Liquid real asset specialist firm Cohen & Steers has launched an active commodity fund, offering investors broad and diversified exposure to commodities through an active, long-biased investment approach based on rigorous fundamental research. The Cohen & Steers Active Commodities Fund
Nasdaq’s Nordic Fund Market (NFM) has launched on the Bricknode Marketplace, allowing the Swedish company’s users to become Nasdaq customers and do business with more than 5000 funds in the EU. “Our goal is to be the number one cloud
By A Paris – Alternative data and data science techniques can help give hedge funds a competitive edge but, it is the symbiotic integration of human and machine which ultimately underpins managers’ success or failure in their use of these techniques. “We
Greenstone Equity Partners, a fund placement firm based in the Middle East, has hired Sean Kearney as chief operating officer and Khalid Alkelabi as managing director, investor relationships. Kearney (pictured) is an emerging markets banking professional with a 23-year career
Most hedge fund strategies remained in positive territories in the past week, with Global Macro leading the pack, benefitting from short European bonds and from positions in Japanese FX and equities, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross
Boutique asset manager 361 Capital has launched the 361 US Small Cap Equity Fund, which is designed for investors who are looking for opportunities to boost their returns through small cap exposure. Stemming from 30 years of research, the fund’s
The relationship that broker-dealers and registered investment advisors have with pension investors is set to be turned on its head on 10 April 2017 when the Department of Labor introduces the DOL Fiduciary Rule. In short, what this means is
Peter Brown has been appointed head of funds at RBS International to drive the expansion of the bank’s offering to the alternative funds sector. Brown (pictured) has more than 25 years’ experience in corporate and institutional banking, and most recently
Dash Financial is to merge with LiquidPoint to create a new trading technology solutions provider focused on the options and equities markets. Dash Financial is an institutional trading technology, execution and analytics provider, while LiquidPoint is a provider of options technology
S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&PDJI) is now publishing carbon metrics on the majority of its equity indices, including the S&P Global 1200, S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and environmentally-focused indices including S&P Global 1200 Carbon Efficient Index Family and
