Private debt fundraising and funds currently in market are examined in this extract from the Preqin Quarterly Update: Private Debt, Q1 2015. Fundraising in Q1 2015 Q1 2015 saw 19 private debt funds reach a final close, securing an aggregate
ETFGI reports that the second quarter has seen assets invested in the global ETF/ETP industry finally beat the assets under management in the hedge fund industry. Deborah Fuhr says: “According to our analysis there was USD2.971 trillion invested in the
Global law firm Proskauer announced that Niamh A Curry has joined the law firm Proskauer’s Private Investment Funds Group as a partner in New York. Curry’s arrival follows the recent appointment of Bruno Bertrand-Delfau in London. Curry’s practice focuses
Data management is no longer simply an internal challenge for asset managers as they face increasing pressure from clients to respond to growing demands for data, according to RIMES, a provider of managed data services for the buy-side. This comes
Prior to the global financial crisis (GFC), risk management and reporting commonly formed part of the investment management function, says Max Hilton (pictured) of Clarus Risk. Where risk staff report in to the portfolio management team, there is a potential
Omgeo ProtoColl, Omgeo’s automated collateral and margin management solution, is offering a standard interface to The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) Global Trade Repository (GTR). ProtoColl clients can leverage the new interface to meet the upcoming European Market Infrastructure
Custom House Fund Services, a provider of financial services to the alternative investment sector, has acquired the majority of the US clients of the former Dundee Leeds Management Services. The transition became effective 1 June and represents USD1billion in
Behringer Securities is to distribute the Insignia Macro Fund, a daily-liquidity, open-end mutual fund managed by Meritage Capital. The Fund, launched in 2013, seeks long-term risk-adjusted returns by employing global macro-managed futures investment strategies. The Fund is unique from other
Years of history and painstaking development — component by component, some proprietary and some purchased — have shaped the operational frameworks that distinguish midsize to large hedge fund managers from each other. These substantial investments in back- and middle-office technologies
Quincy Data has expanded the Quincy Extreme Data service, adding select equity and energy futures sourced at 350 E Cermak and select cash treasuries sourced in Carteret and distributed at the lowest known latencies. Quincy now distributes data from eight
