08 Apr 2013
BNP Paribas to provide clearing and custody for Knight Capital Europe
BNP Paribas Securities Services has been mandated by Knight Capital Europe to provide clearing and custody services on a pan-European…
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Citi introduces new custody services for segregated collateral accounts
Citi has expanded its Citi OpenInvestor suite of investment services to include Segregated Collateral Custody Accounts that help clients…
Lyxor Hedge Fund Index up 0.62 per cent in March
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up 0.62 per cent in March, bringing year-to-date performance to 2.36 per cent. A total of 10 Lyxor Strategy…
05 Apr 2013
San Francisco 49ers team up with Hedge Funds Care to prevent child abuse
San Francisco 49ers chief executive Jed York, players, coaches, alumni and cheerleaders will attend the 12th Annual San Francisco “Open…
04 Apr 2013
Equities: safety first?
In the first quarter of 2013, investors in European equities continued to behave like first time swimmers: they only wanted to enter the…
Solvency II: Look-through treatment will help calibrate capital costs
By James Williams – Solvency II is an EU-wide piece of regulation which aims to introduce stronger rules on capital adequacy and risk…
A good time to be a direct lending manager in Europe
By James Williams – “Now is a good time to be a direct lending manager. We view what’s happening in Europe as a secular shift in the…
Alcentra: CLO funds were the ‘stand out success story’ in 2012
By James Williams – Alcentra is one of the world’s leading asset managers. With a focus on sub investment-grade corporate credit it has…
CLO 2013 Outlook: Good opportunities for significant returns
By James Williams – The CLO market enjoyed a resurgence of sorts in 2012 with approximately USD50billion in new issuance, overshadowing the…
Hedge funds see third consecutive month of positive performance
Hedge funds enjoyed a third consecutive month of positive performance for the year, with the HFRX Global Hedge Fund index up 0.7 per cent…
IStar Systematic Fund back into positive territory
The IStar Systematic Fund, backed by seeding specialist IMQubator, reconfigured its trading strategy in April 2012 and turned a negative…
03 Apr 2013
Deer Park launches mortgage/asset-backed fund
Deer Park Road Corp is to launch a new mortgage/asset-backed fund, Burgess Creek Fund, having closed its flagship fund, STS Partners Fund,…
Credit Suisse LAB Index up 1.22 per cent in March
The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index was up 1.22 per cent in March, according to Dr Jordan Drachman, head of alternative beta…
More than a third of hedge fund professionals feel pressured to break rules in pursuit of alpha
Nearly half (46 per cent) of hedge fund professionals believe their competitors engage in illegal activity, more than one third (35 per…
01 Apr 2013
Natixis Global Asset Management launches Aurora Horizons Fund
Natixis Global Asset Management has launched the Aurora Horizons Fund, a multi-strategy mutual fund dynamically allocated across multiple…
