London-based oil-focused hedge fund Westbeck Capital suffered a small dip in July after failing to capitalise on strong oil equities returns – but the strategy still remains up almost 70 per cent so far this year, with the firm now
Deutsche Börse and Illuminate Financial Management have co-led in a USD5 million Series A funding round in RegTek.Solutions, a multi-jurisdiction regulatory reporting solutions provider. Based in New York, RegTek.Solutions was launched earlier this year as a specialist provider of global regulatory
PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, has launched the European Gas Spot Market Index (EGSI), which will cover all liquid gas spot markets operated by PEGAS. Along with the launch of EGSI, PEGAS will also harmonise the
Nasdaq is to acquire eVestment, an industry leading content and analytics provider used by asset managers, investment consultants and asset owners to help facilitate institutional investment decisions. The acquisition is expected to deliver attractive shareholder returns with a combination of
Hedge funds gained 0.40 per cent in September, according to Lyxor, with underlying markets, as represented by the MSCI AC World Index (Local), up 2.17 per cent over the same period. On a year-to-date basis, managers gained 5.50 per cent
Hedge funds reversed course in June from the pandemic-driven redemption trend of prior months, posting USD15.1 billion in inflows. It was a significant turnaround from USD8.0 billion in outflows in May, USD38.1 billion in April and USD85.6 billion in redemptions
Global Jet Capital, a provider of financing solutions for corporate aircraft, believes more private equity firms and hedge funds are considering entering the business aviation finance sector to diversify their portfolios and reduce their exposure to equities and bonds and
For the first time since October 2016, the monthly performance of Event-Driven funds was in negative territory in August. The strategy remains nonetheless the stellar performer in 2017, up 5.7 per cent year to date according to the Lyxor Event
JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) is planning to list its first two European ETFs on the London Stock Exchange. The two actively managed liquid alternative strategies, JPM Equity Long-Short UCITS ETF and JPM Managed Futures UCITs ETF, will also be
PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, has reported strong performance in August with a total volume of 164.5 TWh traded, an increase of 32 per cent compared to the previous year (August 2016: 125.0 TWh). Growth in
