17 Jul 2013
Blackstone plans open end, daily liquid, alternative mutual fund
Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM), Blackstone’s hedge fund solutions business, is to launch its first alternative…
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Sunofia to launch market neutral strategy
Sunofia Capital Management, an asset management firm specialising in systematic strategies, plans to launch a market neutral strategy. The…
RBI to tighten domestic market liquidity
Steven O’Hanlon, Head of Fixed Income at ACPI Investment Managers comments on the latest RBI figures…The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is to…
Investcorp and Kortright Capital Partners form strategic partnership
Investcorp’s US-based hedge fund business and Kortright Capital Partners, a New York-based investment manager led by co-founders Matthew…
16 Jul 2013
Carey Olsen supports Blue Water Energy fundraising
Carey Olsen’s corporate team has been involved in an energy fund launch which is believed to be one of the largest fundraising by a…
Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index down 1.66 per cent in June
The Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished down 1.66 per cent for the month of June, with eight of the 10 sub-strategies in negative…
Equity liquidity analysis shows volume up 21 per cent over May
Volumes in June jumped dramatically in the 10 most liquid names, according to broker Abel/Noser’s June liquidity analysis. The top 10…
Barclay Hedge Fund Index down 1.35 per cent in June
After 12 consecutive months of gains hedge funds lost 1.35 per cent in June, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by…
15 Jul 2013
BNP Paribas completes EUR8bn migration with Henderson Global Investors
BNP Paribas Securities Services has completed the final stage of the migration of a large number of Henderson funds on to its platform. In…
Structure of FX market to fundamentally change as fragmentation of liquidity increases
GreySpark Partners, a London-based capital markets consultancy, has published a new report exploring changes to the market structure for…
Impax and Old Mutual Global Investors mark third anniversary of Old Mutual Ethical Fund
Impax Asset Management and Old Mutual Global Investors (OMG Investors) have marked the third anniversary of the Old Mutual Ethical Fund as…
New Swiss regulations on marketing of alternatives
By Daniel Häfele, ACOLIN – “I’d like to distribute my hedge fund in Switzerland – is that still possible?” “We are a specialist in offshore…
Identifying the right strategies is critical
The key to offering a robust UCITS platform to support hedge fund strategies is making sure that what is being offered is suitable for the…
Alternative UCITS: A cost efficient option
There remains a common misperception among some investors that UCITS fund structures are more costly than offshore funds due to additional…
Alternative UCITS platforms grow as regulation tightens
By James Williams – Recent figures released last month by Geneva-based Alix Capital, which runs the UCITS Alternative Index Global, show…
