Swiss-based Salus Alpha, one of the world’s leading UCITS investment managers, is gearing up to launch an Asian Equity L/S UCITS fund in the New
Geneva-based Alix Capital, provider of the UCITS Alternatives Index, this week published its latest UCITS Alternative Index Trends survey. The survey found that 38 per cent of respondent believe that investment consultants are “behind the curve” when it comes to
BlockTower Capital co-founder Ari Paul (pictured), has been appointed to the advisory board of Caspian, an institutional-grade crypto trading platform. Caspian now connects to more than 25 exchanges and has 12 funds on its beta platform, with eight more clients
Merchant Capital, a Ucits umbrella provider to the hedge fund industry, is launching the third fund on its platform – the Merchant Global Resources Ucits Fund. The fund will employ an absolute return equity strategy with a long-biased approach to
Hedge Funds gained 0.54 per cent in July according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, versus a 3.72 per cent increase in the S&P 500 Total Return Index. Year to date, the Barclay Index is up 1.04 per cent,
Copper.co, a crypto portfolio management platform for institutional investors, has launched what it says is the industry’s first server-less (offline) co-sign custody solution, Copper Unlimited. Requiring multiple nominated key holders to verify transactions, Copper Unlimited aims to make transactions safer,
Citi’s global transaction services unit has launched a global technology platform specifically designed for servicing funds of hedge funds. The new service, which integrates into Citi’s global operating platform for hedge fund services, enables Citi to provide a suite of
Northern Trust has appointed Liam Butler as head of Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services in Europe. “Since the establishment of Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services we have seen an increasing demand in particular for our middle office services across the
The flash estimate for the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, indicates a 0.21 per cent gain in July. Year to date, the Index has lost 1.98 per cent. “Although Managed Futures were able to register a small gain in
Eurex Clearing has expanded its suite of segregation services by offering a UK CASS-compliant Omnibus Clearing Model as an additional alternative. The new service complements the existing models – the Individual Clearing Model (ICM) and the Elementary Clearing Model (ECM).
