Lawson Conner, a provider of investment management and compliance solutions to the alternative investment fund industry, has launched ‘Discovery’, an AIFM integrated offshore Investment Management Platform. ‘Discovery' will be structured as a Cayman Islands Segregated Portfolio Company (SPC), offering both EU
Private debt fundraising and funds currently in market are examined in this extract from the Preqin Quarterly Update: Private Debt, Q1 2015. Fundraising in Q1 2015 Q1 2015 saw 19 private debt funds reach a final close, securing an aggregate
ETFGI reports that the second quarter has seen assets invested in the global ETF/ETP industry finally beat the assets under management in the hedge fund industry. Deborah Fuhr says: “According to our analysis there was USD2.971 trillion invested in the
Data management is no longer simply an internal challenge for asset managers as they face increasing pressure from clients to respond to growing demands for data, according to RIMES, a provider of managed data services for the buy-side. This comes
Custom House Fund Services, a provider of financial services to the alternative investment sector, has acquired the majority of the US clients of the former Dundee Leeds Management Services. The transition became effective 1 June and represents USD1billion in
Behringer Securities is to distribute the Insignia Macro Fund, a daily-liquidity, open-end mutual fund managed by Meritage Capital. The Fund, launched in 2013, seeks long-term risk-adjusted returns by employing global macro-managed futures investment strategies. The Fund is unique from other
Conservative Concept Portfolio Management (CCPM) in Bad Homburg has launched a new balanced fund, broadening the existing portfolio of absolute return funds. Together with Universal Investment, the TriStone UI Fund was launched as a UCITS mutual fund in April 2014.
BlackRock this week launched a new absolute return fund for European institutional investors. The BlackRock Multi-Strategy Absolute Return Fund is the firm’s first UCITS-compliant multi-strategy alternative fund in Europe. Ingo Heinen, Head of BlackRock Alternative Investment Strategies in Europe, said that
Holland Clearing House is to be renamed ICE Clear Netherlands, effective 27 July, 2015 following its acquisition by ICE in December 2014. ABN AMRO Clearing Bank holds a minority stake. ICE Clear Netherlands is focused on providing a reliable service
Last week London ground to a halt. Tube drivers went on strike for 24 hours. Chaos ensued as city workers jumped on their bikes, hailed cabs or, worse, squeezed onto the next available bus to get to the office. It
