Man Group plc has acquired Aalto Invest Holding AG and launched a new ‘private markets offering’, Man Global Private Markets, designed to offer longer term investments and complement their existing products. Man defines private markets as real estate, credit and
Pioneer Investments has launched a global inflation-linked short-term strategy as an approach to managing against inflation risk. The firm says the strategy aims to protect investors’ purchasing power and returns against inflation through the use of low duration global inflation-linked
Hazeltree, a provider of integrated buy-side treasury management solutions, has added BlackRock to the partner network of Hazeltree LiquidityWeb, an integrated cash management and sweep platform. The partnership provides mutual clients with an efficient way to manage cash and sweep
SunOpta, a company focused on organic, non-genetically modified and specialty foods, has entered into an agreement with funds managed by alternative asset management firm Oaktree Capital Management. Oaktree is an investor in the consumer and retail industry, with a track
Geraud Charpin (pictured), Portfolio Manager, BlueBay Asset Management discusses how risk assets struggle to gain impetus as investors turn their attention to negative newsflow… The uneventful meetings from the Bank of Japan (BoJ) and the Federal Reserve (Fed) earlier in
Imagine Software, a provider of front-to-back office risk and portfolio management to asset managers, investment banks, prime brokers, hedge funds, and institutional investors, has been voted Best North American Risk Management Software Provider in the 2016 Hedgeweek USA Awards. Winners
Wedbush Securities’ prime brokerage team has been voted "Best North American Hedge Fund Research Provider" at the Hedgeweek USA Awards 2016. The annual awards ceremony, which took place in New York, recognises excellence among service providers and hedge fund managers
Lyxor Asset Management has expanded its alternative UCITS offering by teaming up with Kingdon Capital Management to launch the Lyxor/Kingdon Global Long-Short Equity Fund. The launch sees Kingdon become the first global equity manager with daily liquidity on Lyxor’s UCITS
Alternative asset manager Tages Capital has launched the Tages Alternative Risk Premia Fund with over USD100 million of capital from European institutional investors. The Dublin domiciled ICAV fund’s strategy has been developed to provide an attractive risk adjusted return profile,
Although California is best known for its venture capital industry, the state has seen marked growth and diversification of its alternatives market, as other private capital and hedge fund managers are drawn to the area, according to Preqin. The number
