Law firm Michelmores and communications agency Bell Pottinger have combined to provide a new crisis management service to help mitigate reputation risk for the alternative investment and finance market. The service was launched at an event at Michelmores’ offices on
Optima Fund Management, a fund of hedge funds and hedge fund allocation firm, is making its Optima STAR Long Strategy available in Europe. STAR Long Strategy offers investors the opportunity to benefit from the highest-conviction stock positions held by Optima’s
The alternative UCITS market continued on its strong growth path in February with LuxHedge recording a net inflow of EUR5.8 billion in assets under management, representing solid growth of 1.4 per cent on a monthly basis. For the second month
CEO and Founder of Sun Global Investments, Mihir Kapadia, has commented on why investors are increasingly choosing ETFs over hedge funds. “ETFs already outstrip hedge funds by about USD3.4tr, or by over 10 per cent,” Kapadia (pictured) says. “The ETF industry has
Concern about the impact of geopolitical risk in the investment profession has grown since the UK’s decision to leave the European Union in July 2016, according to a poll of almost 1,500 investment professionals from around the world by the
Protos Cryptocurrency Asset Management is planning to hold an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) to raise capital for a data-driven crypto hedge fund that will invest solely in cryptocurrencies and tokens. Protos tokens will be a security issued under the exemption
ML Capital has launched the Quest Convertible Absolute Return UCITS Fund, a convertible arbitrage strategy, hosted on the MontLake UCITS Platform. MontLake is an independent platform for UCITS funds that provide investors with access to a range of liquid, transparent
Alcentra, the alternative fixed income specialist of BNY Mellon Investment Management, has held the final close of its second European direct lending fundraising. This fundraising has brought recent commitments to EUR4.3 billion across funds and separately managed accounts. The firm’s
London-based Garraway Capital Management has announced that it is to build on its strong 2016 performance with a programme designed to build its assets. Its Irish UCITS fund, Garraway Financial Trends, was launched in 2012, becoming a ‘pure’ UCITS strategy
Law firm Mourant Ozannes has advised 836 funds in Jersey with an overall value of USD302 billion, nearly triple the value of funds advised by its nearest competitor, according to independent annual research by Monterey Insight. Mourant Ozannes leads the
