The international credit rating agency, Standard & Poor’s, has updated its rating of Guernsey following December’s GBP330 million bond issue for the inaugural States of Guernsey Bond. Guernsey remains at AA+ (Stable outlook), which represents an excellent assessment. It highlights
London-based alternative investment manager Omni Partners, has held the first close of its second secured lending fund, Omni Secured Lending Fund II (OSL II), with initial commitments of USD45 million. OSL II is targeting a total fundraise of USD250 million
Activist hedge fund Elliott Advisors, the largest shareholder of Alliance Trust, has agreed to withdraw its three resolutions from the company’s Annual General Meeting on 29 April 2015 and has committed to support the Board and management on all other
Altegris has launched the Altegris KKR Commitments Fund offering accredited investors an opportunity to gain diversified exposure to KKR by committing to three different forms of private equity – primaries, secondaries and co-investments. The minimum initial investment USD25,000. "Accredited investors
Societe Generale has been mandated by the investment management company, Cyan Oak Capital LLP, to process derivatives for its range of alternative investment funds. Cyan Oak Capital will benefits from “Orchestra”, Societe Generale’s global offering dedicated to managing the post-trade
Saemor Capital, winner of this year’s Hedgeweek award for Best Market Neutral Fund, continues to post positive performance numbers, both for the month of March and Year-to-Date. The long book contributed strongly. The short book was flat in a rising
Unigestion has launched a Private Debt Allocator tool, which identifies private debt opportunities to exactly match clients’ investment objectives. Through its work with clients, Unigestion has identified a common perception of the universe of private debt opportunities as large, diverse
Institutional trading network Liquidnet has reported record first quarter performance in EMEA as institutional investors increasingly look to trade in blocks. The first three months of 2015 was a record quarter for Liquidnet EMEA in local currency. Average Execution Size
Recent market conditions were less supportive for hedge funds, with a reversal of market moves witnessed so far this year. Last week, European equities were down and the EUR/USD went up, while US rates ended the week marginally higher. The
Castle Hall Alternatives has launched OpsMonitor a due diligence platform featuring daily media monitoring, a comprehensive process to identify changes in manager and fund operational risk quarter to quarter. OpsMonitor also provides interactive dashboards to identify risks present in fund
