Pangea Blockchain Fund has held the close of its seed round and debuted its inaugural International fund focussed on transformative blockchain solutions. The firm secured USD22 million and expects fundraising to be capped at USD200 million. Pangea Blockchain Fund’s
Trium Capital, a London-based alternative investment specialist, has partnered with New York based Chesapeake Asset Management (CAM) to offer a global equity fund – The Trium Chesapeake Global Equity UCITS Fund – which launched last month. The fund’s global, nimble
Aspect Capital (Aspect), a USD6.9 billion systematic investment manager, has launched a new Cayman-domiciled fund that will provide investors with access to the Aspect Systematic Global Macro Programme. The Programme utilises a systematic relative value approach to global fixed income,
CME Group is aiming to make equity index futures trading more accessible to active traders through the launch of Micro E-mini futures on the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, Russell 2000 and Dow Jones Industrial Average indexes. The new Micro E-mini contracts
Franklin Templeton Investments Canada has launched the Franklin K2 Alternatives Fund to provide investors with access to alternatives investments in a mutual fund format. The fund uses a multi-strategy approach in seeking to dampen volatility and offer downside protection, while providing
Spring Valley Asset Management (SVAM) has launched the SVAM Diversified Alpha Portfolio, a multi-dimensional, systematic trading system which applies creative modelling techniques to a rich set of fundamental and technical features across short, medium, and long-term horizons (from one day
Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA (UBP) is launching a new strategy on its alternative UCITS platform. Launched in partnership with New York-based alternative investment manager Global Credit Advisers (GCA), U Access (IRL) GCA Credit Long/Short UCITS is a credit long/short
Nordea Asset Management (NAM) has expanded its ESG fixed income offering with the launch of the Nordea 1 – Emerging Stars Bond Fund. Building on the success of NAM’s Stars fund range in the equities space, the asset manager has
Prestige Funds, a specialist in the management and distribution of direct lending funds, has launched a new multi-manager investment fund that will specialise in allocating to both UK and international private debt and high yield credit managers. ‘Multi Finance Opportunities
Independent asset manager Carmignac is widening the availability of its strategies to UK investors with the launch of six locally domiciled funds. This is a significant milestone for Carmignac’s UK offering and a natural step in the company’s European growth
