Preqin’s latest survey of hedge fund managers finds that they are adopting a bearish attitude in the second half of 2017, despite indications that fundraising and performance environments may be improving. Net inflows to hedge funds totalled USD25 billion in
Unigestion, a boutique asset manager that focuses on providing its clients with risk-managed investment solutions, has expanded its fund distribution network by joining the MFEX platform. The new agreement means that all Unigestion’s Uni-Global SICAV sub funds and share classes
Wealth managers Rathbones and Smith & Williamson are in talks to agree a merger which will create a GBP55 billion wealth management firm. Rathbones will effectively take over Smith & Williamson as the larger firm which manages GBP36 billion, against
Following the completion of its acquisition of Cantab Capital Partners in October, GAM has launched its first purely quantitative equities UCITS fund, GAM Systematic Global Equity Market Neutral. The fund was developed by the Cantab investment team, which now operates
Data-drive asset manager ACSI Funds has launched its inaugural exchange-traded fund, the American Customer Satisfaction Core Alpha ETF (BATS: ACSI), which sheds light on customer satisfaction for more than 350 national brands. In 1994, ACSI Funds’ sister company, the American
Offshore global law firm Carey Olsen has retained its tier one position in Guernsey and Jersey for both its financial and corporate and investment funds advice in International Financial Law Review 1000 (IFLR1000). IFLR1000 rankings are based on independent research
Latitude Investment Management, an investment advisory firm recently founded by Freddie Lait, has launched its first fund, The Latitude Horizon Fund (UCITS V). The fund, which has begun accepting investment from new shareholders, is a global long only diversified growth
By Alan Chu (pictured), Meyler Capital – There’s a high concentration of Scotch distilleries in Scotland: over 100 fully-licensed operations in a country with a population of < 5.5 million people. To put it in perspective, there are more Scotch
Hedge fund data provider HFR is at an advanced stage of working with one of the large global derivatives exchanges to develop a new investment product, the HFRI-I futures contract, a contract based on the HFRI-I Fund Weighted Composite Investable
Nasdaq and SIX Swiss Exchange have extended their current technology contract, which includes X-stream INET Trading technology for all SIX markets, including equities, ETFs, structured products, funds and fixed income, as well as SMARTS Market Surveillance and Nasdaq Pre-Trade Risk Management. In addition,
