Managers
Insig AI, a data science and machine learning solutions company serving the asset management industry, is to acquire the entire issued share capital of FDB Systems Limited, a specialist in the collection and structuring of financial market data for investors and other capital markets participants.
Integrating FDB Systems’ data ingestion and structuring technology with Insig AI’s storage, visualisation and machine learning optimisation capabilities will allow the Company to offer a complete end-to-end financial data solution to its customers. For more than 18 months, Insig AI has been a customer of FDB Systems and therefore has a close appreciation of its
With extensive experience working with UK pension funds and insurers, and having gained a deep understanding of their investment challenges, MFS Investment Management (MFS) has added to its global fixed income capabilities by launching a UK buy and maintain credit strategy.
The strategy aims to achieve long-term returns through low turnover and the sustainable capture of credit risk premium.
Kelly Tran, head of UK and Ireland institutional sales, says: “We have seen the increased demand for buy and maintain portfolios from UK DB schemes and insurance companies. Generally, these strategies are used as a component in one of two
IQ-EQ, an Astorg portfolio company, has acquired Greyline Partners (Greyline), a US provider of governance and regulatory compliance solutions for PE, VC, hedge funds and investors.
Greyline is a fast-growing business with a strong commercial and cultural fit for IQ-EQ’s expanding operations in the US. Today, IQ-EQ U.S. employs 500-plus people with plans to significantly grow this number in 2022 thanks to its strong business performance in the US market. The combination of IQ-EQ and Greyline firmly positions IQ-EQ as the leading provider of outsourced business services to the alternative asset industry. This latest acquisition follows the successful acquisitions of
Variety Capital has opened an Irish domiciled UCITS investment platform with a fund managed by CKC Capital, an experienced US credit investment team.
The fund has launched with investments from UK and European institutional investors.
The fund aims to replicate the performance of CKC Capital LLC’s flagship fund, CKC Credit Opportunity Master Fund Ltd, launched in 2013 which follows the same strategy and has returned positive performance for 102 out of 103 months since inception.
Graham Loughridge, CEO of Variety Capital, says: “I am very pleased to have launched the Variety Capital ICAV with CKC Capital managing our first fund,
XP Inc, a provider of low-fee financial products and services in Brazil, has acquired a minority stake in Vista Capital, one of the main independent equity and hedge funds managers in Brazil, with over BRZ4.5 billion in Assets Under Management (AUM).
This transaction reinforces XP’s strategy to develop the most complete ecosystem of managers and distributors in Brazil.
Additionally, the development of independent asset managers meets XP’s strategy by contributing to an increase in secondary market liquidity, helping to democratise investment products to more Brazilians.
Vista has a solid performance track record in hedge funds and equity funds, with its
Oaktree Capital Management (Oaktree) has held the final close of Oaktree Opportunities Fund XI and its related vehicles (Opps XI), with total capital commitments of USD15.9 billion.
Opps XI is Oaktree’s largest fund to date, exceeding its original target of USD15 billion.
To date, the Fund has invested or committed to invest approximately 70 per cent of its capital in an attractive mix of opportunities that are diversified across geographies, sectors and asset classes. This swift pace of investment has been made possible by the strategy’s all-weather, broad, and flexible investment charter that allows the Opportunities group to consider
CME Group’s Micro E-mini Equity Index futures and options have surpassed one billion contracts traded across all four indices.
Micro E-mini Equity Index futures became available for trading across four US indices – S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, Russell 2000 and Dow Jones Industrial Average – in May of 2019, with Micro E-mini options available on Micro E-mini S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures contracts in August of 2020.
“At just two-and-a-half years old, Micro E-mini Equity Index futures and options have become among the most actively traded equity index products at CME Group, enabling clients to manage risk in our highly liquid
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) is extending the sell-off calendar for the national Emissions Trading System (nEHS) in coordination with the German Environment Agency to include additional dates in December 2021.
This provides regulated companies under the nEHS with further opportunities to purchase national emission certificates (nEHS certificates, abbreviated to nEZ at the EEX) at a price of EUR25 before the end of 2021.
The additional sell-off dates for 2021 will be held on the 9, 14 and 16 December respectively with the sell-off window taking place between 9.30 am to 3.30 pm CET.
The reason for the 2021 extension
Hedge funds are ramping up their negative positions against Hargreaves Lansdown, with the UK retail-focused investment and advisory firm now the most shorted stock among FTSE 100 names, new market data from Ortex Analytics shows.
A new study from bfinance, the independent investment consultancy, has revealed that institutional asset management fees have fallen significantly in a number of asset classes – particularly certain ESG or Impact strategy types.
