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The RWC Global Horizon Fund has achieved a return of almost 19 per cent in the past three years, with manager Louise Keeling using a long-term global perspective to maximise the opportunities from companies around the globe.
Keeling (pictured), whose fund has returned 18.8 per cent over the period versus the benchmark return of 12.0 per cent, has concentrated on buying undervalued businesses, believing investors with shorter time horizons may not have the ability to see latent value in such stocks. As a result, the fund has a high active share and a below-average turnover of just 14 per cent
- 25/01/2017
Valphi has teamed with DataArt to produce a financial analysis tool which is designed to improve decisions taken by financial institutions through the provision of in-depth investment information coupled with visualisations.
The tool provides data taken from multiple financial indicators, including some unique to Valphi, with visualisations that allow users to recognise patterns more efficiently than any algorithm-driven trading platform.
The solution uses technology to link human processes back into financial services, enabling analysts to easily distinguish trends, correlations and outliers.
Alexander Makeyenkov (pictured), senior vice president, DataArt finance practice, says: “While so much innovation in the financial
- 25/01/2017
IS Prime Risk Services, an affiliate of IS Prime, has acquired the assets of Think Liquidity, a provider of risk management focused technology and services.
The acquisition, for a non-disclosed sum, is a key part of the group’s strategy to offer risk management services to brokers worldwide.
Jeff Wilkins, managing director of Think Liquidity, will continue as managing director of IS Prime Risk Services.
“Our goal is to deliver the best products and services industry-wide. The synergies created out of this deal further enhance the ability to achieve that goal. This deal was an easy decision for both
- 25/01/2017
Alternative investment advisory firm AlphaCore Capital has doubled its assets under administration to approximately USD205 million following the acquisition of a San Diego-based registered investment adviser and the addition of five new team members.
The firm's expansion will double assets under advisement, with approximately USD205 million as of year-end, after launching less than 24 months ago.
The firm has used alternative investments as the central theme in well-balanced portfolios. The recent expansion will increase the firm's capacity to serve the increasing number of investors and advisers who are turning to alternative investments as a core part of their investment
- 25/01/2017
- 25/01/2017
BGC Brokers is collaborating with Pirum Systems, a provider of connectivity and real-time straight-through processing (STP) to the securities finance industry, to launch ColleX which is aimed at improving post-trade efficiency for clients.
ColleX provides clients a platform for collateral trading. Specifically, it is a multi-product and multi-asset-class platform to promote collateral mobility in all its forms. Its centralised liquidity increases the depth and breadth of interests, thereby promoting fast execution.
ColleX was launched to market in Q3 2016 as part the widening portfolio of electronic services developed by BGC's FENICS business.
The collaboration between the two firms will
- 25/01/2017
Directed Capital, a distressed asset workout specialist firm that acquires, manages and resolves distressed commercial mortgage loans, has closed its seventh fund at USD77 million, its highest-grossing fund to date.
Additionally, the firm has announced a USD40 million increase in the firm’s revolving credit facility from Goldman Sachs Bank USA from USD60 million to USD100 million.
The fund already has acquired more than USD180 million in assets, and quarterly distributions to investors began in the first quarter of 2016.
Since 2001, Directed Capital has sponsored seven funds, raising more than USD200 million in equity and acquiring more than
- 25/01/2017
Wall Street Horizon, the corporate events surveillance specialist, and MT Newswires have formed a partnership designed to help quantitative investors uncover new sources of alpha.
Under the agreement, Wall Street Horizon will now be able to offer MT Newswires’ Live Briefs Pro-North America and Live Briefs Pro-Global Markets real-time news services and related archives to its roster of quantitative clients.
MT Newswires is expanding its reach to quantitative analysts and researchers. In addition to providing daily breaking news and analysis every market day from 4:00am-6:30pm EST, MT Newswires is now able to provide more than one million stories and
- 25/01/2017
Sanlam’s Strategic Bond Fund is moving to its boutique investment manager Sanlam FOUR.
Craig Veysey (pictured), the manager of the Sanlam Strategic Bond Fund and current head of fixed income at Sanlam Private Wealth, will move over to Sanlam FOUR, joining the GBP4.3 billion boutique’s current group of fund managers.
Veysey, who has more than 17 years of investment experience, has managed the Sanlam Strategic Bond Fund since its launch in March 2012. Prior to this, he managed global bond funds and other bond portfolios at Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, WestLB Mellon Asset Management and HSBC Investment Management.
- 24/01/2017
Clients of Exchange Data International (EDI) will now have access to worldwide corporate actions, closing prices and reference data via The Beast Apps, in addition to the BondΣ service, which is already available.
By partnering with The Beast Apps, EDI is enabling clients to gain a more detailed view of their holdings and accurately calculate the risk of their portfolios.
Clients can benefit from The Beast App’s experience in making access to data available using Excel, browser and mobile devices and EDI’s knowledge of market data and analytics.
This collaboration combines EDI’s services with BeastExcel technology from The
- 24/01/2017
- 24/01/2017
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for January 2017 measured 2.60 per cent, down from 5.67 per cent in December.
"SS&C GlobeOp's Forward Redemption Indicator for January 2017 was 2.60 per cent, up from 2.31 per cent reported a year ago for January 2016," says Bill Stone (pictured), chairman and chief executive officer, SS&C Technologies. "Although somewhat higher than last year's level, the increase was well within the normal range of variation. Overall, the 2.60 per cent for January 2017 was the fourth lowest month of redemptions in the past five years."
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator represents the
- 24/01/2017
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