20 Apr 2015
Ares Management Fund to acquire loan portfolio from First Capital Holdings
A fund managed by Ares Management’s commercial finance platform is to acquire the asset-based lending portfolio of First Capital Holdings,…
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Futures are more cost-efficient than ETFs, finds new CME white paper
With capital efficiencies being such a hot ticket issue for hedge funders today, any opportunities to trade with a greater level of…
Burren Capital Advisors launches Burren Global Arbitrage UCITS Fund
Event-driven manager Burren Capital Advisors has launched its Global Arbitrage equities fund on the MontLake UCITS platform, which provides…
Institutional investors adopting LinkedIn and other social media platforms for investment information
Social media is joining traditional financial news media as a key source of information used by institutional investors in their investment…
17 Apr 2015
BI-SAM launches BI-SAM GO
BI-SAM has launched BI-SAM GO, a flexible solution providing asset managers with daily and transactional performance and attribution…
BATS to launch second US options exchange
BATS Global Markets (BATS) has filed rules to launch a second options exchange – EDGX Options – with the Securities and Exchange Commission…
Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 0.60% in March
The Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 0.60% for the month of March, with half of the ten sub-strategies finishing the month in…
Madoff Trustee seeks release of USD1.249bn from customer fund reserves
The Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L Madoff Investment Securities (BLMIS), is seeking the release of USD1.249 billion out of a…
16 Apr 2015
Sloane Robinson appoints new head of North American business development
International equity asset manager Sloane Robinson has made a strategic commitment to the North American marketplace with the hire of Rob…
SciBeta Developed Low Liquidity Diversified Multi-Strategy is top performing ERI Scientific Beta smart beta index in March
The SciBeta Developed Low Liquidity Diversified Multi-Strategy index, with a relative return of 1.10 per cent compared to the broad…
Omgeo alert automation extended to global custodian and prime broker community
Omgeo has launched new global custodian and prime broker automation capabilities in Omgeo ALERT, the online global database for the…
Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index dips 0.13 per cent in March
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category…
Maitland acquires Phoenix Fund Services
Global advisory, fund administration and fiduciary services firm Maitland has acquired 100 per cent of Phoenix Fund Services, a UK based…
15 Apr 2015
Cordium launches new compliance software solution Pilot
Cordium, a provider of compliance consulting, accounting, tax and software to the financial services industry, has launched Pilot, its…
PFS-CONNECT now provides full online fund order placement capabilities
Pacific Fund Systems (PFS) has released a new version of its web portal, PFS-CONNECT, which now enables existing investors, their agents…
