AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has added to its suite of liability driven investment (LDI) solutions with the launch of a pooled fund range designed to meet the specific liability hedging needs of UK pension funds. The range is intended
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an order filing and simultaneously settling charges that Alan A Grant and his company, Francis Grant Investments Inc (FGI), of Davie, Florida, committed fraud by failing to disclose to customers that
Citi’s Singapore unit has sued Hong Kong-based hedge fund manager Raghavendran Rajaraman over a USD1million shortfall incurred after it liquidated his gold account reported FINalternatives.
Gravitas has launched Gravitas Atmosphere, a secure, private, cloud-based online file sharing, sync and storage service, for the alternative investment industry. Gravitas Atmosphere was designed for asset management professionals to access, share and synchronise corporate data or files from any
Norton Rose (Middle East) has advised Baer Capital Partners on the establishment of the Beacon India Alpha Equity Fund, an open-ended Mauritius-domiciled investment fund that will invest in In
German asset management firm, Fortinbras Asset Management, this week announced the launch of a new UCITS fund in conjunction with Deutsche Bank.
While European and North American investors are shying away from investing in emerging manager hedge funds, Asian investors are increasingly keen to commit to such funds, the latest Preqin research shows. Fifty-eight percent of investors in the region are prepared
Ireland has ushered in its first Malaysian-managed fund platform this week.
Nearly 1/3 of all financial advisors who sell alternative investments (AI) predict that Multi-Strategy and Managed Futures strategies have the greatest potential over the next 12 months, according to a new report released by Cogent Research. By contrast, providers offering
Athena International Management, an independent directorship services provider in the Cayman Islands, has expanded its team and its geographic reach to include New York. Daniel Strachman, a financial services expert with more than 17 years of Wall Street experience,
