Convergence, an information and advisory services provider to alternative asset managers, service providers and investors, has launched a new product suite and website. Convergence captures, normalises and enriches 100 per cent of all registered investment advisors’ Form ADV, Brochure and
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged two San Francisco-area men with fraud for offering investors extraordinary returns as high as 6,300 per cent when instead their money was spent on multi-million dollar home improvements and other luxuries. The SEC
361 Capital, an asset management firm specialising in liquid alternative mutual funds, has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch the 361 Global Long/Short Equity Fund. Los Angeles-based Analytic Investors, which manages approximately USD10 billion in assets,
The Ernst and Young New Zealand Absolute Return index surged in October to its second highest level since launch in July 2007, gaining 2.83 per cent for the month.
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and C2 Options Exchange plan to list options on Alibaba Group on 29 September. The plan is contingent on Alibaba meeting new options listing criteria. Alibaba, founded in 1999, is the largest online
UBS has appointed Paul Knight as chairman and chief executive of UBS Canada.
The value of assets under custody held by Clearstream on behalf of customers registered an increase of six per cent to EUR12.0trn in January 2014 from EUR11.3trn in January 2013. Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business as international
With around a week to go before the deadline for authorisation, some 47 per cent of alternative investment fund managers have still not filed under the Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive (AIFMD). That’s according to a snapshot survey, commissioned by
The Alternative Investment Management Association, the industry body for the global hedge fund industry, has released its latest market ethics guidance note to members.
The latest Blue Ink All South African Hedge Fund Composite (BIC), which tracks the performance of around 100 hedge funds in South Africa, outperformed the All Share Index (ALSI) by more than 3% in July. This outperformance was achieved with
