10/30/2014
Indexx Markets will be working with the Sarasin Systematic team to deliver a range of indices covering multiple geographies, beginning with a US Efficient Strategy Index based on the constituents of the S&P500. These strategies will be available to Eu
10/30/2014
Platforms, popular with RIAs, post tremendous growth for firms, fund managers
10/29/2014
Milan-based United Ventures has raised $80 million for its oversubscribed debut fund. The LPs for United Ventures One include institutions, banks and fund of funds. The fund seeks to invest in European tech startups.
10/29/2014
One the one hand, there is the collateralised reinsurance and insurance linked securities (ILS) markets, which are growing very rapidly because of the involvement of non-insurance capital.
10/28/2014
Advent Life Sciences has closed its Advent Life Sciences Fund II on 145.5 million pounds ($235 million) to seed and build life sciences companies in the UK, Europe and the U.S. Fund II, which will back entrepreneurs and early stage and mid-stage companies
10/27/2014
Political backing will help, Weston says. Chancellor Osborne hailed the platform’s planned launch in his autumn statement of 2011 with the sound bite “British pension funds for British infrastructure”.
10/27/2014
However, following the sharp uptick in volatility across equity markets, and falls for emerging market equities in particular, the fund’s AUM has shrunk to $633m, prompting the group to reopen the strategy.