361 Capital, a boutique asset manager offering institutional-quality alternative mutual funds, has held the soft close of the 361 Capital Managed Futures Strategy Fund. The fund, which employs a distinct counter-trend approach in the pursuit of attractive risk-adjusted returns that
Total hedge fund assets increased 0.35 per cent in July 2015, bringing the industry’s total assets under management to USD3.133 trillion, according to eVestment’s latest Hedge Fund Asset Flows report. Investors withdrew an estimated USD5.0 billion from the industry in
Environmental Financial Products (EFP) and CBOE Holdings are to launch the American Financial Exchange (AFX), an electronic marketplace for small and mid-sized banks to lend and borrow short-term funds. EFP is a prominent, successful exchange incubator headed by Dr Richard
McQuilling has formed a strategic alliance between McQ Holdings and JonesTrading Capital Markets Group. This relationship will provide a broad capital markets platform to the transportation industry. Headquartered in New York, both McQ Holdings and JonesTrading will utilise their collective
BATS Options has announced the BATS Options Advisory Board, comprised of options industry thought leaders designed to advise the BATS Options leadership team on key industry issues. The BATS Options Advisory Board, which will meet on a quarterly basis, consists
All six of the indices in IndexIQ’s proprietary family of hedge fund replication and alternative beta indexes recorded negative performance in August. The month’s biggest loser was the IQ Hedge Long/Short Index which was down 3.95 per cent, followed by
Federated Investors is to acquire approximately USD1.1 billion of Huntington money market fund (MMF) assets which will transfer to two Federated money market funds with comparable investment objectives and strategies. Approximately USD236 million in prime money market assets will be
KKR & Co is to acquire a 24.9 per cent interest in Marshall Wace through a combination of cash and common units. In addition, KKR and Marshall Wace have the option to grow KKR’s ownership interest over time to 39.9
Infrastructure investment in Japan has traditionally been dominated by government-related entities and infrastructure companies, with limited private capital participation. However, the investment climate for the asset class has seen some favourable changes in recent years with the revision of the
Euronext has expanded its Spotlight options offering with new options on Flow Traders NV (FLW), a technology-enabled liquidity provider that specialises in exchange traded products (ETPs). The options follow the company’s successful IPO on Euronext Amsterdam in July this year
