The Managed Funds Association is joining major derivatives dealers and buy-side institutions in presenting a letter to global industry regulators that establishes new commitments to add
Imagine Software has launched Imagine Risk Services, the next generation of its Imagine Financial Platform (IFP) and App Marketplace. Financial institutions and third parties provide portfolio and risk analytics, drawing from Imagine’s risk and portfolio management analytics and data.
Alternative UCITS funds absolute were slightly down in July with the UAI Global index losing 0.33 per cent according to Alix Capital, the index provider. Commodity and equity focused funds were the hardest hit because of challenging conditions in their
Peak Ridge Capital has added Robert Showers as a partner to the firm. Showers will be primarily responsible for assisting Peak Ridge Capital in the continuing expansion of its alternative investments platform. Most recently, Showers was the global co-head
Dean Newman (pictured), Head of Emerging Markets Equities at Invesco Perpetual, comments on a perceptible shift in economic power due to emerging markets’ growing share in global GDP… Since the Bretton Woods agreement in 1944, the world’s economic order has
GLG Partners, the US-listed asset manager, has appointed Javier Velasquez as head of European industrial investments and Carl Esprey and Tim Medland as co-heads of European basic resources
A total of 34 Guernsey Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMs) have utilised Guernsey’s National Private Placement (NPP) regime to market Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) into Europe, as of 31 July, 2014. The figures from then Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC), which
Fortress Investment Group has held the successful close of Fortress Worldwide Transportation and Infrastructure Investors (FTAI) at its cap of USD995 million in total commitments. FTAI was originally raised as a USD395 million fund; this was followed by a subsequent
The Simmons & Simmons financial services team in Frankfurt has supported a US alternative investment fund manager (AIFM) with the registration of a Cayman alternative investment fund (AIF). This is likely to be the first successful registration of a non-EU AIF
The share of US investors reporting they trade a portion of their overall swaps trading volume electronically jumped from 23 per cent in 2013 to 41 per cent in 2014. Another 20 per cent in 2014 said they plan to
