Fortis has made a series of appointments to its fund services and prime brokerage divisions. In New York, Michael J.
Tiger Bay Advisors, a provider of consulting and business process outsourcing (BPO) services to asset managers, has completed its acquisition of Gramercy Park Advisors, a boutique strategic advisory firm focused on the asset management industry. The combination marks a
Private equity firm GTCR has completed the previously announced acquisitions of Ultimus Fund Solutions and The Gemini Companies in a strategic combination. The combined company, which will operate as Ultimus Fund Solutions, is a provider of full service fund administration,
After a first investment in the credit strategy offered by Eiffel Investment Group in last May, Emergence has made its second seeding partnership with Bernheim, Dreyfus & Co. Emergence invested approximately USD40 million in the fund Diva Synergy Ucits, bringing
LiquidityBook, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based provider of buy- and sell-side trading solutions, has reported record results for 2019 across all sales and client growth metrics tracked by the firm. This rapid growth was fuelled by a continued rise in demand for its
Man has launched a Ucits III long/short equity fund called Man Long/Short Europe. The fund will be managed by Man’s long/short equity team led by Robin Lowe. It offers investors access to a number of offshore European long/short equity managers
Montréal Exchange (MX), Canada’s derivatives exchange, now opens for trading at 2:00 am EDT, or 7:00 am London time. The move to extend its trading hours is in response to an increase in activity and demand from MX’s global clients,
Digital asset exchange Kraken has acquired Crypto Facilities, a regulated cryptocurrency trading platform and index provider. The combination creates a specialist in cryptocurrency spot and futures trading. London-based Crypto Facilities offers individuals and institutions transparent, secure, 24/7 trading on a
GLG Partners announced this week that it was re-opening its GLG Alpha Select newcits to additional, limited investment having seen strong take-up by investors since it was launched in
Dynamic Funds has launched the Dynamic Alpha Performance II Fund and Dynamic Premium Yield PLUS Fund (the Funds). Both Funds are based on the Canadian Securities Administrators’ ‘alternative funds’ proposal, which is governed under National Instrument 81-102 Investment Funds. Liquid
