Calastone, the global funds transaction network, is hosting the sixth annual Funds Industry Football Charity Shield in aid of Make-A-Wish UK, the charity that grants magical wishes to enrich the lives of children and young people fighting life-threatening conditions. The
Palmer Square Capital Management, an investment management firm that provides structured credit, corporate credit and hedge fund strategies such as long/short credit to a wide range of investors, has closed on its seventh Collateralised Loan Obligation (CLO). Palmer Square has
With one week to go until the UK referendum on membership of the EU, Hermann Beythan, partner at law firm Linklaters, is warning that Brexit could push up costs for hedge funds. “If the UK were to exit the EU,
Hedge funds gained 0.78 per cent in May, its third consecutive positive month, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. Year to date, the Index is up 0.85 per cent. Sixteen of Barclay’s 18 hedge fund indices
Hamilton Lane has held the final closing of Hamilton Lane Strategic Opportunities Fund 2016 with more than USD210 million in limited partner commitments, exceeding its initial target of USD150 million. The Fund was created as a unique solution for LPs
eVestment has launched a revised version of its analytics platform which the company describes as a ‘re-imagining of how a big data solution should work and perform’. According to eVestment, cloud-based technology has become ubiquitous in consumer and business realms.
Bats Hotspot has announced plans to offer global trading of outright deliverable forwards contracts, with a launch planned for fall 2016. A division of Bats Global Markets (Bats: BATS), Bats Hotspot is a global foreign exchange market with offices in
SS&C Technologies Holdings has launched SS&C Global Gateway, a new SaaS platform for web-based portfolio management, analysis and reporting. Specially designed for insurance companies and other buy-side asset managers, SS&C Global Gateway is a SaaS-delivered platform that makes comprehensive investment
ABS Investment Management, an alternative investment management firm specialising in global equity long/short solutions with USD5 billion in assets under management, has launched the ABS Long/Short Strategies Fund. The Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940
The XBT Provider instruments Bitcoin Tracker One (COINXBT) and Bitcoin Tracker EUR (COINXBE) have resumed trading at Nasdaq Nordic in Stockholm following the acquisition of XBT Group by Global Advisors (Jersey) Limited (GAJL). Nasdaq has approved Global Advisors (Jersey) Limited
