If any jurisdiction can claim to be the home of the global fund industry, it is Luxembourg. The Grand Duchy is the second largest investment fund centre worldwide and the first in Europe, with an 8.8 per cent global market
Visitors to Luxembourg are often surprised and pleased to discover that public transport is free. Step onto a tram in Luxembourg city, and there is no conductor to pay, and no machine to stamp tickets. In a drive to tackle
By Dr Marcus Peter & Irina Stoliarova – 2020 was a challenging year for the Luxembourg funds market. Despite a strong start in January and February, the Covid-19 pandemic caused a slowdown to fund set-up and net asset developments due
The Grand Duchy is set to capture an important chunk of the growing global market for alternative investment funds.
Elliptic, a specialist in blockchain analytics and crypto compliance solutions, has agreed a customer agreement with US-based, financial infrastructure provider Prime Trust, which aims to help fintech innovators launch quickly and scale securely in today’s digital economy.
Bloomberg has launched BQuant Enterprise, a public/private-cloud-based analytics platform (the BQuant Enterprise Platform) for quantitative analysts and data scientists in financial markets. This customisable, turnkey solution accelerates financial services firms’ ability to compete more aggressively by incorporating quantitative approaches to
Prometheus Alternative Investments has raised USD5 million in an oversubscribed seed round. The round was led by 8VC/Joe Lonsdale with participation from a diverse set of prominent investors including Kyle Bass (Hayman Capital), Gaingels, John Quinn (Quinn Emanuel), Gil Weisblum
TCI Fund Management, Sir Christopher Hohn’s activist hedge fund, says there is a “a deliberate lack of transparency” and “a selective approach to disclosure with respect to governance matters” at Canadian National Railway.
Novus Partners, a portfolio intelligence company servicing both asset capital allocators and hedge fund managers, has made significant updates to its platform as it relates to the ingestion and analysis of ‘deep’ portfolio data. “As we continue to build on
North Rock Capital, an investment management firm built upon a global multi-manager investment platform, has selected Glue42, the company that delivers integrated desktop experiences to financial institutions globally, to serve as the foundation to its next-generation trading and risk platform.
