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New research by FIS, a global leader in financial services technology, shows boutique asset managers can gain an edge despite the challenges of maintaining active strategies. In an industry increasingly dominated by the success of passive products, boutique asset managers hold a generally positive outlook for the future of active investment management, as revealed in a report commissioned by FIS and produced by Aite Group.  The new report, “The Active Edge: Boutique Asset Management” presents the results of an in-depth qualitative study of boutique investment strategies in the context of the asset management universe and global financial ecosystem. Based
Neuberger Berman has appointed Jonathan Bailey as head of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. Bailey is based in New York and reports to Joseph Amato, president, Neuberger Berman.   In this role, Bailey will work with the firm’s investment teams and research departments to further incorporate ESG principles into the equities, fixed income and alternatives platforms. He will help portfolio managers consider ESG as part of their analytical approach to evaluating companies and markets. He will also chair the firm’s ESG Investment Advisory Committee.   “As a firm, we have a deep history in ESG investing, going back to
Blockchain specialist nChain has appointed Bitcoin Foundation executive director Jon Matonis as vice president of corporate strategy.  Matonis (pictured) will support nChain's business growth by developing commercial relationships, and evaluating opportunities for strategic investments and acquisitions.   Matonis is widely recognised as a leading Bitcoin researcher and is a non-executive board director for several notable companies in the space. Since 2012, his technology and security writings have appeared in publications such as Forbes, CoinDesk, Bitcoin Magazine, American Banker, and PaymentsSource.   Matonis is also a founding director for the Bitcoin Foundation which served as the industry's first non-profit trade association
Jeffrey Brummette, one of the founding partners of Rubicon Fund Management, portfolio manager for the Rubicon Global Fund, a discretionary global macro fund, is re-joining the firm as head of marketing. Brummette will also assume the role of CIO for the recently launched Rubicon Dynamic Fund and will have responsibility for the marketing and future growth of the fund.   As one of the founding partners Brummette played a key role in developing the business and the Rubicon Global Fund from its inception in 1999. He left the firm in 2007 to pursue other interests, including a spell at Strategic Fixed
While all hedge fund strategies were up last week, special situations outperformed as their cyclical and turnaround positions surged, according to Lyxor’s latest Weekly Hedge Find Brief. CTAs’ strong long equity exposure meanwhile, offset losses in their short Euro and in their long Euro bonds.   By contrast, hedges and relative positioning in global macro and L/S equity funds capped the upside.   Lyxor’s cross asset research team writes: “Markets and hedge funds were also supported by an upbeat earning season. In Europe, the fading political risk benefitted most reporting companies, with less regards to their fundamentals. Stocks rose across
BT has completed the acquisition of IP Trade, a provider of unified communications and collaboration solutions for trading floor environments and command-and-control dispatch centres, following approval by the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority (CMA). As announced on 1 February, the acquisition of IP Trade will improve BT customers’ ability to unify trading and control room communications.   Teams will be able to collaborate across complex, global communities more effectively, using a blend of speech, video and messaging with the broadest range of fixed and mobile devices and applications.   Technology and operations groups will be able to integrate their enterprise
Hatteras Funds, a provider of alternative investment solutions for financial advisors and their clients, has formed a partnership with private capital firm Portfolio Advisors to serve as sub-adviser for the Hatteras Core Alternatives Fund. In 2003, Hatteras Funds created the Core Alternatives Fund to deliver the potential return enhancement produced by a diversified, seasoned evergreen private investment programme complemented by the risk mitigation benefits of a portfolio of hedge funds.   Hatteras Funds recently communicated with advisers and investors that the core fund’s sub-adviser change was a necessary step to improve the fund’s performance and fulfil its commitment to investors.
Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed Eric Bernstein as president of Broadridge Investment Management Solutions. Broadridge Investment Management Solutions supports more than 225 global hedge funds, asset managers, family offices, fund administrators and prime brokers.   Its modular suite of investment management solutions combines portfolio management, order management, risk management, reference data management, data warehouse reporting and reconciliation functionality in a single, multi-asset, completely integrated application.    “Eric brings nearly two decades of experience in global businesses serving the asset management and capital markets segments and is a proven leader in building strategic client relationships,” says Charlie Marchesani, president of the global
Activist Global, a multi-strategy hedge fund of fund manager, is planning to create a new global charity foundation named Temporary Nations aimed at supporting refugees around the world. The firm has committed to invest and allocate USD494 million into the new proposed project along with several other international governmental agencies.   The firm has conducted negotiations and reaching agreements with all the involved parties for the past 10 months since mid-2016.   Activist Global will act as the financial controller to the Temporary Nations project.   "Temporary Nations will be a self-regulatory organisation and an international charity entity, its main
Koger has enhanced its Kure software with new functionality focused specifically on the management of risk-based compliance, in direct response to increased due diligence and anti-money laundering (AML) and know your client (KYC) procedures around the world. Kure is a module for Koger’s flagship NTAS platform for fund administration and compliance, which supports more than 8,000 funds with USD2 trillion in assets. It also works as a standalone product.   Kure, which stands for Koger’s Universal Regulatory Engine, provides risk-based global regulatory compliance, with investor tracking, classifying and reporting to adhere to anti-tax evasion legislation and anti-money laundering regulations. These include the

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