Vistra Fund Solutions has announced a significant expansion of its fund administration capabilities on the Yardi platform, adding real estate debt fund administration, automated data ingestion from third-party property managers and enhanced operational reporting capabilities for real estate fund managers.
Marex Group has announced the launch of Institutional Quantitative Investment Strategies (QIS) indices on digital assets, with the introduction of its Marex Crypto Volatility Carry Indices.
HFR writes that both new hedge fund launches and liquidations fell sharply through mid-year as investors positioned for powerful trends of sharply increased interest rates, growing tensions involving AI acceleration, and continued geopolitical risks impacting energy markets and global supply chains.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management has announced the European launch of its Alternatives Investing Center, an education platform designed to support financial advisers as access to alternative investments continues to expand across the European wealth market.
HFR writes that hedge funds posted mixed performance in September as strength in Macro and CTA strategies were offset by weakness across other strategies as interest rates experienced an unprecedented spike while global bond markets came under pressure for the second consecutive month.
The Investment Association (IA) has today published its full annual Investment Management Survey, with new findings showing that members managed GBP4.4 trillion in UK institutional client assets, including pension funds, globally at the end of 2025.
HFR writes that Emerging Markets hedge funds advanced YTD through August 2026, reversing sharp declines in March, as global interest rates surged to 20-year highs and oil prices rose with extreme daily volatility as the outlook for resolution of the Iran military conflict remained unclear.
Nuveen has completed its acquisition of Schroders, writing that this brings together two renowned institutions with highly complementary businesses.
Bloomberg has announced the launch of its Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLO) Data solution, described as delivering comprehensive, high-quality and normalised reference datasets for CLO market participants.
Bitwise Asset Management has released ‘Institutional Crypto Adoption’, a study drawn from in-depth interviews with the senior investment professionals responsible for crypto allocation decisions at 15 of the world’s largest institutions, including endowments, foundations, public pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, multi-family offices, investment consultants, and public companies.
