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The EEX Exchange Council remains convinced that a split of the German-Austrian bidding zone, following recent announcements by the German Federal Network Agency and ACER, would be a step backwards for the market, as it would negatively affect liquidity in Europe’s power derivatives market. The EEX Exchange Council remains convinced that a split of the German-Austrian bidding zone, following recent announcements by the German Federal Network Agency and ACER, would be a step backwards for the market, as it would negatively affect liquidity in Europe’s power derivatives market.   In addition, such a decision would go against the very idea
Increasing interest from investors to allocate more capital into women owned and managed funds, coupled with public support from industry leaders, is spurring optimism for women in alternative investments, according to KPMG. For its report, 2016 Global Women in Alternative Investments Report: The Time is Now: Real Change, Real Impact, Seize the Moment, KPMG surveyed and interviewed nearly 800 women professionals and industry leaders within the alternative investments sector, across hedge funds, private equity, venture capital and real estate in North America, UK, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America.     The majority of survey respondents believe North America offers
4th Story has completed the general release of its customisable matching engine, 4S. Arches. Fully FIX compliant, the engine is particularly suited for specialised products where generating and concentrating liquidity is a challenge such as OTC fixed income, derivatives, niche commodity and small cap equities markets.   It allows highly customisable order types and matching algorithms to suit the needs of a particular trading community. Orders with parameters that only become active in certain market conditions are easily implemented, for example, as is automated switching between matching algorithms.   The system was designed to accommodate complex trading rules from the
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 0.08 per cent in November, underperforming the 0.87 per cent monthly return for the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Multi-Strategy Index, which includes both single and multi-manager funds, returned 0.15 per cent in November.   The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Equity Hedge Index, which includes long/short equity and market neutral funds, gained 1.82 per cent in November, outperforming the HFRX Equity Hedge Index by 35 basis points.   Long-biased equity managers detracted -1.69 per cent from Index
Two of the six IndexIQ Hedge Indexes were positive in November, led by a rise of 0.97 per cent in the IQ Merger Arbitrage Index, as markets reacted strongly in the wake of the US presidential election.  The IQ Hedge Long/Short Index was up 0.74 per cent in the month, while the IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Index fell 1.22 per cent and the IQ Hedge Market Neutral Index declined 0.53 per cent.   "The election of Donald Trump sent the markets off in new directions, and began to break down some of the asset class correlations we've seen in recent years. Bonds
Apollo Global Management has appointed Gary W Parr as a senior managing director and co-chairman of the firm’s management operating committee. Parr (pictured) reports to Joshua Harris, co-founder and co-chairman of the management operating committee.   “We are thrilled to welcome Gary to Apollo, and we believe he will be an outstanding addition to our senior leadership team,” says Harris. “He is one of the most respected executives in the financial services industry, and we expect to benefit from his deep expertise and relationships in the sector as Apollo continues to grow its business.”   Parr says: “Over the course
Aston Hill Financial has completed a transaction with Front Street Capital 2004 and Tuscarora Capital to combine their respective companies, creating a new independent asset management firm LOGiQ. Effective immediately, Joe Canavan is the new chief executive officer of the company and the board of directors is now comprised of Dr Eldon Smith, Nevin Markwart, Catherine Best and Donna Toth, together with Canavan.   "We see tremendous opportunity for a strategic, technology-driven, active management firm in the current environment," says Canavan. "LOGiQ is committed to ensuring that all investors have access to the insight and execution required to produce consistently
Linedata has launched an updated version of its portfolio management system, Linedata Global Hedge. Designed to meet the needs of the hedge fund and institutional investment communities, the new features of Linedata Global Hedge provide clients with total control of their portfolios and transactions, from order entry right through to settlement and custody.   Offered to alternatives managers, Linedata's portfolio management solution also serves institutional investment managers and wealth advisers across Europe, North America, and Asia.   The new release aims to address the challenges created by a rapidly evolving regulatory environment, putting increased pressure on the investment community to
Two investment teams from Allianz Investment Management (AIM), part of Allianz Group, are to join AllianzGI’s expanding global private debt platform. Alongside Sound Harbor Partners, the US private credit manager AllianzGI announced it was acquiring last week, these new teams will form the core of a broad private debt platform within the firm’s alternatives segment.    From 1 January 2017, Allianz’s Munich-based corporate loans team, headed by Thomas Schneider, and the Westport-based US private placement team, headed by Charles Dudley, will join AllianzGI’s global investment platform.   On joining AllianzGI, the two teams will continue to manage money for Allianz
Options, a provider of cloud-enabled managed services to the global capital markets, has completed a platform migration for quantitative trading hedge fund Systematica Investments. The project involved the extensive rollout of a fully managed infrastructure and trading platform across all of the firm’s European, Asian and North American operations.   Jersey-based Systematica, the quant hedge fund founded by Leda Braga in January 2015, uses science and technology as the driving force of its investment business. When the firm announced plans to replace its legacy infrastructure, it needed a strategic partner with the capabilities and scope to support ambitious trading platform innovations.

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