in association with HRH The Duke of Cambridge’s ongoing patronage of non-profit organisation’s philanthropic initiatives. SkillForce is a national education and veterans charity dedicated to helping young people flourish through motivational mentoring and education programmes for five- to nineteen-year-olds. Their
Contagion from recent political upheaval, including former FBI director Mark Comey’s leaked memo and continued concerns over alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, has been reasonable, according to Lyxor. It comes amid persisting signs of decent global
The hedge fund industry produced an aggregate return of -0.26 per cent in November, bringing YTD returns deeper into negative territory for 2015, -1.21 per cent, according to eVestment’s latest hedge fund performance review. The industry’s last annual decline was
Taurus Administration Services has acquired Pacific Fund Systems’ PFS-PAXUS integrated share registry/fund accounting platform to support a push into the European market, which it expects to grow as a result of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive. Taurus will target
Global advisory, corporate development and executive search firm Jensen Partners has aligned with Context Capital Partners LP to launch Context Jensen Partners. The new company will strategically address the obstacles faced by alternative asset managers who are focused on growing
Acadian Asset Management, a firm overseeing USD82 billion in active global and international quantitative assets, has launched a sustainable Emerging Markets ex Fossil Fuel strategy. This strategy is one of the first to focus on implementing this theme across
Euronext has acquired around 90 per cent of FastMatch for a USD153 million initial cash consideration. FastMatch’s management will remain invested with a circa 10 per cent interest, with minority rights. Closing is subject to regulatory and anti-trust approvals,
During a period in which most asset classes sold off ferociously and fixed income provided no downside protection, the Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down only 0.8 per cent. This highlights the resilience of this asset class to wide market
MainstreamBPO has executed sale agreements to acquire Trinity Fund Administration in Ireland and the Cayman Islands. Privately owned Trinity currently provides administrative, transfer agency, company register, corporate secretarial, risk and regulatory reporting and other ancillary services to over 140
MUFG Investor Services has secured all regulatory approvals for its acquisition of UBS Asset Management’s Alternative Fund Services (AFS) business and the acquisition has closed. The deal forms part of MUFG Investor Services’ strategy to build a global industry-leading fund
