Protos Cryptocurrency Asset Management is planning to hold an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) to raise capital for a data-driven crypto hedge fund that will invest solely in cryptocurrencies and tokens. Protos tokens will be a security issued under the exemption
ML Capital has launched the Quest Convertible Absolute Return UCITS Fund, a convertible arbitrage strategy, hosted on the MontLake UCITS Platform. MontLake is an independent platform for UCITS funds that provide investors with access to a range of liquid, transparent
Alcentra, the alternative fixed income specialist of BNY Mellon Investment Management, has held the final close of its second European direct lending fundraising. This fundraising has brought recent commitments to EUR4.3 billion across funds and separately managed accounts. The firm’s
BroadRiver Asset Management has held the closing of BroadRiver II, with committed capital of USD366 million. The life settlement fund includes commitments from a broad range of institutional investors, including public and private pension plans, insurance companies and large family offices
Polen Capital is to add an international growth strategy to its suite of products in early 2017, providing clients with another access point to the firm’s bottom-up, concentrated investment philosophy and process. Todd Morris (pictured), director of research at Polen
City Financial, an independent investment management firm with USD4 billion in group assets under management, has partnered with Novia Global to offer three risk‐rated model portfolios to international financial advisers. The City Financial Cautious, Moderate and Adventurous model portfolios are
Northleaf Capital Partners has launched a global private credit programme, with more than USD1.4 billion in capital raised from a core group of Canadian pension plans. Northleaf’s global private credit strategy provides investors with diversified exposure to private credit investments
Palmer Square Capital Management, a credit and alternatives investment manager, has launched an ultra-short duration investment grade strategy in a mutual fund format, Palmer Square Ultra-Short Duration Investment Grade Fund (PSDSX). Christopher D Long, president of Palmer Square Capital Management,
Lyxor Asset Management has partnered with Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) to launch the Lyxor/Wells Capital Financial Credit Fund, adding a credit specialist to its alternative UCITS platform. The fund concentrates primarily on fixed income credit instruments of global financial
Boutique asset manager Unigestion has launched Uni-Global – Alternative Risk Premia, an actively managed strategy to provide investors with cost-effective and liquid sources of returns modestly correlated to equity and bond returns. It complements Unigestion’s existing line of direct alternative
