Alter Domus, a fund and corporate services provider is now able to offer third party Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) services following its acquisition of Luxembourg Fund Partners, a Super Manco with Chapter 15 (UCITS) and AIFM authorisations. Founded in
Systematic investment manager Aspect Capital has extended its range of funds available to investors with the launch of the lower fee, lower volatility Aspect Core Trend Fund. The fund, which started trading on 13 September, has received approximately USD100 million
Hathersage Capital Management LLC, a global macro investment manager specialising in G10 currencies and absolute returns, has been named Best Foreign Exchange Hedge Fund at the 2018 Hedgeweek Global awards ceremony in London. This is the third consecutive year Hathersage
AlphaClone, a provider of alpha-seeking active indexes for long-term investors, has launched the AlphaClone Small Cap Index and AlphaClone Value Manager Index. The indices seek to give investors the potential to outperform passive market indices by accessing the investment ideas
Hedge Funds lost 1.53 per cent in February according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, versus a 3.69 per cent decline in the S&P 500 Total Return Index. Year to date, the Barclay Index remains up 0.52 per cent,
Since the trough of the recent sell-off, L/S Equity funds have outperformed other hedge fund strategies, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. Their cautious stance since the end of January led them to partially
SS&C Technologies Holdings is to acquire CACEIS North America, the fund administration business of CACEIS based in Toronto and New York. The acquisition, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the first quarter of 2018.
TD Securities US has acquired Albert Fried & Company (AF&Co), an established New York-based broker-dealer. The purchase of AF&Co's services and capabilities, which include self-clearing, securities lending and a prime brokerage technology platform in its final stages of development, is
Cowen Inc’s prime services division, Cowen Prime Services, has been named Best Global Prime Broker for the third consecutive year at the 2018 Hedgeweek Global Awards. The award is based on a peer review system whereby Hedgeweek’s readers, including institutional
2017 was an exceptional year for the European investment fund industry, with net assets of UCITS and AIF surpassing the EUR15 trillion mark, according to the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) latest Quarterly Statistical Release. Net assets of UCITS increased by
