The Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB), the global standard-setting body for the alternative investment industry, has changed its name to the Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI). The new name reflects the evolution of the industry and the ongoing development
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has welcomed the Winter Package, published by the European Commission, which introduces proposals for legislation on the EU energy market and the development of renewable energy going forward. “EEX believes that the European Commission is
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 0.38 per cent in August, outperforming the 0.29 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. The
S&P Global has formed a strategic partnership with, and taken a minority stake in Algomi, a fintechcompany with offices in New York, Hong Kong and London. Algomi is the second minority fintech investment this year for S&P Global, following its
Man Group’s trading statement for third quarter 2017 revealed funds under management of USD103.5 billion, up 28 per cent year to date from a 30 June figure of USD95.9 billion. The largest publicly listed hedge fund saw the quarterly net
SS&C Technologies has launched a new Exception Management and Workflow solution for Geneva, which enables clients to pre-emptively detect, manage, prioritise, resolve, and report exceptions based on client selected data quality rules, thereby increasing efficiency and reducing operational risk. Service
Active and alternative asset manager RAM Active Investments (RAM AI) is to absorb the cost of external research commissioned on behalf of investors. The announcement has come ahead of MiFID II, the new European Union rules which are due to come
Pre-order subscriptions for Finles Capital’s FundCoin ICO are now open, with a full launch to follow on 30 September 2017. Finles Capital aims to distribute EUR100 million from the ICO and to invest in the Lowestoft Private Equity fund. This
Gilles Drukier has been appointed as Neuberger Berman’s head of insurance solutions for the EMEA region, effective 3 August 2020. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Thomson Reuters, in partnership with Visible Alpha, has launched multiple joint-solutions in its flagship financial desktop Eikon that will help enable financial institutions to further manage impending MiFID II research unbundling requirements, set to be implemented 3 January, 2018. These
