Schulte Roth & Zabel has named Nicholas Fagge and Kerrie A Walsh as partners in the firm’s London office, effective 1 June 2012. Fagge and Walsh, who both joined the London office when it opened ten years ago, are part
Mid-year figures from Jersey’s regulator show that the Jersey Private Fund structure (JPF), launched last year, is continuing to show strong appeal across alternative asset classes. According to statistics collated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC), 130 JPFs had
ML Capital, a European independent fund structuring and investment management firm, has officially rebranded to MontLake, along with the new slogan – Fund. Invest. Operate. The rebrand reflects MontLake’s vision of being the investment fund industry’s most client-centric company; combining
RSRCHXchange, a research marketplace and aggregator, has launched a new ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) initiative with dedicated functionality on its RSRCHX platform focusing on specialist ESG research. RSRCHXchange says that with concerns around responsible investing becoming increasingly prevalent, ESG
Hong Kong financial regulator, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has authorised a new and innovative suite of ETF products to be rolled out by local as
Performance challenges in the global hedge fund industry continued in October, according to the latest eVestment hedge fund performance data, with the industry’s aggregate performance of -3.10 per cent for the month dragging year-to-date (YTD) performance into the red at
SwissOne Capital, an asset management company specialising in crypto, is to launch what it says is the market’s first tokenised and fully-regulated index fund. Crypto as an asset class continues to edge towards maturity, and each regulatory win advances
big xyt, an independent provider of high-volume, smart data and analytics capabilities, has added a dedicated dashboard for analysing systematic internaliser (SI) volumes to its Liquidity Cockpit. Eligible users now have the option to view and compare the reported SI
Oxane Partners, a technology-driven solutions provider to the alternative investments industry, has signed long term engagements with four New York based firms in the last six months, strengthening its foothold in the US market. The new clientele, all credit-focussed investment
The sell-off in October was difficult to navigate for hedge funds, but there were substantial divergences across strategies, according to Lyxor’s latest Hedge Fund Brief. Lyxor’s Philippe Ferreira (pictured), says: “L/S Equity and Event-Driven strategies underperformed due to their elevated
