A new trading team has joined London-based specialist CTO Old Park Capital to launch the SI8 strategy from 1 December. According to the firm, the SI8 strategy is a systematic trading model that generates uncorrelated high risk adjusted returns from
Agecroft Partners has acquired the business of Alta Via Advisors, a New York based hedge fund third party marketing boutique. Alta Via Advisors’ client base will be migrated over to Agecroft Partners and Andrew Feldman, Alta Via’s founding principal will
LME Clear, the clearing house for the London Metal Exchange (LME) market, has launched two new services – trade compression and the ability to post metals warrants as collateral. “We are delighted to be offering these two new services,” says
On 28 August 2015 Aberdeen Asset Management PLC launched a USD500 million liquid alternatives fund – the Aberdeen Alternative Strategies Fund – designed to give investors access to a portfolio of alternative strategies. At the time, Morningstar quoted Andrew McCaffery,
For a fund jurisdiction that refers to itself as an ‘Innovation Nation’, the Bahamas continues to build its profile and popularity among global fund managers, and, it is hoped that the next stage of its evolution will be to attract
Hedge fund and private equity fund administrator Pinnacle Fund Services has selected PFS-PAXUS for the administration of the firm’s global fund operations business. David Smith (pictured), Managing Director at Pinnacle, says: ’The selection of PFS-PAXUS has been mainly due to
Lyxor Asset Management (Lyxor) and Och-Ziff Capital Management (Och-Ziff) have launched the Lyxor/OZ US Equity Opportunities Fund on Lyxor’s alternative UCITs platform. The launch of this new US long/short equity strategy makes Lyxor the eighth alternative manager on the platform.
The number of Europe-focused private equity funds of funds to close so far in 2015 is at its lowest ever level, with just seven vehicles having held a final close. Despite slow fundraising, 2012 vintage funds have seen the highest
This article, taken from the newly released Preqin Special Report: Natural Resources, looks at the make-up of institutional investors in natural resources, preferred strategies and regions, sources of allocations and future investment plans. The increasing amount of capital raised by
Underwhelming performance in 2015 and high investor dissatisfaction have reduced inflows and demand for CTA funds, according to a report release by Preqin. Having recorded returns of +10.85 per cent in 2014, their strongest performance since returning +15.70 per cent
