By Don Steinbrugge, Agecroft Partners – Each year, Agecroft Partners predicts the top hedge fund industry trends stemming from our contact with more than two thousand institutional investors and hundreds of hedge fund organisations. The hedge fund industry is dynamic, and
Digital Assets Data, a financial technology and data company focused on the burgeoning cryptoasset industry, has closed its first equity funding round, led by North Island, the investment firm of prominent technology investor and Silver Lake co-founder Glenn Hutchins, along
Beam Capital Management has launched the Blockchain Leaders SMA, a separately managed account strategy focused on investing in the publicly traded securities of companies utilising, developing, facilitating or investing in Blockchain technology. Mohannad Aama, CFP, FRM, Beam Capital Management’s Chief
Euronext has closed a share swap of its 2.3 per cent stake in LCH Group for an 11.1 per cent stake in LCH SA, becoming minority shareholder in the business in the process. Following the swap, Euronext will maintain representation
First Eagle Investment Management (First Eagle) has completed its previously announced acquisition of NewStar Financial Inc, a lender and investment manager specialising in direct lending to middle-market companies and management of broadly syndicated loans. NewStar’s credit platform and investment teams
Crédit Agricole has finalised its acquisition of Natixis’ 15 per cent stake in CACEIS. As a result, it now controls 100 per cent of the share capital of the business. With approximately EUR2.6 trillion in assets under custody, EUR1.7 trillion
Activist hedge fund Cevian Capital has agreed to sell its entire shareholding in AB Volvo (Volvo) to Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely Holding), subject to regulatory approval. The acquisition comprises 88.47 million A-shares and 78.77 million B-shares, corresponding to 8.2 per
Three weeks after the approval of bitcoin futures by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in the United States, niche index provider Solactive is launching the Solactive Bitcoin Front Month Rolling Futures 5D Index, an index tracking the performance of XBT
Truvalue Labs, a specialist in AI-driven environmental, social and governance (ESG) data, has launched a raft of enhancements to its ESG data platform, including the integration of the final codified Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) framework, expanded company coverage to
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for December 2017 measured 4.18 per cent, up from 3.91 per cent in November. “SS&C’s Forward Redemption Indicator of 4.18 per cent for December 2017 compares very favourably with the 5.67 per cent reported
