11 Oct 2016
River Road Asset Management hires portfolio manager
River Road Asset Management has appointed William W Yang as portfolio manager with responsibility for managing the firm’s new International…
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Electronic collateral and secured deposit marketplace Elixium goes live
Elixium, a regulated multilateral trading facility (MTF) for collateral and secured deposits, has executed its first collateral financing…
Apex Clearing launches prime brokerage platform for small and mid-sized hedge funds
Apex Clearing, an independent, full-service clearing firm, has launched its Apex Prime brokerage offering for hedge funds with up to USD200…
10 Oct 2016
Brickendon merges with software consultancy Spaarks
Management and technology consultancy Brickendon has merged with Spaarks, a software consultancy specialising in rapid technology-led…
CTAs finish negative Q3 with muted performance in September
September continued to be a difficult month for CTA strategies, with the flagship SG CTA Index entering negative territory for the first…
Lighthouse Canton launches hedge fund strategies via robo-adviser
Lighthouse Canton is offering accredited investors access to hedge fund strategies without hedge fund costs via the firm’s app store…
SunOpta partners with Oaktree
SunOpta, a company focused on organic, non-genetically modified and specialty foods, has entered into an agreement with funds managed by…
US hedge fund industry holds USD2.2tn in assets
The US is the dominant component of the global hedge fund community, accounting for 72 per cent of the approximately USD3.1 trillion of…
Technology and energy lead HFRI in September
Hedge funds advanced in September to conclude a strong third quarter, driven by gains in specialised technology, healthcare and energy…
07 Oct 2016
Aerium secures office letting at 24 Savile Row
Aerium has completed the letting of an entire floor at 24 Savile Row, its landmark West End asset, to US hedge fund Aurelius Capital…
The long and difficult wait for the bears
Geraud Charpin (pictured), Portfolio Manager, BlueBay Asset Management discusses how risk assets struggle to gain impetus as investors turn…
Amherst Pierpont Securities hires head of structured credit trading and origination
Independent fixed income broker-dealer Amherst Pierpont Securities has hired Erez Biala as managing director and head of structured credit…
CFTC and FCA sign MOU on supervision of cross-border regulated firms
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have signed a memorandum of understanding…
Hedge funds’ positive monthly gains continue in September
Hedge funds continued their run of positive monthly gains in September, with the HFRX Global Hedge Fund index up 0.6 per cent, extending…
06 Oct 2016
Drooms launches virtual data room
Drooms has launched its new virtual data room Drooms NXG, an intuitive platform designed to increase automation of due diligence processes,…
