19 Jul 2015
Private Equity Fundraising in Q2 2015
Private equity fundraising is analyzed in this extract from the Preqin Quarterly Update: Private Equity, Q2 2015, featuring the latest data…
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17 Jul 2015
Hawksford strengthens management team with four director appointments
Corporate, private client and funds business, Hawksford, has enhanced its management capabilities with four director promotions.Private…
BNP Paribas Securities Services appoints head of sales and relationship management for alt fund admin business
Paraic Cosgrave (pictured) has joined BNP Paribas Securities Services as head of sales and relationship management for the firm’s…
Barclay CTA Index down 1.71 per cent in June
Managed futures traders lost 1.71 per cent in June according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The Index remains up 0.05…
Hedge funds in the red for the first time in 2015
The hedge fund industry has posted average returns of -0.75 per cent for June, the first month this year of negative performance. Despite…
Hedge fund industry outperforms major indices in June/Q2 despite macro & managed futures fund declines
Hedge funds produced an aggregate return of -0.93 per cent in June, just over 100 basis points ahead of the S&P 500 which fell -1.94…
NFA bars Wealth Creation Investments Fox Financial Group from membership
The National Futures Association (NFA) has barred Wealth Creation Investments, an NFA Member introducing broker, and Fox Financial Group,…
Mixed months for ALTIN in Q2 2015
Following a good start to the year, ALTIN’s NAV performed well during the first two months of the second quarter (+0.34% MTD as 30.04.2015,…
Pacific Fund Systems appoints Paul Kneen as COO
Pacific Fund Systems Limited (PFS), a provider of fully integrated fund accounting and administration software via the PFS-PAXUS…
EPEX SPOT and ECC successfully reduce lead time on all intraday markets
The European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT, together with its clearing house European Commodity Clearing (ECC), have successfully reduced the…
CHAPS Payment System Welcomes BNP Paribas as 22nd Direct Participant
CHAPS, the UK’s same day electronic payment system, has added BNP Paribas as a Direct Participant. BNP Paribas can now directly send and…
Nasdaq Futures announces 16 new members
Nasdaq Futures, Inc (NFX), the exchange group's US-based energy futures market, has approved 16 Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs) as new…
Positive start for Euronext Milling Wheat Futures on JSE
The Euronext Milling Wheat futures contract listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) is showing encouraging levels of market…
16 Jul 2015
Hedge Fund Performance Update: Q2 2015
In this extract from the Preqin Quarterly Update: Hedge Funds, Q2 2015, we take a look at recent industry performance using the latest data…
Raising real estate capital in Chicago
Preqin’s Real Estate Online provides comprehensive information on 76 institutional investors based in Chicago that actively invest in real…
