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UK-based fund of hedge funds firm, Key Asset Management, is joining forces with one of its owners, Scandinavian bank SEB, to launch its first newcits according to HFMWeek.
Ireland is seeing the establishment of an increasing number of ‘Newcits’ – Ucits funds that pursue alternative investment strategies.
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Hedge fund managers were never going to stay away from new distribution channels for long, especially ones with the promise of onshore distribution – historically the area they had been
There are questions about their suitability for retail investment, their ability to deliver long-term performance has yet to be proven, and Europe’s regulators could yet seek to rein in
Even as the growth of ‘Newcits’ funds in the marketplace accelerates, concern has been growing about their limitations and potential dangers.
Scipion Capital, a frontier market investment firm, has appointed alternative investment firm Centaur Fund Services to take over the fund administration requirements for its range of funds.
Centaur will provide Scipion with the full suite of fund administration services, including fund accounting and investor and corporate services.
Scipion’s fund range, including the firm’s flagship Commodities Trade Finance Fund, will use Centaur’s iNAV process model, which provides an accurate daily NAV calculation and support services around the funds.
Nicolas Clavel, chief investment officer and founder of Scipion, says: “To be a successful frontier markets investor you must understand the landscape.
Deutsche Bank has this week launched a dark liquidity-seeking algorithm, SuperX
Hong Kong-based Value Partners Group, recently voted Asia’s leading hedge fund with USD5,654 million in AuM, has an
Tora, the Asia-focused market leading provider of advanced trading, technology and liquidity services, has this week released a Transaction Performance Analysis report.
