Lombard Odier Investment Managers (Lombard Odier IM) has appointed Arnaud Langlois to launch a global equity long/short investment strategy with a sustainability focus. Arnaud Langlois and Cyrus Azarmgin, who have run the strategy together for seven years, join Lombard Odier
Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) has added to its emerging market fixed income product range with the launch of the UBAM – EM Sustainable High Grade Corporate Bond. This launch reflects a strengthening in UBP’s approach to responsible investing and a
It’s just over a year since PAAMCO Prisma debuted Launchpad, a co-investment platform for seeding and supporting emerging hedge funds with Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS) as its inaugural investment partner. Jeff Willardson (pictured), Managing Director, PAAMCO Prisma and
The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 0.62 per cent in July, bringing its year-to-date return to 6.48 per cent. Roughly 30.8 per cent of hedge fund managers in the index have recorded double-digit gains over the first seven months
Experienced hedge fund managers looking to set up on their own should take note – running a book and launching a fund are two very different things. So says Peter Greene (pictured), a partner at law firm Lowenstein Sandler in
PEGAS, a pan-European gas trading platform of EEX Group operated by Powernext, has reported a doubling of the volume of futures contracts traded on the platform in June 2019 compared to June 2018. In total, 111.3 TWh of futures products
Paris-based quantitative asset manager TOBAM has adopted a carbon footprint reduction policy across its Anti-Benchmark Credit strategies. This systematic carbon footprint reduction of at least 20 per cent versus the reference benchmark’s carbon footprint is now being applied to fixed
Pico, a provider of technology services for the global financial markets community, is to acquire Corvil, a specialist in real-time analytics and machine intelligence products for financial markets infrastructure performance and operations. “With Pico as a premiere technology service provider
UK-based hedge fund firm Man Group has reported a 35 per cent increase in funds under management during 2017, up USD12.8 billion to USD109.1 billion. The company says that net revenues increased by 33 per cent during the year reflecting
Energy commodity merchant Castleton Commodities International (CCI) has closed two credit facilities totalling USD2.775 billion. The facilities include a committed borrowing base facility and a committed unsecured revolving credit facility. The borrowing base facility is comprised of a USD750 million three-year
