06 May 2015
Candriam launches new Systematic Long Short Equity strategy
Candriam Investors Group, a European multi-specialist asset manager, has launched a new absolute return Systematic Long Short Equity…
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Unigestion sees marked improvement in hedge fund managers’ approach to ESG
Institutional asset manager Unigestion has reported ‘encouraging’ results from a survey of hedge fund and private asset managers it invests…
Visium launches long/short US equities UCITS fund
Visium Asset Management, a multi-strategy alternative investment firm with USD6.9 billion in assets under management, has launched the…
UBS appoints Global Co-Heads of Financial Sponsors
Matt Eilers is joining UBS as Global Co-Head of the firm’s Financial Sponsor business. Eilers, who will also lead the Americas Financial…
Concept Capital Markets appoints Penn Miller-Jones as Head of Prime Brokerage Sales
Concept Capital Markets has appointed R Pennington Miller-Jones (Penn) as Managing Director – Head of Prime Brokerage Sales. Penn is a…
05 May 2015
Scipion Capital Group hires Taran Bains to drive international business development
Commodity trade finance investment manager Scipion Capital has appointed Taran Bains to head up its sales and marketing function. Bains,…
TMX Group announces new equity trading fee program
TMX Group is making important changes to its equity trading fee schedules that the firm hopes deliver significant benefits to the…
Weekly Brief: CTAs underperform in April as USD eases
The month of April has marked the transition toward a new market regime. The first quarter has been driven by expectations of monetary…
SkyBridge Capital Opens Office in Seoul, South Korea
Alternative investment firm SkyBridge Capital has opened an office in Seoul, South Korea. Michelle Cha, who has more than 10 years of…
Just one MVIS long/short equity index positive in April
Just one of Market Vectors Index Solutions’ (MVIS) six investable Long/Short Equity Indices, which use liquid ETFs and US Treasury…
Artivest raises USD15m in Series A funding round
Artivest, a digital platform that connects leading private equity and hedge funds with a wider audience of suitable investors, has…
Wells Fargo’s first multi-strategy liquid alternatives fund celebrates one-year anniversary
Wells Fargo Funds Management’s multi-strategy Wells Fargo Advantage Alternative Strategies Fund, the result of a collaboration between…
Hedge fund assets up 0.35% in March
Total hedge fund assets increased 0.35 per cent in March of 2015 bringing the industry’s total assets under management to USD3.101…
Perseus plans to expand into 28 new markets
Last month Perseus, the world’s leading managed services provider of high-speed connectivity across the trade lifecycle, announced a…
01 May 2015
dopay closes USD2 million seed round
dopay has secured USD2 million in seed funding from ACE & Company, Techstars Ventures and a syndicate of angel investors working for…
