Foreside Financial Group (Foreside), a provider of governance, risk management, and compliance solutions and technology offerings to clients in the global asset and wealth management industry, has acquired the regulatory compliance business of JG Advisory Services LLC, a comprehensive regulatory
South East Asia’s first insured bitcoin fund, BCMG Genesis Bitcoin Fund-I (BGBF-I), has officially launched to address the growing global interest from institutional and corporate investors. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
The Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI) has published a memo that provides a framework for alternative investment managers to navigate the complexities of developing a Responsible Investment approach. The memo, part of a series of SBAI publications and events
RWC Partners’ Clark Fenton believes the broad commodities complex is poised for a bull run after much of the global mining and energy sectors were “starved” of capital for a prolonged period.Capital expenditure from commodity producers has been in the
Axiom Alternative Investments, a French asset manager with EUR1.8 billion under management and offices in London and Paris, has continued to see positive inflows, despite the backdrop of an uncertain credit cycle and the Covid-19 pandemic, in 2020. Third-party assets under
The hedge fund industry gathered further momentum during February, as managers generated positive performances across the strategy spectrum, with equities, macro, commodities, activist and cryptocurrency strategies generating particularly strong gains, new industry data shows. Amid rapidly-evolving developments on vaccinations, energy
Last month the fear of inflation in the US economy reared its head. Yields on 1-year US Treasury securities bounced higher from a low of 5.6 basis points on 19 February to 8.9 basis points by close of play on
Despite difficult market conditions, Quantumrock’s flagship strategy, Volatility Special Opportunities Program (VSOP), has closed February with +0.49 per cent. At the end of February, the 10-year Treasury yield surged above 1.5 per cent, exceeding the estimated dividend yield on the
BarclayHedge: Best Index Provider – Savvy investors are considering non-bond alternative investments to provide portfolios with an element of diversification and offer protection during major market sell-offs. As they look to substitute parts of their fixed income holdings with hedge fund
Managed futures hedge funds and short-term trading strategies have rebounded strongly in recent weeks, with each of Société Générale’s three main CTA and trend-following indices finishing February in positive territory.
