MUFG Investor Services, a global asset servicing arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), is to acquire select divisions of the fund administration business of Maitland, a privately owned global advisory, administration and family office firm. Maitland personnel will join
Prescient Investment Management, a global investment manager with over USD6 billion in assets under management, has hired Gaurav Maleri as President, Global Sales, to be based in its London office. Gaurav will be focusing on the promotion of Prescient China’s
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 0.14 per cent in September, underperforming the 0.45 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. The
Total hedge fund capital was narrowly changed for Q3 2019, falling from the prior quarter record with flows mixed across strategies as investors navigated heightened fixed income risk and volatility, as well as fluid political developments across the U.S., Europe,
Ethics and professionalism are playing an increasingly significant role in investment professionals’ careers and influencing where they want to work, according to the latest CFA UK Ethics Survey. Now in its sixth year, the survey highlights the challenges experienced by
SteelEye, a compliance technology and data analytics firm, is pleased to announce its best execution support for MiFID II’s regulatory standards RTS27 & RTS 28. With RTS28 due to take effect on 30 April, financial services firms are now looking
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for September 2019 measured -0.24 per cent. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index declined 1.16 per cent in October. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Capital
In the three months to 30 September 2019, FUM at Man Group decreased 1 per cent to USD112.7 billion driven by net outflows of USD1.1 billion (comprising sales of USD6.6 billion and redemptions of USD7.7 billion) and negative FX and
Hedge funds around the world generally continued delivering positive returns in July, starting off the second half of 2019 in the green with aggregate industry performance at +0.73 per cent, according to the latest eVestment hedge fund performance figures. July’s
Blackpeak Group (Blackpeak) has opened a new office in London as part of its strategy to expand its business and services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Blackpeak has been conducting work across EMEA for many years. Now,
