BlackRock has launched the UK Strategic Alternative Income Fund, which provides UK defined benefit (DB) pension schemes with access to a range of alternative income sources in one portfolio. The fund arrives at a time when pension schemes are increasingly
Fortress Investment Group is to acquire a significant portion of a EUR17.7 billion portfolio of non-performing Italian loans from UniCredit. At closing, the UniCredit transaction will represent the largest ever non-performing loan (NPL) transaction in Europe. Fortress began investing
Northern Energy Capital (NEC) and Roundtable Capital Partners have completed the initial closing of NEC Fund I Canadian at approximately USD45 million. The fund will be wholly focused on investing in oilfield services and related industrial businesses in Canada.
According to TABB Group, block trading volume for asset managers rose to 19 per cent in 2015, surpassing levels last seen in 2009 due to changes in investment strategies, access to new liquidity sources and new block trading methodologies. The
Hedge fund industry assets climbed above USD3 trillion for the first time this year in May as investors continued allocating to hedge funds, according to eVestment’s May 2016 Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report. But at USD3.014 billion, funds are barely
Perhaps it is apt that Protégé Partners, LLC is located above the world-renowned Museum of Modern Art in New York given that its modus operandi is to find the best and most creative talents in the hedge fund industry. Some seed
RIMES, together with the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) and the Financial Markets Law Committee (FMLC), has cautioned compliance teams against overlooking important regulatory challenges during its first Regulatory Seminar. Investment managers need to comply with MAD II
Global Advisors Investment Fund (GABI) has been admitted to the Official List of the Channel Islands Securities Exchange (CISE), becoming the first regulated bitcoin fund to be listed on any exchange globally. The CISE has approved the admission to listing
EEX Group sales revenue rose by 23 per cent to EUR234.2 million in 2016, as the group strengthened its core markets, increased its geographic reach and expanded into new business fields. “As a result of our group-wide strategy, we were
Pavilion Financial Corporation (Pavilion), a North American based employee-owned, investment services firm, plans to acquire Altius Holdings Ltd, the parent company of Altius Associates Ltd. and Altius Associates (Singapore) Pte Ltd (Altius Associates), a global private markets advisory and separate
