Hedge funds were up 1.28 per cent in October with 2017 year-to-date gains coming in at 6.99 per cent – roughly 77 per cent of fund managers are in positive territory year-to-date, while almost 32 per cent have posted double
Linedata, a solutions provider to the investment management and credit industries, is to acquire Gravitas Technology Services, a provider of middle office and technology services to the hedge fund industry. Gravitas is based mainly in New York and Mumbai.
Systematic asset manager RAM Active Investments has chosen EFA to support the launch and administration of the new RAM Stable Climate Global Equities Fund.The AI-driven sustainable fund’s objective is to tackle climate emergency and to provide RAM’s investors an active
Neuberger Berman has broadened its fixed income UCITS offering with the launch of the Neuberger Berman Global Opportunistic Bond Fund. The new, flexible, UCITS fund seeks attractive risk-adjusted returns by opportunistically investing in a diversified mix of fixed rate and
Alger Associates has agreed to acquire Boston-based Weatherbie Capital, a growth equity manager with over USD800 million in assets under management. Weatherbie Capital was founded in 1995 by Matthew Weatherbie and, similar to Alger, takes a fundamental, bottom-up research approach
By J D David, Meyler Capital – “If the alternatives industry were to build freeway signs, they would put a paragraph on them rather than one word and an arrow.” – Kyle Dunn, Meyler CEO Kyle has been making this argument since
Euronext has reported strong revenue growth in the third quarter of 2017, with an increase of 14.1 per cent over Q3 2016 to EUR128.7 million, mainly due to improvement of volumes in a stabilised macro environment. Cash average daily volume (ADV) was
Managed futures posted another positive month in April with a 0.85 per cent return according to the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by BarclayHedge. Nine of BarclayHedge’s 10 CTA indices had gains in April. Year to date, the Barclay CTA Index has
Aquila Capital is to evolve the investment process of its long-only multi-asset investment strategy to take into account the latest developments in quantitative finance and artificial intelligence. To reflect these developments, the AC Risk Parity Fund has been renamed as
Dolfin has launched the Dolfin Unconstrained Credit Strategy, which targets consistently positive returns in all market contexts by capturing top-down market shifts and investing in attractive bottom up opportunities across the global fixed income spectrum. Devised and managed by credit
