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Jon Downing has joined the advisory board of BTL, a provider of blockchain solutions to businesses across multiple industries, in particular the finance, energy and gaming sectors. Over the last 25 years, Downing (pictured) has delivered innovation, business and technology services at some of the largest and most respected global companies, including Visa, JP Morgan, HP Enterprise Services and American Express.   Over the last two years, Downing was a key member of Visa Europe’s Innovation Hub, Visa Collab, which was responsible for identifying and testing the most exciting, revolutionary ideas in payments and developing them into commercial realities. Downing
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for February 2017 measured 1.13 per cent. Hedge fund flows, as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index, advanced 0.41 per cent in March.   "SS&C GlobeOp's Capital Movement Index for March 2017 rose 0.41 per cent, indicating positive net capital flows for hedge funds," says Bill Stone, chairman and chief executive officer, SS&C Technologies. "This increase was lower than the 0.75 per cent increase reported a year ago for March 2016, with lower inflows accounting for the difference. For the year-to-date, the index is running 28 basis
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 0.75 per cent in February, underperforming the 1.12 per cent monthly return for the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. “We continued to observe large-cap stocks outperforming small-cap stocks, in addition to growth strategies outperforming value strategies. Deep-value credit strategies also continued to outperform as the leveraged credit markets rallied on the anticipated pro-growth policies of the new administration,” says Jason Schwarz (pictured), president of Wilshire Funds Management.   The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Multi-Strategy Index, which includes both single and multi-manager
During the crisis in 2008, investors started to appreciate how important corporate governance was but it wasn't until 2013 that Cayman introduced the Statement of Guidance to provide a clear framework for best practices. This was followed by the Directors Registration and Licensing Law, 2014, which applies to all directors of Cayman registered mutual funds and requires them to be registered with or licensed by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority.  "CIMA now has a pretty detailed database of Cayman directors who are regulated and under the purview of CIMA," says Giorgio Subiotto pictured), Partner at Ogier. He says that when
Last year the number of hedge fund launches globally fell by an estimated 40 per cent, but despite this there have been a number of positive developments for the funds industry in the BVI. One is the creation of an AIFMD opt-in regime for the BVI, called the Securities and Investment Business (AIFMD) Regulations, as the BVI looks to seek approval from the European regulator, ESMA, for third country equivalence and introduces into the BVI an AIFMD equivalent regime.  "Secondly, there is fairly advanced work on updating the BVI's Partnership Act. This statute is due a refresh and expected to
Eze Castle Integration, a provider of strategic IT solutions and cloud services to the alternative investment industry, has been named Best Cloud Provider in the 2017 Hedgeweek Global Awards 2017. The annual reader’s choice award programme honours excellence among hedge fund service providers.   Keeping the winning streak going, Eze Castle Integration won three additional awards. The company was named “Best IT Consultancy” in the HFM US Technology Awards, “Best Cloud Solution” in the Fund Technology and WSL Awards, and received placement on CRN’s 2017 Managed Service Provider 500.   “Our clients rely on Eze Castle Integration to be their
Eze Software Group has partnered with OTAS Technologies to integrate OTAS’ real-time data analytics and market intelligence into its execution workflows. OTAS specialises in activity analysis, using artificial intelligence and big data techniques to translate unusual market movements into actionable real-time alerts and signals.   Complementing the existing in-trade analytics native to the Eze EMS (RealTick), the partnership positions Eze Investment Suite to deliver the latest in pre- and in-trade analysis to help buy-side traders achieve best execution.   The integration embeds OTAS’ latest capabilities directly into the Eze EMS, allowing traders to monitor their entire order blotter and watchlist
Law firm Murphy & McGonigle has appointed Patricia Wallace as a partner to spearhead the firm’s strategic discovery and information management (StraDIM) group.  Wallace (pictured) has years of experience as a complex commercial litigator and champion of the use and understanding of electronic technology in the practice of law.      “Murphy & McGonigle continues to implement the most ambitious and visionary project of uniting technology, security, and discovery that I have seen in any securities law firm. The design and work of our tech team – which is led by attorneys – fits perfectly as the firm combines nimbleness with brilliance,”
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up 1 per cent in February, with eight out of 10 Lyxor indices in positive territory. CTAs outperformed thanks to their substantial long positions on equities.   Event driven were on the rise as M&A activity in the US remained robust.   On a negative note, fixed income managers lagged behind.   “CTAs delivered upbeat returns lately, fuelled by the rally in equities and commodities,” says Philippe Ferreira (pictured), senior cross-strategist at Lyxor Management. “Yet, the strategy is increasingly vulnerable to trend reversals as stock prices are unlikely to continue to rise at the
More than 150 senior executives from across the hedge fund industry have attended the first meeting of the new Data Management Working Group for the Alternatives Industry (DMWGAI). Developed over months of work by a core group of industry leaders, the DMWGAI’s mission is to create a strong culture of data management within the alternatives investment industry.   To achieve this mission, the DMWGAI will seek to find solutions to data management issues, improve the quality of data within the industry, foster a strong culture of data management within the alternatives sector, and develop and promote awareness of data management

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