
Strata Fund Solutions (Strata), a fund service administrator for venture capital, private equity and other alternative asset managers and allocators, has closed a significant growth equity investment from FTV Capital. Strata will continue investing in technology, product and client-centric service

Alceda Fund Management SA announced this week that it had launched the ECPI MEGA TREND FUNDS-ECPI Sustainable Global Mega Trends in partnership with ECPI Group, a leading independent index solution and advisory provider. The fund has been registered for institutional and

Pinnacle Asset Management, a commodities and natural resources investment organisation, has acquired the North American natural gas wholesale trading business from Sierentz Global Merchants. Ben Sutton, who most recently served as Head of North American Gas and Power at Noble Americas Corp, will serve as CEO of the new business, which will be

Cullen Capital Management, the US based value and income specialist, is entering the UK and European markets by making two of its flagship value equity strategies available to investors as Dublin-domiciled Ucits. The Cullen North American High Dividend Value Equity

A survey commissioned by Hamburg-based hedge fund manager, Aquila Capital, and conducted by Schleus Marktforschung, has f

Leading European prime brokerage, SEB Enskilda, has this week launched SEB Prime Solutions, a one-stop shop for newcits covering all aspects of fund launch and distribution.
Dean Art Investments, a new portfolio management company that will invest in the booming art market, has launched the USD50m Dean Art Fund, the first fund to join the Harbour Capital hedge

Powernext has been reappointed as the operator of the national registry for guarantees of origin in France for electricity produced from renewable sources or via co-generation. In addition, the mandate of Powernext has been extended to include the organisation of

Low beta strategies outperformed in the hedge fund space last week. Merger arbitrage, which structurally has a low beta versus equity markets, was the sole strategy in positive territory, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research