09/12/2014
State Street Global Advisors launches a risk aware ETF
The new fund is actively managed by SSGA’s Active Quantitative Equity Group and is based on the firm’s proprietary quantitative market risk measurement model.
Alternative Investments
09/11/2014
Northill Capital buys into US alternatives firm
Alpha Strategic - the strategic investment arm of fund management group Northill Capital - has made a minority investment in US alternatives firm Premium Point Investments.
09/10/2014
Stripes Group closes SG Growth Partners III
Stripes Group has closed its third institutional fund vehicle, SG Growth Partners III. The fund attracted $500 million of commitments from institutional investors reaching both its target and hard-cap.
09/10/2014
Former BlackRock Executive Shifts to P2P Investor Blue Elephant
The investment opportunity generated by new, innovative peer to peer lending platforms is becoming more and more apparent to mainstream finance.
09/08/2014
Fifth Street Asset Management files for IPO
The filing included a nominal fundraising target of about $200 million.
09/08/2014
Schwab to Launch First Global Real Estate Mutual Fund to Track a Fundamentally Weighted Index
CSIM is the only asset manager to offer mutual funds and exchange-traded funds
09/08/2014
Fifth Street Asset Management files for IPO
Alternative asset manager Fifth Street Asset Management Inc filed with U.S. regulators for an initial public offering of its Class A common stock.
09/07/2014
Man completes Numeric acquisition
Man Group has completed its acquisition of Numeric Holdings after shareholders approved the deal this morning.
09/05/2014
Controversy Over Mutual Fund Director Pay
Mutual fund directors receive huge salaries for little work and minimal manager supervision
09/05/2014
Hedge Fund Blames High-Frequency Trading for Shutdown
Many hedge-fund managers, particularly those that bet on global economic trends, have criticized stock prices
09/05/2014
Alternative Investment Management Wins Prestigious Award
This award is a direct result of the hard work of our team
09/05/2014
Paulson Starts Climate-Change Program to Fund Research
Cleaning up China’s air also will benefit Americans because airborne pollutants ride the jet stream to the U.S.
09/04/2014
InstarAGF Expands Alternatives Investment Platform
The Fund was oversubscribed with equity commitments of approximately $210 million.
09/04/2014
AMP Capital invests in portfolio of renewable assets across Canada and the United States
AMP Capital's Infrastructure Debt Fund II has arranged and structured a C$110 million subordinated loan for Alterra Power Corporation, a leading global renewable energy company headquartered in British Columbia.
09/04/2014
Manulife to buy Standard Life's Canadian assets for US$3.7b
The Toronto-based insurer, already Canada's largest, said the transaction will boost earnings after the first year and more than double its presence in the largely French-speaking Canadian province, where it has long been under-represented.
09/04/2014
Andrew Madoff, Convicted Conman’s Last Surviving Son, Dies at 48
He died yesterday at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York after battling mantle cell lymphoma, his attorney, Martin Flumenbaum, said in an e-mailed statement.
09/03/2014
The State Department Welcomes the Royal Bank of Canada to the Global Equality Fund
Since its launch, the Fund has provided over $12 million in over 50 countries worldwide
08/29/2014
US Expansion And Merger Of JLT Specialty And LPL
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc to drive a new phase of growth through the significant expansion of its US specialty capabilities and merger of JLT Specialty and Lloyd & Partners
08/29/2014
Gar Wood Securities and Axxcess to introduce emerging hedge fund managers to investors
The initiative allows Gar Wood Securities and Axxcess Wealth Management the ability to deliver wealth management solutions
08/28/2014
GAM launches US mortgage-backed securities fund
The fund will invest in mortgage backed securities (MBS) assets