12 Jul 2017
Neudata bolsters alternative data intelligence platform
Neudata Limited is strengthening its online alternative data intelligence platform (Neudata Scout), which assists hedge funds and other…
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Hurdle rates and founder’s share class structures present in over 70 per cent of institutional portfolios, says Credit Suisse hedge fund survey
Realignment of interests in the hedge fund space is continuing, with hurdle rates and founder’s share class structures now present in more…
11 Jul 2017
GIIN appoints Deloitte in advisory role for ‘Market Roadmap’ project
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has appointed Deloitte Consulting as an advisory collaborator in its ‘Market Roadmap’ project.…
Innovation key for asset managers as profitability crunch renders industry disruption inevitable, says new survey
In the face of costly regulation and a low margin environment, asset managers are increasingly recognising the need to overhaul the current…
10 Jul 2017
Mergermarket Group rebrands as ‘Acuris’
Mergermarket Group, a provider of business intelligence and research for fixed income, transactions, infrastructure, compliance and…
Efforts to improve diversity at hedge funds and PE firms slowly paying off
Efforts to improve gender diversity at UK hedge funds and private equity firms and other investment partnerships is slowly paying off,…
06 Jul 2017
Smaller hedge fund firms building sustainable businesses, says AIMA/GPP survey
Most alternative investment management firms are able to turn a profit and expand with considerably less than USD100 million in assets,…
05 Jul 2017
IK Investment Partners to support Third Bridge
Pan-European private equity firm IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK Small Cap I Fund is to acquire a minority stake in Third Bridge, a primary…
04 Jul 2017
Final MiFID II regulations to hit analysts, says Cleveland & Co
The final regulations of MiFID II announced today are likely to lose brokers business, analysts their jobs and also hit fund managers’…
EEX increases emissions volumes and launches new power products
In June 2017, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) achieved a total volume of 181.2 TWh on its power derivatives markets (June 2016: 374.7…
CTAs underperform, says Lyxor
CTAs suffered from another trend reversal and underperformed last week, according the latest weekly brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research…
03 Jul 2017
The importance of being liquid
Much like a brooding teenager, cash has become a high maintenance asset class as a result of events over the last few years. Whether it is…
Over 75 per cent of UK fund managers frustrated by lack of Brexit consultation
More than three quarters (77 per cent) of UK fund managers believe that the UK Government should have consulted the asset management…
30 Jun 2017
New RPA solution from IHS Markit addresses MiFID II challenge for the buyside
IHS Markit has launched RPA Manager, a comprehensive service helping asset managers acquire investment research in compliance with MiFID…
TS strengthens buy-side trading offering with OTAS Integration
TS (formerly TradingScreen), a specialist in electronic trading platforms, has integrated OTAS Analytics into TradeSmart, the company’s…
