Hedge funds are attracting greater numbers of ‘first-time’ allocators, with “unusual amounts” of fresh investors showing an interest in the space, according to London-based investment consultant, bfinance. New interest has been growing since Q4 2020, accompanied by an increase in
Allvue Systems (Allvue), an alternative investment technology solutions provider, has appointed Deborah Mason as Chief Legal Officer and member of the Executive Leadership Team. Mason will oversee the firm’s legal team and be responsible for supporting the firm’s corporate activity
O’Shaughnessy Asset Management (OSAM), a quantitative asset management firm, has introduced a suite of emerging markets (EM) and developed ex-US ADR strategies on custom indexing platform Canvas. OSAM develops systematic, custom portfolios that optimise for the goals of financial advisers
Fintech, broker and asset management company Darwinex has raised EUR3 million to pursue its ambitious growth aspirations. Leading investors in the round were Stefan Jaecklin and Pinorena Capital who were joined by Darwinex co-founders and a number of key employees
Publicly-traded hedge fund giant Man Group’s funds under management have soared to a record high, powered by a mix of bumper returns across its strategies and renewed investor inflows – helping swell the London-headquartered firm’s profits during the first half
Investors withdrew USD10.99 billion from the global hedge fund business in June, the second month this year net flows for the business were negative, according to the just-released eVestment June 2021 Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report. Net flows were also
Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Alternative Investments & Manager Selection (AIMS) co-investment business has selected Enfusion to provide investment management technology solutions and middle- and back-office managed services. Enfusion created a custom unified solution via API so that AIMS can import
Alma Capital Investment Management has teamed up with DLD Asset Management to launch a Convertible Arbitrage strategy on Alma Capital’s UCITS platform. The Alma Platinum IV DLD Convertible Arbitrage launched on 16 of July and has already gathered over USD150
Altana Wealth, the multi-strategy hedge fund led by former Trafalgar Asset Managers co-founder Lee Robinson, has launched a new carbon futures-focused strategy which aims to capitalise on the rising costs of carbon credits within the European Union. With governments in
Hill Country Asset Management has chosen to deploy global fintech Arcesium’s joint offering with JPMorgan’s Securities Services. Through their existing strategic partnership, Arcesium and JPMorgan will address Hill Country’s middle office, back office, and fund administration needs with a seamlessly
