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The Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) has published the latest portfolio of its socially responsible Respect Index. Following a review carried out by Deloitte, the index portfolio in its 10th edition has 25 participating companies, including four new members: Fabryki Mebli Forte, PCC Rokita, Bank Pekao, and Trakcja PRKiI.   This year’s number of new members is the highest ever.   “The Respect Index is the first social responsibility index in Central and Eastern Europe,” says MaÅ‚gorzata Zaleska (pictured), president of the management board of the Warsaw Stock Exchange. “This year’s 10th edition includes 25 participating companies which follow the highest
Och-Ziff Capital Management Group has closed its first European collateralised loan obligation (CLO) transaction, OZLME, totalling approximately EUR413 million. The CLO, arranged by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, will be managed through Och-Ziff's affiliate, Och-Ziff Europe Loan Management, and will invest predominantly in broadly syndicated senior secured loans.   "We are very pleased to announce the closing of our first European CLO," says Adeel Shafiqullah, managing director and senior portfolio manager of institutional credit strategies in Europe. "We have a deep, experienced team of credit investment professionals in Europe with significant and broad expertise investing and managing CLO portfolios. This
North America-focused hedge funds recovered from a 0.69 per cent loss in October to post returns of 2.89 per cent in November, the best performance of any region. This takes North America funds’ 2016 YTD performance to 9.09 per cent, also the highest of any region.   By contrast, Europe-focused hedge funds posted smaller gains of 0.09 per cent in November, while Asia-Pacific funds suffered losses of 0.47 per cent, taking YTD performance to 1.07 per cent and 1.88 per cent respectively for the two regions.   Overall, November saw positive performance across the hedge fund industry; the Preqin All-Strategies
Hedge fund launches declined in the third quarter, as funds again posted steady gains following the Brexit vote and leading into the surprise US Presidential election results.  New launches totalled 170 in Q3 2016, down from 200 in the prior quarter and 269 in Q315, according to the latest HFR Market Microstructure Report.   The number of launches in Q3 2016 represents lowest since Q1 2009 and marks the fourth consecutive quarter of net contraction in the overall number of active funds. A total of 576 funds have launched in the first three quarters of 2016, a decline of over
Investment management platform provider TORA has launched a multi-asset charting technology powered by ChartIQ. The fully integrated tool, which supplements TORA’s existing charting technology, provides an intuitive charting platform featuring a full suite of drawing tools and technical indicators.   Combining real-time streaming market data with an HTML5-based architecture, the charting tools enable analysis of equities, derivatives and FX instruments in a fully customisable manner. Developed with an optimised trading workflow in mind, the new tool allows users to trade directly from charts and plot fills against real-time market data.   Oren Blonstein (pictured), global head of product at TORA,
The Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB) has appointed Luke Ellis, CEO of Man Group, and Henry Kenner, CEO and founder of Arrowgrass Capital Partners, to its board. The appointments come at a time when the HFSB is seeing global growth in the managers and institutional investors supporting the Hedge Fund Standards.   In 2016, 19 additional managers became signatories to the Standards. Also in 2016, six additional institutional investors overseeing USD220 billion in capital joined the HFSB Investor Chapter.   The HFSB is forming a working group on liquid alternatives. Given the growth in regulated alternative investment funds in the
100 Women in Hedge Funds has launched a new brand and formally changed its name to 100 Women in Finance. The organisation says the change reflects its growth over the past 15 years from a small group of women working in the hedge fund industry in New York to a global network of more than 15,000 professionals across the finance and alternative investment industries.   As part of the new brand refresh, 100 Women in Finance unveiled a new logo and visual identity system and introduced a redesigned website, accessible at www.100women.org.     "100 Women was among the first organisations
Irving H Picard, Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA) trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L Madoff Investment Securities (BLMIS), has filed a court motion seeking approval for an allocation of recoveries to the BLMIS Customer Fund. He is also seeking authorisation for an eighth pro rata interim distribution from the Customer Fund to BLMIS customers with allowed claims.   A hearing has been scheduled for 12 January 2017 at 10am EST.   The eighth pro rata interim distribution approval filing arrives on the eve of the eighth anniversary of the District Court’s 2008 appointments of Picard and BakerHostetler as SIPA
Help For Children, formerly Hedge Fund Care, has appointed four new members to its global board of directors – Don Steinbrugge, Jeffrey Bronheim, Lucia Arienti and Nicholas Halaby. Dean Backer, chairman of the HFC board of directors, says: “The breadth, depth and diversity of experience that these newest members bring to HFC will play an important role in our ability to continue to grow and expand our global impact.”   Steinbrugge (pictured) is the founder and CEO of Agecroft Partners, a global hedge fund consulting and marketing firm. With over 30 years of experience within the alternative investment community, he frequently
Derivatives marketplace CME Group set a total open interest record of 120.7 million contracts on 13 December 2016, surpassing the previous record of 119.4 million contracts set on 12 December 2016.   "We are seeing a lot of uncertainty in the markets right now," says Terry Duffy (pictured), CME Group chairman and chief executive officer. "In the wake of this uncertainty and continued market volatility, more and more people are turning to CME Group's deep and liquid markets to manage their risk."   Interest rate open interest also hit a record of nearly 72.0 million contracts yesterday, driven primarily by Eurodollar

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