26 Mar 2019
Irish Funds welcomes CBI China Bond Connect approval
Irish Funds has welcomed the Central Bank of Ireland’s (CBI) approval for Irish domiciled UCITS and AIFs to invest in the Chinese interbank…
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CFTC provides further Brexit-related market certainty
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has passed a provision to provide greater certainty to the global marketplace in the event…
Network International and Mastercard form strategic partnership for Africa and the Middle East
Mastercard is to make a USD300 million cornerstone investment in Network International’s planned IPO on the London Stock Exchange. The…
AIMA opens Washington DC office
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) is opening a new office in Washington, DC. The office, which opens this week, will…
CreativeCap Advisors expands Global Emerging Manager Incubator Program Offering
CreativeCap Advisors, a global asset management consulting firm, is expanding its business with the planned addition of dedicated…
25 Mar 2019
Most hedge fund strategies stand in positive territory month-to-date, says Lyxor
The performance of every hedge fund strategy and sub-strategy was in positive territory last week (12-19 March), with Special Situation and…
Half of managers would split global and EU distribution to improve service
The results of a Guernsey Finance funds survey, carried out among asset managers and intermediaries at the SuperReturn International, show…
Style Analytics to offer Sustainalytics ESG research and data to investors
Style Analytics, a provider of factor-based analysis software for investment professionals, has entered into a distribution agreement with…
Six more swap dealers adopt GlobalCollateral’s MTU
Driven by client need to reduce risks related to operational, liquidity and counterparty risks, dealers Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan…
BlackRock to acquire eFront in USD1.3bn deal
BlackRock is to acquire 100 per cent of the equity interests in eFront, an end-to-end alternative investment management software and…
OKEx puts faith in UK market despite Brexit uncertainty
After launching British Pound (GBP) on its C2C (customer-to-customer) fiat-to-token trading platform, OKEx, a Malta-based digital asset…
Trium Capital strengthens UCITS and non-UCITS infrastructure with Dublin expansion
Trium Capital, a London-based alternative investment specialist with a full-scope UCITS platform, has taken the strategic decision to…
Eze Eclipse adds short locate functionality to Eze Eclipse
SS&C Eze has added its Locate feature – a fully-integrated tool that automates the locate process for short orders – to Eze Eclipse.…
Hedge fund flows weak, but Positive in February
Investors may have added USD1.69 billion to hedge funds in February but they face a rough road in 2019 with net inflows still in the…
Credit risk management crucial to a successful convertible arbitrage strategy
Three periods of volatility in 2018, the last of which (in December) caused the biggest drop in US equities since the 1930s, were welcome…
