
Pictet AM launches short term high yield UCITS
Pictet Asset Management announced this week the launch of its latest Lux-domiciled UCITS fund.

Pictet Asset Management announced this week the launch of its latest Lux-domiciled UCITS fund.

Symbiont, a financial technology company delivering enterprise blockchain solutions, is partnering with Templum, a technology company for the private markets to deliver smart securities. Templum will leverage and embed Symbiont’s Assembly as the blockchain and smart contract technology for its
Tudor Investment Corporation has announced the appointment of Gregory Hanley and Alan Mintz to establish a new investment management business focused on credit-related strategies.

WilmerHale has appointed Drew G L Chapman as a partner in the Securities Department and Investment Management Group and head of the Alternative Investment practice. Chapman, who will be based in the firm’s New York office, expands the firm’s footprint

Investors pulled a modest USD1.66 billion from the global hedge fund industry in January. However, strong hedge fund performance almost across the board in January offset those redemptions, lifting total industry assets to USD3.214 trillion, according to eVestment’s January 2019 Hedge

Fund administrator Apex Group (Apex) has acquired Beacon Fund Services (Bermuda) Ltd, Beacon Corporate Services Ltd and Beacon Management Ltd (Beacon). Apex is a portfolio company of Genstar Capital. The acquisition of Beacon, a Bermuda-based fund administrator, adds USD10 billion in
Alternative Asset Advisors, known as 3A, the hedge fund management division of Swiss banking group Syz & Co, has appointed Claire Locher as head of business development and recruited t

Most Alternative UCITS funds were off to a very good start in January, according to the LuxHedge Global Alternative UCITS Index which posted a solid gain of +1.30 per cent to start the year, well recuperating December losses. Four out
Hedge funds suffered an estimated capital outflow of USD5.9bn in April, the first since the industry saw outflows of USD2bn in December 2005 and the largest since USD6.1bn in October 2001,
Dubai-based SHUAA Capital psc, one of the leading financial services organisations in the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC), has expanded its use of Advent Software’s solutions.