Alternative strategies within a Ucits framework continued to see improving demand in the third quarter, with growth in both the number of funds and assets under management, according to the Alceda Quarterly Ucits review produced by independent structuring specialist Alceda
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (SMTB) has completed the acquisition of the global asset services division from Daiwa Securities Group. The global asset services division comprises Daiwa’s fund administration/Ucits management company, custodian, trustee and authorized corporate director entities domiciled in Ireland,
GSR, a specialist in market making and algorithmic crypto assets trading, has launched a new structured product called the Bitcoin Halo Option aimed at allowing investors to manage and limit some of the risk of their cryptocurrency trades. The GSR
CVC Capital Partners and Resource America Inc have signed an agreement to combine CVC Cordatus Group and Apidos Capital Management to form CVC Credit Partners. Led by Marc Boughton, Managing Partner, CVC Credit Partners will comprise USD7.5bn of credit assets
It looks like European regulators are continuing to seek to limit the instruments that UCITS funds may invest in, with unregulated hedge funds the next out-of-bounds category. A legal update released by Dechert LP this week refers to a formal opinion
Hedge funds proved unable to turn February’s net inflows into a two-month trend, as March saw USD11.0 billion in hedge fund redemptions worldwide, a dramatic shift from February’s USD12.1 billion in inflows. Hedge funds’ March outflows represented 0.4 per cent
Newscape Capital Group, the London based investment firm, has launched its third specialist Ucits fund. The Newscape Dynamic Rates and Currency Fund will target an annualised return of 12 to 15 per cent with annualised volatility expected to be around
Fiera Capital Corporation (Fiera Capital) is to acquire acquire all of the outstanding shares of Foresters Asset Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Foresters Financial. Foresters Asset Management is an Ontario-based investment management firm focused on institutional and insurance liability-driven
Hedge funds extended their run of positive returns to four straight months in April, returning 1.21 per cent for the month, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. By comparison, the S&P 500 Total Return Index rose
FTSE Group has launched the FTSE Super Liquid Index Series (SLQ), a broad family of real-time free float market capitalisation weighted indices designed to mimic the characteristics of key FTSE indices via a smaller, highly liquid universe of stocks. FTSE
