OppenheimerFunds has formed a strategic partnership with Macquarie Investment Management, a division of Macquarie Group Limited (MQG), to launch the Oppenheimer Macquarie Global Infrastructure Fund. The Oppenheimer Macquarie Global Infrastructure Fund seeks total return. The mutual fund seeks to offer
STOXX Ltd, operator of Deutsche Boerse Group’s index business, and a global provider of tradable index concepts, has extended the STOXX Select and STOXX Diversification Select index families that were introduced in October 2015. The newly launched indices combine investment
Bloomberg has launched the Entity Exchange platform, a web-based, centralised and secure solution that enables buy-side firms to provide entity data and documentation to their trading counterparties. Entity Exchange eases the process of opening new trade accounts for the buy-side,
Colin W McLean, FSIP, has been elected the new Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of CFA Institute, the global association of investment management professionals. Effective 1 September, McLean succeeds Frederic P Lebel, CFA, who becomes the newly elected
Neptune, the open standards network utility for pre-trade indications in bond markets, has completed connectivity to Fidessa's buy-side OMS platform to distribute high quality pre-trade data to assist the buy-side with liquidity and price discovery utilising their existing workflows. With
American Century Investments has expanded its liquid alternatives offering with the launch of the AC Alternatives Long Short Fund, the second multi-manager fund to be launched under the firm's AC Alternatives brand. The new fund uses an open architecture subadvisor
The US CFTC has ordered Citibank to pay a USD250 million civil monetary penalty to settle charges that it attempted to manipulate, and made false reports concerning, the US Dollar International Swaps and Derivatives Association Fix (USD ISDAFIX), a global
Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) CIO and Head of Infrastructure Debthas appointed Deborah Zurkow (pictured) is to take on a new, broader role, becoming head of the Alternatives pillar within the firm’s global investment platform. Zurkow will join AllianzGI’s Global Executive
Over the last decade the approach to running a hedge fund’s operations has changed markedly, thanks largely to improvements in technology. Ten or fifteen years ago, the perception among hedge fund managers – when launching their hedge fund – was
The unlisted natural resources debt fundraising market has developed since the financial crisis, with 54 funds closing since 2010 raising a combined USD29 billion. The most successful year of fundraising occurred in 2013 when 15 funds reached a final close,
