GLMX, a comprehensive technology solution for the trading of repurchase agreements (repo) and secured lending, has raised USD20 million in growth equity financing. The investment will help the firm expand its operations into major European markets and bolster its engineering
MFS reached top spot in Scope’s large asset-manager ranking for the first time in the first quarter of 2019, while Lupus Alpha, a first-time entrant, went straight to number one in the small-manager ranking. MFS Investment Management reached the number
One aspect of change that has started influence the way alternative fund managers think about their strategies is the increased focus on sustainable investing among institutional allocators. ESG considerations are becoming part of the manager selection process, as a way
Since the turn of the century, the price of oil has whipsawed significantly, falling 75 per cent between November 2014 and March 2016 alone. Over the last 20 years, the market has moved from Peak Oil to Peak Production of
RUSAL, a Russian aluminium producer and key supplier in the commodities space, is teaming with Braidy Industries, a US base holding company which owns both Veloxint, an MIT-incubated lightweighting solutions company, and NanoAl, a Northwestern University incubated materials research and
Hedge funds continued their winning ways in March with a third straight month of positive returns. March’s hedge fund return was 0.67 per cent, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. By
Powernext and the Ukrainian gas network operator PJSC UKRTRANSGAZ have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate possibilities for future cooperation. Powernext would bring its European experience in offering market-based tools to infrastructure operators while PJSC UKRTRANSGAZ would bring
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for January 2018 measured 2.20 per cent, down from 4.18 per cent in December. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Forward Redemption Indicator for January was 2.20 per cent, down from 2.60 per cent for the same period a year
White Oak Equity Partners (White Oak), a private equity firm that purchases minority GP interests in alternative asset managers, has acquired a minority interest in Blueshift Asset Management, a quantitative investment firm focused on statistical arbitrage and high-frequency trading strategies.
Canadian alternative asset manager Ninepoint Partners has acquired the assets of LOGiQ Global Partners, a global institutional advisory business, from Flow Capital Corp. The LOGiQ Global Partners team has a long history of helping institutional investors achieve greater portfolio diversification
