Managers
Ironshield Capital Management (Ironshield), a European event-driven corporate credit specialist, delivered positive performance of 30 per cent in 2021.
The firm’s AUM stood at USD308 million as at 31 December 2021, across its three funds: L1 Special Situations, L2 Special Situations and Ironshield Credit Fund – UCITS.
Ironshield’s strategy significantly outperformed high yield credit markets throughout the year, beating the Bloomberg Pan-European High Yield Index which returned 4 per cent, and had low beta to both equity and credit markets. The 2021 performance was generated from a broad range of credits with idiosyncratic price catalysts, across a number of
Total hedge fund industry capital has passed the USD4 trillion milestone to begin 2022, with managers navigating a volatile Q4 21 driven by another wave of coronavirus variant, as well as rising interest rates and increased expectations for additional increases in 2022.
BlockFills, a digital asset trading and financial technology company, has closed a USD37 million Series A funding round led by institutional investors, including Susquehanna Private Equity Investments, CME Ventures, Simplex Ventures, C6E, Nexo Inc, and several other institutional investors and funds.
This is the second multimillion-dollar funding round since the company’s founding in 2018. BlockFills has raised a total of USD44 million to date from institutional investors.
The Series A funding round will allow BlockFills to expand and evolve its technology platforms to provide more advanced solutions for the hedge fund and asset management community, a sector in which the
Qontigo, a provider of innovative risk, analytics, and index solutions has entered into a partnership with RepRisk, a pioneer and leader in ESG data science, whereby Qontigo will enable solutions and access to RepRisk ESG risk data via Axioma portfolio analytics and risk models, and build indices under its STOXX family of brands.
Investors are ‘extraordinarily complacent’ about the macro risks currently facing emerging markets, but idiosyncratic investment opportunities still abound, says Andrew Swan, manager of the Man GLG Asia (ex Japan) Equity strategy.
Swan, whose strategy launched in October 2020, says investors are failing to grasp the potential for falls across emerging markets in an environment where growth is slowing and central banks in developed economies are beginning tightening cycles amid surging inflation.
Swan says investment opportunities can still be found in those parts of EMs beginning to recover from Covid disruption, like Southeast Asia and India. But he says opportunities
London-based investment firm, Twenty20 Capital, has joined forces with MP Alpha Capital — making a cornerstone investment into the firm’s “post-Covid” hedge fund.
Graubündner Kantonalbank (GKB) agreed to acquire a stake of around 30 percent in the independent investment manager Twelve Capital Holding AG (Twelve Capital), which specialises in investments in the insurance sector and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
Subject to the approval of the competent authorities, the transaction is expected to close in Q2 2022.
A representative of GKB will serve as a member of the Board of Directors of Twelve Capital.
RWC Partners has changed its operating brand to ‘Redwheel’, marking the next stage of its development as a specialist, independent investment organisation.
The rebrand is part of a full update of the firm’s visual identity, including the launch of a new website.
The business was established in 2000 with the ambition to create an environment in which exceptional fund managers can operate with a high degree of investment autonomy and maximise the benefits of their skills to deliver the best possible long-term outcomes for clients. Today, Redwheel has more than 150 people aligned to that goal, including 56 dedicated
FLX Distribution – a Resource and Asset Management Platform (RAMP) for asset and wealth managers that provides modular-based front office solutions with on-demand resources, services, and investments – has partnered with Oasis, a Paychex company, focused on offering Professional Employer Organisation (PEO) solutions to its members.
Solving familiar HR challenges including high costs, limited options, complexities, and time-consuming personnel management, FLX is now delivering quality, efficient, and cost-effective solutions through this FLX-sponsored PEO.
Oasis is one of the leading Professional Employer Organisations (PEO) in the US, providing Human Resource Administration, Employee Benefits, Healthcare Reform (ACA), Payroll Administration and Risk
Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), a leading partner to independent investment management firms globally, and Leda Braga, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Systematica, have jointly acquired the remaining minority equity interest in the firm previously owned by a third-party investor.
