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Michael Stewart and Michael Di Felice have joined the the fixed income credit group of BTIG.
Both will be based in New York, reporting into Darren Haines and Drew Doscher, Co-heads of the fixed income credit group at BTIG.
“BTIG’s fixed income credit group continues to attract impactful sales and trading professionals,” says Haines. “By leveraging Michael Stewart and Michael Di Felice’s extensive industry relationships, we will further cultivate partnerships with new and established BTIG clients.”
Stewart joins BTIG as a managing director within the fixed income credit group, focused on trading convertibles, and selling solutions for other
- 16/03/2017
- 16/03/2017
Quantopian, the free online platform for education and creation of institutional-quality investment algorithms, has hired Leslie Baccini as director of investor relations.
Baccini (pictured) comes to Quantopian with a background in hedge fund strategy communication and equity research sales.
“Leslie has a proven track record of success with investors,” says John Fawcett, founder and CEO of Quantopian. “As we prepare to manage external capital later this year, her skills will be critical in communicating with those investors who choose Quantopian to manage their money with the best of our crowd-sourced investment algorithms.”
Baccini joins Quantopian from The Boston
- 16/03/2017
The alternative UCITS market continued on its strong growth path in February with LuxHedge recording a net inflow of EUR5.8 billion in assets under management, representing solid growth of 1.4 per cent on a monthly basis.
For the second month in a row, multi strategy (+EUR4.6 billion) and fixed income arbitrage (+EUR1.6 billion) funds contributed significantly to the rise in AuM.
With 21 new additions and 10 liquidations, LuxHedge also saw a continued rise in the number of alternative UCITS funds in its database.
The LuxHedge Global Alternative UCITS index increased by 0.24 per cent during February 2017.
- 16/03/2017
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) and the Polish Ministry of the Environment have concluded an agreement under which EEX, in its capacity as the common EU auction platform, will auction off the Polish share of emission allowances until a national opt-out platform has been established.
In this context, the auction calendar for 2017 was determined in coordination with the Ministry and the European Commission. The first auction is scheduled for 29 March 2017.
In 2017, EEX will carry out 19 auctions of EU allowances (EUA) on behalf of Poland – every second week on Wednesdays. The bidding window on
- 16/03/2017
- 16/03/2017
Hedge funds were up 0.99 per cent in February, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge.
The index is up 2.38 per cent after two months in 2017, its best start since 2013 when it gained 2.77 per cent by the end of February.
All 17 of Barclay’s hedge fund indices recorded gains in February. The Technology Index was up 2.62 per cent, Healthcare and Biotechnology gained 2.51 per cent, Equity Long Bias was up 1.69 per cent, Emerging Markets gained 1.47 per cent, and the Event Driven Index added 1.30 per cent.
“Positive economic
- 16/03/2017
Jersey has introduced a new regulatory framework for private funds which the Jersey Financial Services Commission believes will enhance the island’s competitiveness as a jurisdiction in which to establish funds.
The new Jersey Private Fund consolidates and streamlines Jersey’s private fund offering and will enable funds with up to 50 investors to take advantage of a fast-track authorisation process and lighter ongoing regulatory requirements.
It is designed to provide a more flexible and versatile framework which will further improve the speed and ease with which funds marketed to professional investors can be established. The framework ensures continued compliance with
- 16/03/2017
The Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) has launched the Jersey Private Fund (JPF) Guide, setting out the criteria for Jersey’s new private fund product which can be marketed to up to 50 professional investors.
The JFSC has launched the JPF Guide after feedback from the industry on its joint consultation with the government which, undertaken in 2016, focused on the “rationalisation and consolidation of Jersey’s private fund and unregulated fund regimes”.
The regulator has also taken account of product developments in other jurisdictions.
The launch of Jersey’s new single private fund product will see the phasing out of
- 15/03/2017
- 15/03/2017
The Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark recorded returns of 1.18 per cent in February, building on the 1.43 per cent gains seen the previous month.
This contrasts with the losses that hedge funds incurred in February 2016.
The industry has now recorded 11 months of positive gains in the past year, and 12-month performance has consequently risen to 13.63 per cent, the highest level since May 2013 (+13.76 per cent). Most leading hedge fund strategies returned positive figures in February, with event driven strategies (+1.46 per cent) and equity strategies (+1.54 per cent) funds once again posting the strongest
- 15/03/2017
Concern about the impact of geopolitical risk in the investment profession has grown since the UK’s decision to leave the European Union in July 2016, according to a poll of almost 1,500 investment professionals from around the world by the CFA Institute.
The survey reveals that changes to the geopolitical environment are widely expected to have long-term impacts on the financial markets.
The vast majority of respondents (70 per cent) expect investment returns to be compromised by geopolitical uncertainties over the next three to five years.
Despite the risks identified by members in the poll, a large majority
- 15/03/2017
TABB Group, a research and consulting firm focused on capital markets and financial technology, has hired Drew Seldin as chief marketing officer (CMO) and Radi Khasawneh and Tim Cave as additions to the analyst team.
Based in New York for the newly created role of CMO, Seldin will be part of TABB’s executive management team and will be responsible for managing TABB’s marketing and distribution efforts and staff.
His extensive background in marketing and publicity includes his work as the driving force behind the team that reshaped the Martha Stewart brand. He most recently served as the creator and
- 15/03/2017
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