Backstop Solutions Group (Backstop), a cloud-based productivity suite for institutional and alternative investors, and Mercer, a business of Marsh & McLennan, have formed a strategic alliance which will make Mercer’s institutional investment data, forward-looking research and ratings available through Backstop’s
Rosetta Analytics has launched RL One, a new reinforcement learning-driven investment strategy that aims to produce positive returns in any market environment. The strategy has been funded by a US institutional investor.RL One is a long/short strategy that generates returns
November looks like it could be a superb month for equity-focused hedge funds on the back of Biden’s presidential victory and the three Covid vaccine announcements. And with hedge funds up over 5 per cent YTD, November’s turbo boost could
Investors have continued to withdraw capital from hedge funds following disappointing returns – but newly-launched products aimed at tapping into this year’s market dislocations could be boosting renewed allocator interest, new research by eVestment shows.
As global investment markets became more efficient and persistent low interest rates saw returns dry up, institutional investors have been turning to alternative assets in their efforts to generate performance. Since traditional hedge fund investments have often not fully lived
The Campbell Systematic Macro Fund, a series of The RBB Fund, has completed the previously announced acquisition of the Equinox Campbell Strategy Fund effective 1 June, 2020.Campbell, which previously served as the sub-adviser to the portfolio, will now operate as
Osmosis Investment Management, a London based sustainable asset manager, has closed an equity investment from Capricorn’s Sustainable Investors Fund, a seeding fund focused on sustainable and impact investment managers. The deal, which was closed in the first quarter of 2020, will
Aikya Investment Management (Aikya), a specialist emerging markets investment firm based in London, has launched the Aikya Global Emerging Markets UCITS Fund. The UCITS ICAV pooled fund (the Fund) will provide investors with exposure to large and mid-capitalisation equities in
Quantumrock, an AI-driven investment manager, has announced strong performance for its flagship strategy Volatility Special Opportunities Program (VSOP).
After generating double-digit returns during the coronavirus-fuelled market downturn with short alpha bets, Argonaut Capital Partners is now building key positions in cyclical industries to take advantage of the post-lockdown recovery.
