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Independent fund and corporate service provider Crestbridge has appointed Elliot Refson as a director in its Jersey office as it continues to focus on evolving its management company (ManCo) solutions. A specialist in alternative funds, Refson will join the existing team to develop and promote Crestbridge’s onshore and offshore ManCo services to the global asset management community.   Last year, Crestbridge became one of the first firms in Jersey to be granted a licence by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) to offer a ManCo platform. It was also one of the first to establish a third party ManCo in
HedgePort Associates, an independent C-Suite service provider, has established an advisory board initially including industry veterans Ted Seides and Bill Salus. The board will assist Hedgeport with strategic initiatives as the company continues its running underlying hedge fund and private equity fund businesses.   Seides co-founded and served previously as president and co-chief investment officer of the multibillion dollar alternative investment firm Protégé Partners. In 2010, he was profiled in Larry Kochard and Cathleen Ritterheiser's book "Top Hedge Fund Investors: Stories, Strategies, and Advice." Prior to Protégé, Seides worked at the J.H. Whitney & Company, Stonebridge Partners, and Yale University Investments Office, where he began
Hedge fund managers have become more upbeat about the Brexit result in the intervening five months, according to a new report published by Preqin. Preqin surveyed 276 hedge fund managers and 108 investors in November 2016 to see how their views on Brexit have changed since the referendum result. The report – Impact of Brexit on Hedge Funds – combines the results of that survey and comprehensive data taken from Preqin's online services. As the majority of fund managers believed the UK would vote to remain in the UK (71 per cent), it is unsurprising that a large proportion were caught out by the
By Kyle Dunn, Meyler Capital – One can’t dispute that the majority of capital flows into the big funds, the Blackstones, Carlyles, Bridgewaters of the world. We all know why, don’t we? Well here’s an entirely different perspective… It simply relates to a breakdown in communication. Society has changed how it receives and processes information.  Regardless of whether you are a teenager or a CIO, you handle information differently than you did 20 years ago.  The alternatives industry hasn’t evolved. It is still stuck in the land of power point decks and the traditional model of forming relationships. My point:
Acadian Asset Management, a USD74 billion quantitative equity investor, has launched the Acadian Sustainable Emerging Markets ex Fossil Fuel UCITS Fund. The fund is the first of its type to focus on implementing this theme across emerging markets.   Anchored by a significant investment from a UK institutional investor advised by Cambridge Associates, the global investment firm, the fund has been created to help meet growing investor demand for divestment within portfolios, while maintaining investment returns, and ensuring investors are not penalised for investing in a sustainable manner.   Using a combination of third-party data and its own proprietary methods,
Recovery continues in hedge funds according to Eurekahedge which found that hedge funds were up 0.48 per cent during the month of November, with 2016 year-to-date returns coming in at 3.60 per cent. Meanwhile, underlying markets as represented by the MSCI AC World Index (Local) gained 2.88 per cent in November with its 2016 year-to-date returns at 4.88 per cent. Roughly 56 per cent of underlying constituent funds for the Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index were in positive territory this month, with majority of them being long/short equities mandated. North American hedge fund managers posted the best returns among regional peers
Financial regulations are driving market participants from an over the counter (OTC) market structure to an exchange-listed environment, shaping where investors search for instruments to manage exposure. That’s according to new research by TABB Group, “Eurex Derivatives Markets: Renewed Growth as Sector Demand Emerges," which examines investors’ interest in trading European derivatives, with a particular focus on the growth in trading on Eurex’s STOXX Europe 600 (SXXP) and EURO STOXX (SXXE) sector indices. The research also examines use cases for these derivatives.   “Listed derivatives volumes in EMEA markets, especially in futures, have stayed strong amid volatility events resulting from
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index measured 1.53 per cent for the month of November. Hedge fund flows, meanwhile, as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 0.24 per cent in December.   "SS&C GlobeOp's Capital Movement Index was positive for December 2016, rising 0.24 per cent, indicating net flows into hedge funds," says Bill Stone (pictured), chairman and chief executive officer, SS&C Technologies. "This increase was somewhat less than the same period a year ago when December 2015 produced 0.75 per cent.   “The smaller net increase for December 2016 reflects lower
Maria João Carioca, chief executive of Euronext Lisbon and member of the managing board of Euronext, has resigned after being asked by the Government of Portugal to join the management board of Caixa Geral de Depósitos. She has accepted the offer, pending all regulatory approvals by the relevant authorities.    “We are very proud that Maria João has been selected to serve her country in this new role. Meanwhile, Euronext is committed to continuing to invest in Portugal where it is expanding its IT centre in Porto which should amount to 120 people by the end of the year. We will
Charles River Development has signed an agreement with CenturyLink, opening up its software-as-a-service offerings to buy-side clients in Canada. "We've been broadening our hosted services since 2005, and the addition of CenturyLink's on-the-ground facilities and support assures even more clients that we can process and protect their sensitive data," says Tom Driscoll (pictured), global managing director, Charles River. "Our newest functionality in the Charles River investment management solution is SaaS-based. Our agreement with CenturyLink lets clients take full advantage of hosted capabilities regardless of their location."      Charles River's fully managed, private cloud solution is ISO 27001 certified and helps

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