Nomura Research Institute (NRI), a provider of consulting services and system solutions, is launched Shingan AD, a new service providing institutional investors with Japanese alternative data and data analysis on 1 December 2019. The use of alternative data in investment decision-making
IKOS Financial has been approved on the Lyxor Managed Accounts platform and will start trading in March with a trading capital of USD 5 million.
Hedge funds took in an estimated USD6.8 billion in February, reversing a trend that saw more than USD21.5 billion flow out of these funds in January 2012 and December 2011, the largest outflows since July 2009, according to BarclayHedge and
ExtractAlpha, a provider of unique alternative data sets and predictive models for institutional investors, has launched Insight, a comprehensive alternative data analytics solution for portfolio managers and analysts to understand their portfolio’s exposure to alternative data-driven factors. Alternative data today
Chicago-based Efficient Capital Management is planning to launch a third fund to add to the growing range of managed futures funds it launched earlier this year.<
Ares Management Corporation has appointed Michael Schechter as Partner and Head of Credit Trading. Based in Los Angeles, Schechter will oversee the trading of all bank loans, high yield and related credit instruments in the US and Europe. In this
Lyxor Asset Management has teamed up with HAWK Quantitative Strategies – a company associated with Caxton Associates LP – to launch the third alternative single manager on its Lyxor Dimension UCITS Platform. The Lyxor/Caxton HAWK strategy Index Fund offers access
Asian private equity firm NewQuest Partners has held the final close of its fourth dedicated secondary fund, NewQuest Asia Fund IV with over USD1 billion in total commitments, surpassing its initial target of USD850 million. The Fund increased its original
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MarketAxess Holdings Inc (Nasdaq: MKTX), the operator of an electronic trading platform for US and European high-grade corporate bonds, emerging markets bonds and other types of fixed-income securities, has opened an office in São Paulo, Brazil. MarketAxess received authorisation from
