Shifts in regulation and changes in attitudes towards reputation are prompting a rise in the inward migration of alternative fund managers to Jersey, delegates at a major annual funds conference have heard. Discussing trends within the alternative fund space, panellists
Market participants have eliminated more than USD750 trillion in notional principal outstanding using triReduce, TriOptima’s risk-constrained, multilateral compression service for OTC derivatives, established in 2003. Since launch, more than 210 financial institutions worldwide have participated in this significant risk-reducing achievement
Point72 Asset Management (Point72), the family office managing the assets of its founder, Steven A Cohen (pictured), and eligible employees, has appointed Dr Gio Valiante as Head Performance Coach. Valiante has been consulting at the Firm for the past 18
SS&C Technologies Holdings has completed the acquisition of Citi's Alternative Investor Services Business, a provider of hedge fund and private equity fund administration services. SS&C acquired the business unit from Citi for approximately USD321 million. Citi's Alternative Investor Services Business
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for February 2016 measured -0.95 per cent, while hedge fund flows, as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index, advanced 0.82 per cent in March. “Hedge funds benefited
The hedge fund industry produced an aggregate return of 0.25 per cent in February 2016, according to eVestment’s latest Hedge Fund Performance report, with gains driven by returns from managed futures funds, despite continued losses from managers targeting credit opportunities.
JonesTrading Institutional Services, an institutional equity block trading and execution firm based in the United States, is expanding into pan-Asian trading. In addition to Asia markets already covered for US-based institutions, the firm will now trade equity instruments in virtually
HIG Capital has appointed Giuseppe Mirante as Managing Director of Bayside Capital, the firm’s distressed debt and special situations affiliate. Mirante, who has over 15 years of private equity and distressed debt experience, will be based in London. Prior to
FundCount, a Boston-based provider of investment management, general ledger and partnership accounting software for single and multi-family offices, fund administrators, hedge funds, private equity and related investment firms, has appointed Michael Slemmer CFA (pictured) as Chief Operating Officer for the
Collins Capital’s Long/Short Credit Fund (CCLIX/CLCAX), a mutual fund offering a true long/short credit strategy that dynamically adjusts exposure throughout the credit cycle, has passed its one year anniversary. "We are very pleased with how well the Fund protected capital
