Monthly Archives: February 2020

(Opalesque) Industry Update – IQ-EQ is delighted to announce the acquisition of Blue River Partners, an industry leading U.S. provider of outsourced solutions to alternative asset managers. This strategic combination immediately transforms IQ-EQ into a major player in the U.S. […]

(Reuters) SoftBank’s Vision Fund chief, Rajeev Misra, may have a cunning hedging strategy for the giant technology investor. He’s pushing to raise as much as $4 billion to make bets on listed companies, To read this article:

(Reuters) – As investors crunch numbers to determine how the coronavirus will hit China’s economy, hedge fund manager Nathaniel Polachek has tied much of his outlook to the fate of a ship anchored near Weihai, China. To read this article:

(Reuters) – Hedge funds continued selling petroleum last week as fears about a coronavirus-driven recession centred on China gripped the market, but the rate of sales slowed compared with the previous fortnight. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) As the coronavirus rages in China, the world’s most prominent hedge-fund billionaires are starting to open their wallets. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) The Alternative Investment Management Association says the plan to add the Cayman Islands – the major offshore domicile for the global hedge fund industry – to a tax haven blacklist remains an “open matter” until any formal decision is […]

(Hedgeweek) The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for January 2020 measured -0.22 per cent. To read this article:

(Hedgeweek) STP Investment Services, a provider of middle office and investment operations outsourcing, fund services and technology solutions, has expanded the breadth of its existing services with the acquisition of Accusource, an investment operations firm serving the investment management industry. […]

(Hedgeweek) Hedge funds and asset manager now have a new source of cryptocurrency liquidity thanks to a new partnership between B2C2 and SFOX. To read this article:

(Opalesque) Although the infrastructure industry remains a relatively small part of the private capital industry overall, it has grown phenomenally over the past decade and total AUM has quintupled since 2009. To read this article:

(Opalesque) ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of US$67.15 billion at the end of January 2020, which is significantly higher than the US$17.23 billion gathered at this point last year. To read this article: