ABC Quant, a provider of risk management analytical solutions for the hedge fund industry, has launched the Quant Suite Morningstar edition, which offers a choice of risk management and portfolio allocation tools for institutional investors and investment advisers.
Caldwell Life Strategies, an asset manager providing life settlement and related investing solutions, has reorganised its affiliates under a single corporation resulting in a new name and corporate identity.
Private equity firm The Carlyle Group has appointed Michael “Mitch” Petrick as managing director and global head of credit alternatives and capital markets.
Bermuda-based Nephila Capital, an investment manager specialising in insurance-linked securities, attracted inflows of USD340m from 11 UK institutions into its catastrophe reinsurance fund in the second half of 2009.
Hedge funds posted an estimated inflow of USD7.1bn, or 0.5 per cent of assets, in January 2010, according to research by TrimTabs Investment Research and BarclayHedge.
Steel Partners Japan Strategic Fund (Offshore) has commenced a proxy solicitation campaign seeking support for the election of its slate of ten director-nominees to the board of directors of Sapporo Holdings.
SEI has been selected by AlphaOne Capital Partners to provide a complete outsourcing solution, including middle and back office services, for the firm's portfolio of investment products.
