Investment management company DECALIA has launched a new merger arbitrage strategy which aims to generate an attractive absolute performance with low volatility, while remaining uncorrelated with conventional assets. W Capital, a specialist in this strategy, will manage the fund which
RiverNorth Capital Management (RiverNorth), an investment management firm specialising in opportunistic strategies, has launched the RiverNorth Opportunistic Municipal Income Fund, a new municipal bond-focussed closed-end fund. RiverNorth will act as the investment adviser to the fund, and MacKay Shields will
Global asset manager MitonOptimal has launched a new Dublin-domiciled DFM fund range offering international IFAs access to the company’s asset allocation and manager selection in a unitised fund vehicle. The new funds comprise three risk-rated portfolios: Cautious, Moderate & Growth
New York-based investment firm Wilshire Phoenix has partnered with crypto storage solution Coinbase Custody to launch a new institutional fund by the end of 2018. The fund, which will be organised as a statutory trust and which capped at USD500
Trium Capital, the London-based independent specialist alternative asset manager, is partnering with Ellington Global Asset Management to launch The Ellington Trium Alternative Credit UCITS, a long/short credit UCITS fund. The fund is set to be launched this quarter and will
Monroe Capital (Monroe) has held the final close of its 2018 Monroe Capital Private Credit Fund III at USD1.33 billion of limited partner commitments with over 100 investors in eight countries, eclipsing the target of USD800 million. When combined
SwissOne Capital, an asset management company specialising in crypto, is to launch what it says is the market’s first tokenised and fully-regulated index fund. Crypto as an asset class continues to edge towards maturity, and each regulatory win advances
Troy Asset Management Limited has launched the Trojan Ethical Fund, managed by Charlotte Yonge (pictured), with the support of Troy’s 11-strong investment team. The Trojan Ethical Fund is a long-only, multi-asset fund which invests according to Troy’s well-established investment process, incorporating
Mediolanum International Funds Limited, the Irish management company of the Mediolanum Banking Group, has launched a new Thematic global equities fund – Mediolanum Innovative Thematic Opportunities – as part of its Best Brands umbrella fund offering. The objective of the
RWC Partners is to launch a new fund, the RWC Next Generation Emerging Markets Fund, for its Emerging & Frontier Markets team, after seeing significant interest from investors. The fund will be managed by James Johnstone (pictured), who, together with
