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Jefferies has entered into a new alliance whereby Mandiri Sekuritas will provide equity research on companies in Indonesia on a co-branded basis to the Jefferies global base of institutional clients. Mandiri Sekuritas will also provide local equity broking services to Jefferies clients.   Mandiri Sekuritas is one of the leading local brokerage houses in Indonesia. Its longstanding strong position has been recognised by a number of prestigious awards in the industry including an award as the “Best Local Brokerage House” for seven consecutive years by Asiamoney Brokers Poll 2010-2016 and the “Best Equity Capital Market House 2016” by FinanceAsia. Mandiri
New hedge fund launches in Q1 2017 increased for the first time since the first quarter of 2016 as both hedge funds and equity markets gained through the first part of the year, and measures of financial market volatility fell to record lows. New hedge fund launches totalled 189 in Q1, up from 153 in the prior quarter, according to the latest HFR Market Microstructure Report, released today by HFR®, the established global leader in the indexation, analysis and research of the global hedge fund industry.    Hedge fund liquidations declined narrowly in Q1 2017 as total industry assets continued
O’Brien Investment Group (OBIG) has launched the OBIG Discretionary Global Macro Fund, managed by Monica Fuentes, PhD. The hedge fund will be open accredited institutional investors and large family offices as of 1 July. The Fund will offer a Founders Share Class for the first USD100 million of assets under management (AUM), available with a USD250,000 minimum investment.   A futures-only version of the strategy was launched last month, available exclusively in a managed futures separately managed account. The minimum for a futures-only managed account is USD2 million.   John W O’Brien, Jr, OBIG CEO, says: “A year and half
In accordance with its obligations to the Energy and Climate Authority (DGEC) relative to the tracking of renewable energy, Powernext, as the National Registry for electricity guarantees of origin, is publishing the French residual mix and releasing information about the consumption of renewable energy in France. 

 Some 94.7 TWh of the 524.6 TWh of electricity produced in France in 2016 originated from renewable sources (59.2 TWh from hydroelectricity, 20.7 TWh from wind, 6.5 TWh from biomass and 8.3 TWh from solar) . The share of renewable energy in the production mix amounts to 18.1 per cent in 2016.

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Research Affiliates has launched a new version of Asset Allocation Interactive, an online investor tool that provides investment information and expected return data across more than 130 assets. The site features newly added alternative asset classes including real estate, hedge funds, and private equity. The site also includes 11 model portfolios – encompassing expected and historical returns and risk, tracking error, CAPE ratios, inflation expectations, yield curves, GDP growth rates, commodity term structures, and more.   Acknowledging the popularity of the tool outside the United States, results are now available in four additional major currencies: euro, British pound, Japanese yen,
Dr Nicola Meaden Grenham (pictured), co-founder of Dumas Capital, has been named Strategic Adviser to Kettera Strategies and its Hydra marketplace, a global platform providing investors with access, daily transparency, intra-month liquidity and notional funding to established and emerging alternative asset managers. “We have the highest respect for Nicola and her many accomplishments in the alternatives sector” says Terri Engelman Rhoads, Kettera President. “We look forward to working with Nicola as Strategic Adviser to help expand our footprint internationally. Kettera’s Hydra marketplace uses technology to advance the requirements of investors and investment managers seeking to expand their relationships and enhance
Independent credit provider InPark Square Capital (Park Square) has gone live on IHS Markit’s order management and portfolio modelling system, thinkFolio. The implementation delivers operational efficiencies for Park Square’s front and middle office functions, with thinkFolio seamlessly integrating with the firm’s other IHS Markit loan offerings, providing end-to-end connectivity and workflows.   Park Square is using thinkFolio for portfolio modelling and construction, cash management, compliance and automation of the trading and trade approval processes. thinkFolio facilitates straight-through-processing to WSO, IHS Markit’s loan portfolio software, providing a single platform for position management, full portfolio NAV and reporting.   Park Square has
Hermes Investment Management (Hermes), the GBP30.8 billion manager, has expanded its Sales and Client Relationship and Service teams with four new hires in its London headquarters. Director Antoinette Eltz has joined Hermes’ Client Relationship Management Team, reporting into Gareth Davies, Head of Client Relationship Management. Antoinette will be responsible for building and developing relationships with Hermes’ clients across multiple distribution channels. A native German speaker, Eltz will help to strengthen support for the business’ European-based clients. Prior to joining Hermes, Eltz was a Senior Sales Director at Twelve Capital, an independent investment firm that specialises in insurance investments for institutional clients. Eltz
P Schoenfeld Asset Management (PSAM), a global alternative asset management firm, is to act as the manager of the Tages PSAM Credit Fund, an existing sub-fund of Tages International Funds – a UCITS-compliant umbrella fund structure. The new Fund’s focus will remain a credit long/short investment strategy. Originally launched in May 2016 as Tages Fore UCITS Fund, the Fund has been renamed the Tages PSAM Credit Fund with assets under management of USD64 million.   To help oversee the management of the Tages PSAM Credit Fund, Al Moniz has joined PSAM. Mr. Moniz previously served as a Portfolio Manager and
Blenheim Capital Management has reached an agreement with the employees of its Amsterdam-based affiliate, Blenheim Capital Management BBV, to establish the Dutch outfit as an independent entity. Blenheim and BBV will continue to have a working relationship, but the two companies will no longer have a corporate affiliation. Blenheim will continue to make allocations to certain strategies run by BBV. The spinoff is expected to be completed in July and terms of the transaction were not disclosed.   “We are extremely proud of the success we have achieved with our partners in Amsterdam over the last five years. Our collaboration

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