The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index declined by 0.78 per cent in February, although it remains positive with a bare 0.12 per cent gain so far in 2009, according to Hennessee Group, a provider o
Taliance, a global analytics provider serving the alternative investments marketplace, has sold its back office-focused accounting and transactional solutions to asset management software provider Cassiopae. Taliance now intends to concentrate on the rapidly-growing and evolving alternative investments space. Cassiopae, which
Amidst the turbulence of recent market conditions, European absolute return funds and multi-asset flexible funds failed to consistently perform and provide sufficient protection against downside ri
Global and US long/short equity strategies would appear to be the top two most favoured strategies among investors in Q1 according to the latest Alternative UCITS Barometer report by ML Capital. The report finds that there is three times more
IFG Group has signed an agreement for the sale of its entire International Division (Segment) to AnaCap Financial Partners II LP. The purchase price is GBP70 million (EUR84 million) which will be paid in full on the completion of the
Asset management firms are still using too much jargon in their Key Investor Information Documents (KIIDs) and not enough plain language, as indeed they are required to do. A survey of 110 advisers at the end of 2013 by Kii
360 Global Capital, a New York-based hedge fund advisor has launched an onshore UCITS version of its equity l/s fund reported HFMWeek this week.
Swiss banking group SYZ & Co this week announced the launch of OYSTER US Selection, a new sub-fund of its OYSTER Luxembourg UCITS SICAV.
Compliance and regulatory services provider Cordium has acquired HedgeStart, a provider of UK tax, accounting and regulatory compliance consulting services to the investment management and securities industries. The deal marks another chapter in a period of planned expansion for Cordium,
Following three completed investments since mid-2012, NewAlpha Asset Management has announced the fourth incubation partnership between the French managers-only seeding fund Émergence and Rcube Asset Management. Émergence has provided EUR30m of funding for Rcube’s Global Macro UCITS Fund, which is
