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Mike Amey, head of sterling portfolio management at PIMCO, comments on Theresa May’s decision to call a snap General Election on 8 June…
Theresa May's decision to call a snap election on 8 Juneis not without risk, but given a 20 point lead in the polls the Conservatives should be able to materially increase their working majority in Parliament. That in turn would give the government more room for manoeuvre during the Brexit negotiations, and make the government less exposed to the more right wing factions within the party.
All else equal that should lower the risk of a
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Dallas-based alternative investment firm Highland Capital Management has appointed Damon Krytzer as managing director, supporting business development across the firm's institutional platform.
The addition of Krytzer (pictured)is part of Highland's ongoing commitment to reshape its institutional platform to meet the needs of investors in today's increasingly complex investment environment.
Highland is focusing on institutional product strategy that draws on the firm's core competencies in fundamental credit research. In addition, the firm is looking to develop other areas of its institutional business including private equity and real estate.
Krytzer will report to Brad Eden, who joined Highland in 2016 as
- 18/04/2017
Axioma, a provider of enterprise market risk and portfolio management solutions, has appointed industry veteran George N Patterson as managing director, corporate strategy.
Patterson will focus on identifying buy-side trends and market opportunities to expand the company’s footprint and accelerate growth.
Patterson was previously chief investment officer, multi-asset investments at Bank of Montreal Global Asset Management.
“As a long-time client of Axioma, George has a strong grasp of the strengths, capabilities and potential of our solutions and services—not to mention the evolving needs of the clients and markets we serve,” says Sebastian Ceria, chief executive officer of Axioma.
- 18/04/2017
As 2017 unfolds hedge funds are facing erratic asset growth, passive investments are grabbing attention and assets, redemptions are making headlines, fees are under pressure and performance is only just beginning to show signs of life, all amid fierce competition.
“The USD3 trillion world of hedge funds is being pushed and pulled into a marketing environment unlike anything it has seen before,” says Kyle Dunn (pictured), founder and CEO of Meyler Capital, an integrated capital-raising and marketing services company for hedge funds, PE funds and other alternative investment firms.
“Old tools, old instincts don’t work,” says Dunn. “Today’s focus
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Carey Olsen's corporate team in Guernsey has been the first to establish a Guernsey Private Investment Fund (PIF) since the new class was introduced.
Partner Christopher Anderson (pictured) led the Carey Olsen team advising specialist private investment firm Cairngorm Capital Partners on the GBP107.5 million final closing of its second fund, Cairngorm Capital II.
Cairngorm II is the first Guernsey fund to be established as a PIF since the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) licensed and registered PIFs class was introduced on 16 November 2016.
The team, including senior associate John Scanlan and associate Colin Calvert, advised on
- 18/04/2017
Investoo Group, one of the world’s biggest FX affiliates, has acquired 100ForexBrokers.com in what is the group’s largest acquisition to date.
100ForexBrokers.com, launched in 2012, is one of the world’s biggest Forex broker comparison sites with 60,000+ unique visitors per month and 100s of real user reviews.
Adam Grunwerg, CEO of Investoo Group, says: “This acquisition generates a huge boost to our company revenues and user base. 100ForexBrokers.com is already one of the world’s biggest Forex broker comparison websites. We aim to capitalise on the 100ForexBrokers.com acquisition by improving its existing commercial arrangements, adding new languages and launching a
- 18/04/2017
Hedge funds proved resilient during last week, most strategies being positive despite political and geopolitical stress including tensions between the US and North Korea.
CTA funds were the downside exception, dragged by their long in equities and shorts in energy.
Merger funds, on the upside, were boosted by the end of the legal battle over the Abbott acquisition of Alere, and by the bidding war over the generic drugs producer Stada.
Funds at Lyxor did not meaningfully alter their positions this week. CTAs remain long equities, macro funds keep limited and relative exposures, L/S equity US funds are
- 18/04/2017
Due diligence company Castle Hall Alternatives has expanded its OpsMonitor due diligence monitoring platform with a range of new features, accessed through the firm’s DueDiligenceProfessional online app, include detailed financial statement and ADV reviews, dashboards and analytics.
“Diligence monitoring is the foundation of any effective due diligence program,” says Chris Addy (pictured), Castle Hall’s president and CEO. “However, many aspects of manager monitoring are challenging to implement. The financial statement review process, for example, is time compressed, the workload can be voluminous, and spreadsheets are inflexible and cumbersome as reporting tools. Above all, how does the diligence team validate that
- 18/04/2017
FlexTrade Systems, a provider of multi-asset execution and order management systems, has launched FlexAR – an augmented reality trading application offering a new way of visualising and presenting trading via the company’s FlexTRADER EMS.
FlexAR builds on existing technology and APIs within FlexTRADER’s open architecture offering an interactive order blotter, trade ticket and charting, all presented in a virtual space.
Components can be placed throughout the real world, allowing traders to see and interact with the markets in a completely unique manner.
Andy Mahoney (pictured), business development director of FlexTrade UK, says: “With consumer technology evolving at such a rapid
- 18/04/2017
INTL FCStone's Precious Metals division is now a direct participant to the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) Gold Auction.
ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) introduced central clearing to the twice-daily London gold auction, removing the need for firms to have significant bilateral credit lines in place with each other to become a direct participant.
INTL FCStone joins nine other firms taking part in the auction process.
"To be a direct participant of the LBMA Gold Auction is a major step for INTL FCStone," says Barry Canham (pictured), global head of precious metals. "We are continually driving our business forward
- 18/04/2017
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