01 Feb 2017
TruValue Labs makes two senior appointments
TruValue Labs (TVL), a specialist in artificial intelligence-driven ESG (environmental, social, governance) risk and opportunity data, has…
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Castlewood Select Opportunity Fund logs 13.5 per cent return for 2016
Castlewood Select Funds’ flagship portfolio, The Castlewood Select Opportunity Fund, returned 13.5 per cent to investors net of fees and…
Hedge fund industry AUM surpasses USD3.2tn in 2016
Assets held by hedge funds globally reached a record USD3.22 trillion as of the end of November 2016, according to Preqin’s 2017 Global…
31 Jan 2017
The question on all of our minds: “What impact will the Trump administration have on the hedge fund industry?”
By Ron Geffner (pictured), Sadis & Goldberg – With the Trump administration in the White House, regulatory uncertainty permeates the…
Nasdaq reports record revenues in Q4 2016
Nasdaq has reported record fourth quarter 2016 net revenues of USD599 million, up USD63 million or 12 per cent from USD536 million in the…
European restructurings predicted to hit next peak in 2017
The volume of European restructurings is expected to hit its next peak in 2017, according to a survey by Debtwire in conjunction with…
Lombard Odier IM launches Event Driven Convexity strategy
Lombard Odier Investment Managers has expanded its alternatives range with the launch of the 1798 Event Convexity Strategy, as part of its…
FiREapps appoints MD of product management
FiREapps, a provider of currency sensitive analytics for multinational corporations, has promoted Malcolm Cummings to managing director,…
Fund managers need to be alert to successfully navigate a hard Brexit
Bill Prew (pictured), CEO of Indos Financial, the independent depositary firm, writes that the UK government has finally revealed its…
Carey Olsen adds to Singapore office team
Andrew Tually, counsel at international offshore law firm Carey Olsen, has joined the firm's Singapore office as a result of increasing…
Weather risk accounts for USD56bn in untapped wind asset values worldwide, says GCube
Failure to efficiently transfer weather risk has left wind energy stakeholders across the globe with untapped asset values totalling an…
Torstone partners with Unavista to provide MiFIR reporting solution
Torstone Technology, a provider of securities and derivatives processing software to the global financial markets, is to connect to London…
Pharma M&A to boost event driven hedge fund returns, says Lyxor
The Lyxor hedge fund index was up 0.5 per cent last week, with CTAs and global macro managers outperforming, according to Lyxor’s latest…
PortfolioScience launches Factor Index Construction Toolset
PortfolioScience, a provider of on-demand risk management systems, has launched a Factor Index Construction Toolset via the company's…
30 Jan 2017
Lightspeed Institutional launches prime brokerage division
Lightspeed Institutional, a division of Lightspeed Trading, is broadening its offering to institutional traders by launching a new prime…
