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iCapital Network has added to its private investments offering with the launch of the AMG Pantheon Fund, LLC, BlackRock Private Investments Fund, Carlyle Tactical Private Credit Fund, and Hamilton Lane Private Assets Fund on its platform.
The expansion of iCapital’s fund offerings suitable for accredited investors and qualified clients enables financial advisors and their clients to access the return and diversification potential offered by private market investments with accessible investment minimums and simplified operations.
During the past 12 months, iCapital has prioritised expanding the selection of registered funds and other vehicles for accredited investors available on its flagship platform. These
AXA IM Alts, a global leader in alternative investments with cEUR163 billion of assets under management, has expanded its suite of Secured Finance solutions for pension fund clients, with the launch of a new Global Secured Assets (GSA) Strategy.
The new strategy invests through an open-ended vehicle across a wide range of assets in both public and private markets to provide clients with a diversified portfolio of global secured finance assets, delivering yield pick up over traditional credit, while focusing on capital preservation.
The strategy leverages the expertise of AXA IM Alts’ Real Assets and Structured Finance teams, to
Private market exchange ADDX has launched its first cryptocurrency product, with the listing of a digital asset fund by investment manager Trovio Capital Management (TCM). The fund aims to provide accredited investors with a reliable option for crypto investing and has put in place institutional-grade safeguards in relation to the trade execution and custody of the fund’s underlying digital assets.
The TCM Digital Asset Fund takes a diversified approach to crypto investing. On top of core positions in bitcoin and ether, the fund invests in a set of seven other top-performing cryptocurrencies that are identified and reviewed regularly through a
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has opened a consultation on the legal terms and conditions and client support model expected to apply to users of the Unique Product Identifier (UPI) Service, due to launch next year.
The consultation sets out the proposals for users of the UPI Service as well as highlighting the resulting user experience for firms utilising the current OTC ISIN Service, and as such the DSB recommends that current and potential users review and respond to the questions set out in the consultation paper. The deadline for industry feedback is Wednesday 19th January 2022.
The DSB, was
Waystone has launched the Invenomic US Equity Long/Short UCITS Fund on the MontLake UCITS Platform ICAV. The fund launched with USD35 million in AUM with a strong pipeline to grow quickly to USD100 million.
The fund joins the Waystone Investment Solutions product suite at Waystone Fund Management.
The Invenomic US Equity Long/Short UCITS Fund, managed by Invenomic Capital Management LP, is a fundamentally driven diversified all cap US equity long/short strategy with a strong value bias.
Invenomic Capital Management LP was founded in 2015 by Ali Motamed. For over 17 years, Motamed has developed and managed what has become the
Vibrant Capital Partners has added to its Structured Credit Investment and Business Development teams with two hires.
Brummer & Partners’ flagship multi-strategy hedge fund vehicle ended last month in marginally positive territory, as solid gains made by its systematic trend-following managers were set against hefty losses in its fixed income relative value exposures, which were hit by short-term interest rate surges in Sweden.
The Brummer Multi-Strategy (BMS) fund made a 0.2 per cent gain in its SEK and USD classes during October, but it remains down 0.3 per cent over the 10-month period since the start of January. The twice leveraged BMS 2xL version gained 0.3 per cent last month, but year-to-date it also is languishing in
Exabel, a data and analytics platform for investment teams, is partnering with ExtractAlpha to deliver a new insights platform for ExtractAlpha’s investment clients.
The ExtractAlpha Intelligence Engine will give portfolio managers and hedge funds additional insights based on ExtractAlpha’s diverse alpha signals. The platform delivers user-friendly dashboards, visualisations and KPI monitoring capabilities, with a focus on TrueBeats – ExtractAlpha’s advanced earnings and sales surprise forecasting model. This assists investors in idea generation and fundamental analysis by spotting trend shifts in ExtractAlpha’s data. Partnering with Exabel gives alternative data vendors a compelling extra presentation and monitoring layer that investors value, utilising
Corinthian Digital Asset Management, a diversified digital assets offshoot of London-based crypto arbitrage hedge fund Argentium, has named ex-Macquarie and JP Morgan equity research head Peter Redhead as partner and chief operating officer.
Redhead joins as Corinthian, which was established by Argentium founder Paul Frost-Smith, prepares to open its debut hedge fund strategy Chiron to external capital in February 2022.
Redhead previously spent more than five years at Macquarie Global, most recently as global head of equity research. Earlier, he had been managing director and head of EMEA equity research and head of Asian equity research at JP Morgan.
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Sterling Trading Tech (STT), a specialist in technology solutions for real-time risk management and margin calculations for equities, equity options, futures, and options on futures has reported continuous interest and adoption of its Rest API cloud-based Risk & Margin System.
The Sterling Risk & Margin System (SRM) provides advanced analytics as a RaaS (Risk-as-a-Service) solution utilising sophisticated quantitative and big data techniques to manage risk in real-time. The SRM calculates risk scenarios, stress tests, portfolio margin, risk-based haircuts, maintenance margin and VaR for each account, with the capability to add and handle firm-specific house rules. Additionally, the SRM is utilised
