Post Advisory Group, a multi-strategy asset management firm majority-owned by Principal Financial Group, is to build a collateralised loan obligation (CLO) management business led by newly hired Bill Lemberg. Lemberg recently joined Post from Alcentra Group where he was a
AlphaCentric has surpassed USD1 billion in assets under management. The growing mutual fund company, which launched in 2014, offers alpha-driven and hedge-fund like strategies in a mutual fund format. AlphaCentric offers five mutual funds that were launched based on proven
Investcorp, a provider and manager of alternative investment products, has appointed Deepak Parekh, Chairman of HDFC Limited, to its International Advisory Board. Parekh has played a significant role in the development of the financial sector in India, playing a leading
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index headed north this week. Special Situations outperformed, followed by CTAs – thanks to rates and equities – and Global Macro – thanks to commodities and equities. That’s according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s
In a strong month for the global hedge fund industry, emerging markets hedge funds continued to shine the brightest, according to the August 2017 eVestment Hedge Fund Performance Report. Brazil-focused funds lead the pack in August with +5.34 per cent
QuantHouse, a provider of end-to-end market data and trading through API based technologies, has launched its qh API Ecosystem, which is designed to accelerate the adoption of multi-asset class API based solutions including value added analytics, automated trading tools, AI and
Man Group has successfully registered with the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC) as a private securities investment fund manager (PFM) which means it can now develop onshore investment products for qualified investors in China. The PFM license has been
Preqin’s latest survey of alternative assets investors finds that they have generally been satisfied with the performance of their portfolios in recent years, and most are seeking to maintain or increase their allocations over the next 12 months. However, across
Eze Castle Integration, a managed services provider to the financial industry, has published a new whitepaper exploring strategies and best practices for private equity firms to protect data, assets, and corporate interests in the midst of growing cybersecurity threats. The
Cobalt, the FX post-trade processing network based on distributed ledger technology, has joined the BT Radianz Cloud, meaning organisations can now access Cobalt’s private peer-to-peer and blockchain services via their highly secure and resilient Radianz Cloud connections. Cobalt uses distributed
