-focused funds through Jersey continued to grow in the first six months of 2018, according to the latest figures from Jersey’s financial regulator. Data from the Jersey Financial Services Commission
Independent fund management group Liontrust Asset Management has released its results for the year ended 31 March 2012. The group’s adjusted profit before tax was GBP1.0 million (2011: loss of GBP1.7 million), while assets under management as at 31 March
