Alternative investment manager CarVal Investors has selected Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services to provide middle office and fund administration services for the firm’s global portfolios. The agreement provides CarVal Investors with a unified operations and technology platform to support investment
Jonathan Heaney (pictured), a partner with international law firm Walkers in Jersey, says the collaboration and flexibility available in the island hold the key to attracting private investment structures to capitalise on one of the few investment areas consistently to
As the world’s climate negotiators gather for the UNFCCC COP18 conference in Doha, a white paper published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance finds just USD8bn flowed from developed to developing nations to foster deployment of large-scale clean energy power generation
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has raised USD1.38bn for energy credit investments. Carlyle Energy Mezzanine Opportunities Fund (CEMOF) primarily targets investments in projects and companies in the power generation and energy sectors requiring capital of USD20m to USD150m
On-going issues in the Eurozone and the looming US ‘fiscal cliff’ will create an uncertain environment for investors until the beginning of 2013, according to Marino Valensise, chief investment office at Baring Asset Management (Barings). However, Barings believes that improving
Dyal Capital Partners, a private equity fund managed by Neuberger Berman Group, has received USD1.28bn in client commitments to make minority investments in the management companies of established hedge fund firms. The fundraising effort exceeded Dyal’s goal of USD1bn. Investors
Wells Fargo Securities is rebranding Merlin Securities as Wells Fargo Prime Services. Additionally, its web-based suite of prime brokerage technology solutions known as MerlinPRIME, MerlinSHARP and Merlin COMPASS have been renamed Wells Fargo PRIME, Wells Fargo SHARP and Wells Fargo
Dutch hedge funds outperformed their global peers in the turbulent month of May. The Finles/IEX Dutch hedge fund index was down 1.3 per cent versus a loss of 2.8 per cent for the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index and 3.0
Six alternative funds are being offered the chance to pitch to more than 200 institutional investors, funds of funds and high net worth individuals at the second Amsterdam Investors Forum (AIF), organised by ABN AMRO Clearing on 13 February 2013.
Deer Park Road’s flagship fund, STS Partners Fund, has closed to new investors. The fund, which focuses on deeply discounted, short-duration, high cash-flow mortgage-backed (MBS) and other asset-backed (ABS) securities, was started in May 2008 with USD17m of internal capital
