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IMG
Innovation, December 2014
Ossiam ETF on the Risk Weighted Enhanced Commodity Ex Grains TR Index
Using its expertise in systematic asset management, in 2013, Ossiam has set up an ETF offering a long only exposure to a risk weighted enhanced commodity index, based on S&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index constituents, excluding (...)
IMG
Innovation, December 2014
Nomura Launches High Yield Fund
Nomura Asset Management U.S.A. Inc. (“Nomura”), today announces the launch of the Nomura High Yield Fund. The Nomura High Yield Fund (Ticker: NPHIX) is sub-advised by the credit research investment boutique Nomura Corporate Research and Asset Management Inc. (...)
IMG
Innovation, December 2014
Nomura ICG K.K. Announces First Close on Japanese Mezzanine Fund
Nomura ICG K.K. (“Nomura ICG”), the 50:50 partnership between Nomura Holdings, Inc. (“Nomura”) and Intermediate Capital Group plc. (“ICG”) announces the first close on their Japan mezzanine fund, NICG Investment Business Limited Partnership A (the “Fund”) at ¥28 billion from 15 (...)
IMG
Innovation, December 2014
Source and Pimco launch first actively managed low duration corporate bond ETFs
PIMCO, a leading global investment management firm, and Source, a leading European provider of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs), are launching the first ETFs in Europe that provide actively managed exposure to the short-dated segment of the investment grade corporate bond (...)
IMG
Innovation, November 2014
State Street Global Advisors Launches Multi-Factor Global Equity Fund
Today’s launch represents one of the industry’s first UCITS advanced beta multi-factor funds combining three factors: low valuation, low volatility and high quality. All three strategies demonstrate increased risk-adjusted returns over a long-term investment horizon when (...)

Performances

IMG
News, April 2020
Mixed outlook for L/S Equity Neutral and Short-Selling
Lyxor’s L/S Equity Neutral peer group was down -2.8% year-to-date, hurt by extreme trading conditions and the constituents’ average market beta of 20%. The environment has been challenging for the strategy amid extreme stock volatility and unsettling heavy systematic trading (...)
IMG
Strategy, April 2020
CTAs as shock absorbers
In the space of alternative strategies, Global Macro and Event-Driven strategies rebounded the most since March 23rd. Both Merger Arbitrage and Special Situations sub strategies benefitted as M&A deal spreads tightened significantly since (...)
IMG
Note, January 2020
ESMA report values EU Alternative Investment Funds at €5.8 trillion
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today published its second statistical report on European Union (EU) Alternative Investment Funds (AIF). The study found that the EU AIF sector in 2018, as measured by Net Asset Value (NAV), amounted to €5.8tn or nearly 40% (...)
IMG
News, December 2019
BlackRock achieves a $1 billion record first close for its third-vintage global renewables fund
BlackRock Real Assets has achieved a US$1 billion first close for its Global Renewable Power III fund (“GRP III,”) with commitments from over 35 institutional investors in North America, Europe and Asia.
IMG
News, October 2019
Momentum is back but for how long?
Going forward, our stance remains defensive on equities, in particular on European, Japanese and EM markets (UW). In the space of alternative strategies, we prefer Market Neutral L/S vs. Directional L/S, despite the fact that the latter has adopted a cautious stance in (...)
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