Mercer and CAIS have expanded their existing relationship by making Mercer’s suite of institutional investment advice, research, products, and tools available through CAIS. Mercer will continue to provide due diligence and ongoing monitoring for all funds that list on CAIS.
SteelEye, a compliance technology and data analytics firm, has published a White Paper outlining its best execution support for MiFID II’s regulatory technical standard, RTS27. SteelEye has expanded its comprehensive regulatory solution to support the requirement for trading venues to
Separately managed accounts are increasingly popular hedge fund structures and they present growth opportunities to managers, according to a report by Pershing, a BNY Mellon company. The study, developed with Greenwich Associates, details growing investor demand toward SMAs and provides
Two-thirds (66 per cent) of alternative investment professionals have a good understanding of the benefits of fund finance but cite negative perceptions among LPs as the biggest challenge to its wider adoption, according to a new survey commissioned by Intertrust,
The European Repo Council of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has released the results of its 24th semi-annual survey of the European repo market, which sets the baseline figure for market size at EUR5,611bn. This figure shows a 0.9
Belstar Group, a private investment firm specialising in alternative investment strategies, has closed the Belstar Credit Fund and Belstar SJ Credit Fund. The combined funds closed with over USD280m. Initially launched in March 2009, the funds have participated in both
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up 1.97 per cent in September, taking its year-to-date performance to 2.82 per cent. The top performing strategies over the month were special situations (4.00 per cent), l/s equity long bias (3.91 per cent),
The weather was perfect, clear blue skies and unbroken sunshine in what remains one of Europe’s most iconic locations: Monaco. Transfer that across to the overall mood at this year’s Gaim International conference, however, and it was more one of
New York-based Atalaya Capital has closed its third fund offering which targets special opportunity investments in the small and middle credit markets. Fund III will continue Fund II’s track record of purchasing illiquid credit assets from banks, the FDIC, commercial
As PerTrac Financial Solutions continues to grow its client base and expand its suite of product solutions for both the hedge fund manager and investor communities, its office in London is taking o
