Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, has launched a UCITS strategy investing primarily in collateralised loan obligations (CLO) mezzanine debt securities. Targeted at sophisticated investors, the Neuberger Berman CLO Income Fund launched with USD77 million of seed client
Yewno, a provider of Artificial Intelligence solutions in the financial sector, has partnered with STOXX to launch the iSTOXX Yewno Developed Markets Blockchain Index. This is the second index based on Yewno’s unique algorithm launched by STOXX, following the STOXX
BlackRock has expanded its Global Bond Product Suite with the launch of the BlackRock Global Funds (BGF) Global Bond Income Fund (the Fund). The Fund forms part of the firm’s Multi-Sector Fixed Income platform, which includes aggregate, government,
London hedge fund manager, Sloane Robinson, one of the city’s best-known funds having been around since 1993, announced this week it would be teaming up with Deutsche Bank to la
TransFICC, a specialist provider of low-latency connectivity for Fixed Income and Derivatives Markets, has secured a strategic investment from Citi. Citi joins existing shareholders, Illuminate Financial, Main Incubator (part of Commerzbank) and The FinLab. TransFICC resolves the issue of
Swiss bank UBS AG has teamed up with US-based Hedge Fund Research, a market leader in hedge fund analytics and indexation, to launch a UCITS-compliant E
Deutsche Börse has acquired a stake in Bondcube, the new fixed income trading system, for a low sum in the single digit millions (GBP).

 Bondcube is a London and Boston based electronic bond platform which links dealers and customers in
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has recorded the first trade in the new liquid milk future. The exchange transaction covered a volume of 25,000 kilograms traded at the price of EUR 36.50/100 kg for the October 2018 expiry. The liquid milk
Amber Capital, an established event-driven investment manager in Europe, has been selected by Swiss bank Lombard Odier to manage PrivilEdge – Amber Event Europe (AEE) fund, a sub-fund of Lombard Odier Group’s open architecture UCITS umbrella range of funds. The
Pictet Asset Management (Pictet AM) has added a new strategy to its USD42 billion actively managed thematic franchise, the UCITS-compliant Pictet-SmartCity fund, which aims to capture the strong growth potential of companies finding smarter solutions to the challenges posed by
