Altana Wealth, an investment management group founded by Lee Robinson, has launched a new fund – The Altana Directors’ Dealings System Fund (ADDS). The Fund, now open to external investors, tracks the short term opportunistic buying behaviour of company directors
The States of Guernsey has welcomed the final report of the Foot Review, which examines the long-term opportunities and challenges facing British Crown Dependencies and overseas territories as financial centres. Guernsey’s chief minister Deputy Lyndon Trott says: “In my view
Over recent weeks the market focus has switched from the Fed to central banks in Europe. Last week, the Swiss National bank (SNB) moved to scrap the euro cap, triggering sharp market moves on local FX and equity markets. This
Preqin launched its 2015 Preqin Global Alternatives Reports last week, revealing significant growth in assets held by private equity, hedge fund, private debt, real estate and infrastructure fund managers. Total industry assets now stand at USD6.91tn*, up from USD6.22tn as of this point last year.
A recent Edhec position paper has welcomed the European Commission’s consultation on the Ucits depositary function, but stresses that an in-depth study of the regulations and practices of those who are part of the value chain is necessary. The two
Elsen has closed a USD400,000 round of funding for its financial technology platform, which allows hedge funds to run financial models and algorithms faster and more efficiently. Elsen plans to use this capital to accelerate growth and add additional resources
The US. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an Order of Registration to Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad (BMD), a Foreign Board of Trade located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Under the Order, BMD is permitted to provide its identified
Rob Burnett (pictured), Investment Director & Manager of the Neptune European Opportunities Fund, looks at the implications of Syriza’s election victory for Greece’s equity market… Syriza's share of the vote in the Greek election was higher than expected at 36%, but just short
IndexIQ has seen assets in its exchange traded funds (ETFs) grow by approximately 46%, and total assets under management and advisement increase by almost 40% in 2014 to over USD1.6 billion. The increase was led by the IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy
With a heavy dose of irony, Robert O’Boyle, Executive Vice President and Director of Sales & Marketing at Liquid Holdings, recalls how last year he commented that all the coverage of the ‘cloud’ was overblown. “What I mean here is
