Witherspoon Asset Management is using Kettera Strategies’ Hydra marketplace to facilitate many of the investments for its newly-launched FitzRandolph Futures Fund. “We are pleased to have Witherspoon and FitzRandolph using the Hydra marketplace,” says Jon Stein (pictured), CEO of Kettera
Financial, economic and alternative data platform Quandl has completed a USD12 million Series B financing round led by Nexus Venture Partners. August Capital, which led Quandl’s Series A financing, also participated in the round. In conjunction with the funding
McKay Brothers, a specialist in low latency networks, has secured an investment from trading firm IMC. IMC will take a minority stake in McKay, providing capital for the improvement of McKay’s networks serving the latency sensitive trading community. Financial
Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) has completed its investments in Capula Investment Management, Mount Lucas Management and CapeView Capital. Capula is a global fixed income specialist firm managing absolute return, enhanced fixed income, and tail risk strategies, focusing on developing innovative
NewAlpha Asset Management, the Paris-based global fund incubation and acceleration specialist, has made a strategic investment with Naqvi-Van Ness Asset Management (Naqvi-Van Ness). In 2001, Ali Naqvi and Albert Van Ness founded Naqvi–Van Ness Asset Management (NVAM) with founders’ capital
Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo), together with the Virginia Retirement System, has successfully recovered USD 204.4 million on behalf of investors in the now-defunct broker-dealer MF Global. AIMCo and Virginia serve as Co-Lead Plaintiffs in the class action securities litigation
Amundi Alternative Investments has partnered with Complus Asset Management Limited, an asset management company based in Hong Kong, to provide investors with an Asian focused Global Macro strategy on its AIFM compliant platform. By adding Complus to its Platform, Amundi
Asian hedge funds focused on investing in China posted sharp gains in October, paring steep declines in Q3 2015, as investor risk tolerance and market liquidity returned to Asian financial markets. The HFRI China Index gained +5.2 per cent in
AI Insight has expanded it alternative Investment research, education and compliance documentation platform to individual subscribers. This new platform access is geared towards Financial Advisors and RIAs who do not have access to AI Insight through a Broker Dealer subscription.
iCapital Network, a financial technology platform aiming to democratise alternative investments for high-net-worth individuals and their financial advisors, has completed its latest funding round which included participation by Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Morgan Stanley’s investment, together with investments from UBS
