A new study written by the Strategic Consulting team, Prime Services, Barclays Capital reveals that Discretionary Macro, Equity Market Neutral, Equity Quant and Credit strategies are most favoured by investors as they seek to reduce their equity long-only exposure. The
Troy Asset Management Limited has launched the Trojan Ethical Fund, managed by Charlotte Yonge (pictured), with the support of Troy’s 11-strong investment team. The Trojan Ethical Fund is a long-only, multi-asset fund which invests according to Troy’s well-established investment process, incorporating
Mediolanum International Funds Limited, the Irish management company of the Mediolanum Banking Group, has launched a new Thematic global equities fund – Mediolanum Innovative Thematic Opportunities – as part of its Best Brands umbrella fund offering. The objective of the
Oak Hill Advisors has promoted Alexandra Jung, Adam B Kertzner, Jeffrey E Kirt and Thomas S Wong to partners of the firm. In their new positions, they will join the firm’s existing six partners in leading the firm and directing
Law firm Bedell Cristin has appointed Catherine Cadman as head of knowledge to lead its knowledge strategy. In this newly created role, Cadman (pictured), will be based in the firm’s Jersey office and will have oversight of its global presence
BNP Paribas has announced the expansion of its hedge fund relationship team with the appointments of Conrad Johnson as a director in New York and Stephanie Wong as an associate director in
SteelEye, a compliance technology and data analytics firm, has completed a GBP2.9 million fundraise extension led by capital markets venture capital firm, Illuminate Financial, bringing the total seed funds raised to GBP5.7 million. The funding will help drive the
With an annualised return since 2011 of 12.95 per cent placing it in the top decile of fixed income hedge fund performance tables, LNG Capital’s Europa Credit Fund is beginning to attract the attention of institutional investors alongside its traditional
International fund manager Managing Partners Limited (MPL) has signed a partnership deal with MIDF Amanah Asset Management Berhad (MIDF Amanah), the asset management arm of Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Berhad (MIDF). The deal will give Malaysian investors the opportunity to
Ares Management Corporation has completed its conversion to a corporation under Delaware law and changed its name from Ares Management to Ares Management Corporation. Since Ares had already elected to be taxed as a corporation for US federal and state
