01/23/2014
SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for January 2014 measured 2.67%, down from 5.90% in December
Alternative Investments
01/23/2014
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management adds three new ETF's
The db X-trackers platform will now feature 11 currency-hedged equity ETFs
01/22/2014
Gemini Announces Launch of Centralized Managed Account Platform for Alternative Investments
Gemini Fund Services, LLC, an engaged partner to independent advisors as a provider of comprehensive, pooled investment solutions, continues to broaden its array of services available to alternative fund managers.
01/20/2014
BTG Said to End Pursuit of JPMorgan Commodities Business
BTG plans to keep growing the business on its own to offer hedging
01/20/2014
Robust ETP flows in December Mark Strong 2013 with equity ETPs reaching all-time record - BlackRock
Global ETP flows accelerated in December to $24.7bn, following the Fed's decision to begin trimming its $85bn monthly bond-buying program.
01/17/2014
BlackRock Global Survey of Institutional Investors
Major institutional investors around the world are poised to increase their allocations to alternative investments, with a bias towards real estate and real assets, during 2014
01/16/2014
China's CITIC backs new fund set up by ex-FX Concepts execs
It is not clear what type of fund Savage and DiRusso would manage
01/16/2014
Citi's Ex-Hedge Fund Chief Loses $1 Million in Deep-Sea Treasure Hunt
The deal started with a treasure map, supposedly bought from a drifter at a saloon in Key West for $500.
01/16/2014
Morningstar Names the Morgan Stanley Investment Management Growth Team as US Domestic-Stock Fund Manager of the Year
Morningstar today named Dennis Lynch and the Morgan Stanley Investment Management Growth Team as the 2013 U.S. Domestic-Stock Fund Manager of the Year.
01/16/2014
BlackRock Profit Increases 22% as Assets Rise on Market
The shares gained 44 percent in the past 12 months through yesterday, including reinvested dividends, compared with the 39 percent increase in the 20-member Standard & Poor’s index of asset managers and custody banks.
01/16/2014
Double Digit Increases Revealed by 2014 Hedge Fund Compensation Report
The 2014 Hedge Fund Compensation Report revealed that hedge fund players received increases in both base salary and year-end bonuses.
01/13/2014
Hedge fund side pocket secondary market volumes top $1.6bn in 2013
The average size of these transactions in 2013 was $28m, and that deal size is also expected to continue.
01/10/2014
TriState Capital to Buy Chartwell Investment Partners
TriState Capital Holdings, Inc. entered into a definitive asset- purchase agreement to acquire Chartwell Investment Partners, L.P., an investment management firm with over 150 institutional clients and approximately $7.5 billion in assets under management
01/09/2014
RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc. expands fixed income offerings for U.S. investors
The firm manages $37.9 billion in fixed income assets for U.S. investors, as of September 30, 2013.
01/09/2014
Apollo raises largest PE fund since financial crisis
Apollo Global Management LLC said on Thursday it had completed fundraising for its latest flagship global private equity fund, amassing $17.5 billion from investors, the most any such fund has raised since the financial crisis.
01/08/2014
L&G Investment Management looks to increase U.S. institutional business
Legal & General Investment Management America, the U.S. affiliate of LGIM, has seen its U.S. assets under management increase to $35.2 billion as of Nov. 30, from around $6.4 billion at the end of 2007, the unit's first full year of operation.
01/06/2014
Jack Cunningham, J&W Seligman CIO Until Acquisition, Dies at 49
He died at home on Dec. 20 after battling a brain tumor for six years, according to his wife, Holland Burford Cunningham.
01/06/2014
Mint to continue selling inventories of 2013 gold bullion coins
The United States Mint will fill orders for certain gold bullion coins exclusively with 2014 issues for only two weeks before filling purchases with a mixture of 2013 and 2014 coins.
01/05/2014
Financial advisers admit: We need ‘alternative’ advisers
Folks looking to properly balance their portfolios should include alternative investments — but aren’t offered them by financial advisers, more than half of whom say such alternatives are too difficult to understand.
01/02/2014
Fortress Investment Group to Launch Bitcoin Fund
Institutional interest in bitcoin has been heating up