05 Jan 2016
Lazard launches US fundamental alternative fund
Lazard Asset Management (LAM) has launched the Lazard US Fundamental Alternative Fund, a UCITS compliant, a liquid and diversified…
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Just one MVIS Long/Short Equity index positive in December
Just one of Market Vectors Index Solutions’ (MVIS) six investable Long/Short Equity Indices – the Market Vectors Global Long/Short Equity…
Aberdeen acquires Arden Asset Management
Aberdeen Asset Management has completed its acquisition of Arden Asset Management (Arden), a provider of hedge fund solutions with offices…
04 Jan 2016
Investment bankers’ relatively modest 2016 bonus expectations dwarfed by Private Equity
Investment bankers are expecting relatively modest bonuses of under GBP25,000 on average this year, while Private Equity staff think theirs…
EZTD now trading on OTCQX
EZTD, an operator of online trading platforms for binary options and FOREX, has qualified to trade on the OTCQX Best Market in the US.EZTD…
Aquila Capital awarded wind portfolio mandate by largest Czech energy company
Aquila Capital has been mandated by ČEZ-Group to build a wind portfolio in Germany in the triple-digit-million Euro range. With this…
Agecroft Partners predicts top 10 hedge fund industry trends for 2016
Hedge fund consulting and marketing firm Agecroft Partners has released its annual prediction of the trends it believes will have the…
Beechbrook Capital's inaugural UK SME Credit Fund holds first close at more than GBP100m
Beechbrook Capital has held the first close of its inaugural UK SME Credit Fund, with commitments of more than GBP100m. The fund will…
Relative value strategies, global macro and CTAs could all fare well in 2016
Towards the end of 2015, Global Macro and CTAs experienced mixed fortunes. During November they were able to make returns amidst difficult…
ALPS to expand hedge find admin business with Kaufman Rossin acquisition
ALPS Fund Services is to expand its Denver-based hedge fund administration business with the acquisition of Kaufman Rossin Fund Services…
Mifid II set to change the way buyside firms access and pay for research
The nature of how research is disseminated and accessed within the funds industry is changing. In some respects, sellside institutions are…
State Street reports 1.0 point rise in investor confidence in December
The State Street Global Investor Confidence Index (ICI) rose to 108.3 in December 2015, up 1.0 point from November’s revised reading of…
K&L Gates expands investment management practice with Washington DC partner addition
Todd W Betke has joined K&L Gates from Pepper Hamilton as a partner in the firm’s Washington DC office.Betke focuses his practice on…
WisdomTree launches Dynamic Long/Short US Equity Fund and Dynamic Bearish US Equity Fund
Exchange traded fund sponsor and asset manager WisdomTree has launched the WisdomTree Dynamic Long/Short US Equity Fund (DYLS) and…
China Everbright establishes RMB5 billion multi-strategy alternative investment fund
China Everbright Limited (CEL) has launched a multi-strategy alternative investment fund (FoF) with an initial RMB5 billion of committed…
