Omni Partners Omni Macro Fund was up 4.9 per cent MTD as of Friday 21 August and the London and Irvine, California-based hedge fund manager is expecting further gains from moves at the beginning this week. Since inception in 2007
This extract from the Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H2 2015 analyses the responses gathered in Preqin’s latest round of investor interviews to find out what investors in private equity believe are the biggest issues they face at present. Preqin’s
Franklin Square Capital Partners its senior secured investment in Blueprint Sub (doing business as iSqFt), a provider of software and bid information to the commercial construction industry. The increased commitment finances the merger of iSqFt and CMD Group, a Norcross,
Fort Rock Asset Management, LLC has become the first fund of hedge funds to join the tru Independence community. The SEC-registered investment advisor will utilise tru Independence's cloud-based technology platform to create service and operational efficiencies which will assist the
This extract from the Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H2 2015 features data gathered in our latest investor interviews (conducted June 2015) and focuses on hedge fund investors’ plans for the coming year. A larger proportion of investors plan to invest less capital in hedge
The focus remained on China, with PBoC announcing a surprise Yuan devaluation and steps towards the liberalisation of its quotation mechanism. While factoring the outright impact of the approximate 5 per cent devaluation against USD – in EM currencies and
Following an initial announcement in July, JTC has formally completed its acquisition of Kleinwort Benson’s Fund Administration business, taking the company’s global headcount to over 450 staff. Completion follows receipt of approvals from the relevant regulatory authorities and sees JTC
Markit, a provider of financial information services, is to acquire DealHub, a provider of trade processing and trading services to the foreign exchange market. The acquisition will enable Markit to offer customers a comprehensive solution for FX across venue connectivity,
Till Capital Ltd has appointed Alan S Danson as Director to replace William Harris, who resigned from the Board effective 17 August, 2015. Danson will stand for election to the Board at the Company's Annual General Meeting to be held
CRT Capital Group (CRT), an independent institutional broker-dealer, has expanded its institutional sales, trading and research platform with the hiring of six new senior research analysts. These hires follow CRT’s April 2015 acquisition of the Institutional Equities business of Sterne
