Poplar Forest Capital, an investment management firm specialising in large and mid-cap value equities, has been selected by Progress Investment Management Company to manage a USD121 million large cap account. Progress is a manager of emerging investment managers. “We are
CBOE Holdings is to acquire the market data services and trading analytics platforms of Livevol, a provider of equity and index options technology and market data services to professional and retail traders. The acquisition, which has been approved by the
By James Williams – Sovereign Wealth Funds are showing a lot of appetite for real estate assets as total AUM in this segment of the alternative funds space continues to build and investors look to diversify their portfolios. North America remains
AcadiaSoft has completed the successful launch of its MarginSphere Xpress platform, an email messaging service which allows clients to leverage their investment in the firm’s industry-leading MarginSphere electronic messaging service for OTC derivatives by extending communications to counterparties who are
The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index (CSLAB), which aims to reflect the performance of the overall hedge fund industry, finished up 1.38% in July. The Long/Short Equity strategy was the strongest performer for the month and year-to-date, finishing up
Graham Martin (pictured), managing director of Optima Fund Management, comments on investing in the current market in the UK… Almost a week on from the Bank of England’s ‘Average Thursday’, it is apparent that the decision to leave UK rates
LIM Advisors Limited, a Hong Kong based hedge fund manager, is to employ SimCorp’s Dimension to provide a full front, middle and back office platform. The USD2 billion fund manager will leverage SimCorp Dimension to establish full operational capability across
Jabre Capital Partners has launched the JABCAP (LUX) – Emerging Markets Fund, the third on Jabre Capital’s UCITS platform JABCAP (LUX), which is based and regulated in Luxembourg. The new Fund, set to open on 15 June 2015, will be
Following on from last week’s extract from the Preqin Hedge Fund Spotlight | May 2015, which focused on the largest hedge fund managers in the industry, Simon Dhadwal takes an in-depth look at the ‘USD1bn Club’ of institutional investors allocating
State Street Corporation has appointed Effie Datson as global head of product for its Alternative Investment Solutions division. Datson’s initial focus will be on expanding the global footprint of InfraHedge, State Street’s USD15 billion managed account platform. In this newly
