25 Mar 2015
Opportunities to diversify alternative funds offering highlighted at Jersey funds conference
Jersey has an opportunity to diversify its alternative funds capabilities and a growing role to play as a European domicile supporting US…
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Vontobel to acquire majority stake in TwentyFour Asset Management
Vontobel Asset Management is to acquire a 60 per cent stake in TwentyFour Asset Management LLP (TwentyFour), an independent fixed income…
Carlyle Group to acquire Conifer Financial Services
Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group is to acquire a majority stake in assets services firm Conifer Financial Services. Senior…
RobecoSAM Smart Material fund doubles in size in 12 months
Assets under management (AUM) for the RobecoSAM Smart Materials fund have more than doubled over the last 12 months, from USD150m to USD340…
SMART – ICONIC: How The Bahamas continues to evolve its funds industry
The Bahamas is taking steps in the right direction to raise its profile as an attractive funds centre. To succeed as an international funds…
Alternative Fund Consulting adds CFO services
Alternative Fund Consulting, an executive level advisory firm specialising in hedge fund product and organisational best practices has…
IndexIQ adds two new hedge fund ETFs
IndexIQ has expanded its family of liquid alternative exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with the launch of the IQ Hedge Long/Short Tracker ETF…
Does the hedge fund industry benefit society?
By Donald A Steinbrugge, CFA – Managing Partner, Agecroft Partners – It is no secret that the hedge fund industry is viewed negatively by a…
Eze Castle Integration earns UK government Cyber Essentials Certification
Eze Castle Integration has received the UK Government Cyber Essential Certification following a review of the company’s security controls…
FD acquires mobile tech specialist ActivateClients
FD has acquired ActivateClients Limited, in a deal worth EUR4.75m (GBP3.4m), of which EUR1.5m (GBP1.1m) is payable in cash and EUR3.25m…
24 Mar 2015
ESG factors improve risk-adjusted returns and play important role in alt investment allocations
The majority of institutional investors actively consider ESG criteria when making alternative investment allocations, according to a…
Calastone expands Middle East coverage by connecting NBAD
Calastone has added the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) Global Asset Management to its global order routing community.NBAD was Abu…
Hotspot to launch London matching engine
Hotspot, an institutional foreign exchange (FX) market owned and operated by BATS Global Markets, is expanding its European presence with…
Boris Tiomkin joins ConceptONE as Executive Chairman
ConceptONE has appointed Boris Tiomkin as Executive Chairman. Tiomkin will be primarily responsible for leading ConceptONE’s strategic…
GBST integrates SAP HANA platform with financial transaction tax product
GBST is to integrate and offer the in-memory computing capabilities of the SAP HANA platform with its financial transaction tax product,…
