A new trading team has joined London-based specialist CTO Old Park Capital to launch the SI8 strategy from 1 December. According to the firm, the SI8 strategy is a systematic trading model that generates uncorrelated high risk adjusted returns from
Agecroft Partners has acquired the business of Alta Via Advisors, a New York based hedge fund third party marketing boutique. Alta Via Advisors’ client base will be migrated over to Agecroft Partners and Andrew Feldman, Alta Via’s founding principal will
LME Clear, the clearing house for the London Metal Exchange (LME) market, has launched two new services – trade compression and the ability to post metals warrants as collateral. “We are delighted to be offering these two new services,” says
On 28 August 2015 Aberdeen Asset Management PLC launched a USD500 million liquid alternatives fund – the Aberdeen Alternative Strategies Fund – designed to give investors access to a portfolio of alternative strategies. At the time, Morningstar quoted Andrew McCaffery,
Incorporate the latest research advances and state-of-the-art practices in your investment business. Yale School of Management is teaming with the EDHEC-Risk Institute to deliver
Capital Support has released an new service, Cyber Secure, to meet the cybersecurity needs of alternative investment managers. Capital support says that Cyber Secure combines strong perimeter protection with live intelligent analysis to provide effective cybersecurity protection. Cyber Secure has
Global Prime Partners has appointed Sean Capstick as Head of Prime Brokerage with immediate effect. Capstick, who expects to double the size of the company’s broking business in three years, joins from RWC Partners, the USD11bn equity asset management business
For a fund jurisdiction that refers to itself as an ‘Innovation Nation’, the Bahamas continues to build its profile and popularity among global fund managers, and, it is hoped that the next stage of its evolution will be to attract
Karin Forseke, Chair of wealth manager Alliance Trust, is to step down from the company’s board on 1 January 2016. The Trust announced on 1 October 2015 that it would implement a number of significant changes intended to ‘position the
Hedge fund and private equity fund administrator Pinnacle Fund Services has selected PFS-PAXUS for the administration of the firm’s global fund operations business. David Smith (pictured), Managing Director at Pinnacle, says: ’The selection of PFS-PAXUS has been mainly due to
