Vineer Bhansali has formed LongTail Alpha, a new investment management advisory firm that will provide qualified investors with the opportunity to benefit from the experience of one of the most accomplished tail risk experts in the financial industry. LongTail Alpha
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is to acquire Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Global Research division’s index platform. The BofAML indices are the second most used fixed income indices by assets under management (AUM) globally, and upon closing, the AUM benchmarked against
Royce & Associates is reopening the Royce Premier and Special Equity Funds to new investors as of Monday, 4 January. Chuck Royce and Charlie Dreifus, the funds' respective portfolio managers, say they are comfortable accepting additional asset flows at each
Neptune, the open standards network utility for pre-trade indications in bond markets, is continuing to expand its business to the wider community. The network launched in August initially, with a limited set of buy-side and sell-side sponsors. Neptune has already seen
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for December 2015 measured 4.98 per cent, up from 4.90 per cent in November. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Forward Redemption Indicator increased slightly to 4.98 per cent for December 2015 from 4.90 per cent in November,”
For the first time in almost a decade, the Fed has finally hiked rates as the FOMC decided that the US growth/ inflation mix was robust enough to absorb monetary tightening. Over the next twelve months, three to four additional
Total hedge fund assets rose USD11.2 billion in November 2015, an increase of 0.36 per cent. Investors flows were very slightly positive during the month with an estimated USD3.2 billion added in November, according to eVestments latest hedge fund flows
What does the future hold for the raising of funds in Europe? Wayne Atkinson (pictured) of Collas Crill, on behalf of the Guernsey Investment Fund Association, takes a closer look. With the arrival of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive
MarketAxess is ending the year on something of a high after reporting a new daily volume record in high-yield (HY) trading of approximately USD1 billion on Friday, 11 December, 2015. Recent market volatility has also driven an increase in estimated
Emerald Asset Management and Beltraith Capital, investment holding companies with approximately USD5.8 billion in assets under management, have teamed up to form EmStone Advisers. The companies say that EmStone combines the experienced portfolio management teams from Beltraith subsidiary StoneRidge PMG
