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Ultimus Fund Solutions has been chosen to provide a full range of mutual fund services for the Caldwell & Orkin Funds. Ultimus will service the Caldwell & Orkin Market Opportunity Fund, an alternative long/short equity fund.   “We continue to support boutique investment managers and small businesses, particularly firms and funds such as Caldwell & Orkin, through our full service mutual fund service offering. Firms of this size find value in our high touch services and in personal relationships,” says Bob Dorsey (pictured), CEO and managing director at Ultimus. “We are delighted to partner with Caldwell & Orkin, guiding them
Franklin Templeton Investments has held the soft launch of the FTIF Franklin K2 Long Short Credit Fund, a sub-fund of the Luxembourg-registered Franklin Templeton Investment Funds (FTIF) SICAV range. This is the third liquid alternatives offering made available in the FTIF range, closely following the launch of the Franklin K2 Global Macro Opportunities Fund last month.   Luxembourg-based investors will be able to access the new fund from 16 December 2016.   The multi-manager fund seeks total return over a full market cycle through a combination of current income, capital preservation and capital appreciation, while providing daily liquidity and a
Reducing the carbon footprint of buildings and enhancing sustainability are fast becoming business critical issues for institutional real estate investors. But in order to implement an effective green strategy to lower one's carbon footprint, having access to detailed building performance data and analytics is vital. This report discusses how Siemens is able to achieve this to help investors enhance the value of their real estate portfolios. Towards low carbon real estate On average, energy consumption accounts for 40 per cent of the lifecycle costs of buildings. For those wishing to optimise their real estate and demonstrate green credentials, and compliance
BTIG has secured an investment from funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities, which the firm will leverage to expand its capabilities and accelerate growth. Post investment, BTIG and its affiliates in Europe, Asia and Australia will continue to operate as fully independent entities. Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.   “Since we started 12 years ago, BTIG has been one of the fastest-growing institutional brokerage firms in the US. Partnering with Blackstone Tactical Opportunities will further enhance our offerings and allow us to advance key strategic initiatives,” says Scott Kovalik, co-founder and chief executive officer of
The US CFTC has voted unanimously to re-propose regulations implementing limits on speculative futures and swaps positions as called for in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. In a separate vote, CFTC approved final aggregation regulations, which are a key component of the CFTC’s existing position limits regime. The re-proposal will be open for public comment for 60 days after publication in the Federal Register.   In response to comments on a prior proposal published in December 2013, and on a supplemental proposal published in June 2016, the CFTC is re-proposing limits on speculative positions in 25
Neuberger Berman is extending its suite of multi-asset solutions with the launch of two UCITS Funds – the Multi-Asset Risk Premia Fund and the Multi-Asset Class Income Fund. The launch of the UCITS vehicles, subject to regulatory approval, makes these Neuberger Berman strategies available to a wider audience.   Erik Knutzen (pictured), chief investment officer, multi-asset class at Neuberger Berman and lead manager on the Multi-Asset Class Income Fund, says: “A combination of low interest rates, low inflation, muted economic growth and elevated valuations across many traditional asset markets is inspiring investors to look for alternative sources of robust returns
Parametric Portfolio Associates and Research Affiliates have partnered to provide a systematic global macro strategy to institutional separate accounts. "Our clients desire liquid alternative solutions that provide attractive, diversifying returns in a cost-effective manner. Parametric is leveraging its partnership experience with Research Affiliates to launch what is expected to be an empirically robust and theoretically sound strategy aiming to deliver these attributes," says Brian Langstraat (pictured), chief executive officer, Parametric.   "As a natural evolution of our research in asset allocation and smart beta, we developed a long/short strategy harvesting alternative return premia of carry, momentum and value across asset
Victory Capital’s parent company, Victory Capital Holdings, has acquired a minority stake in Cerebellum Capital, an investment management firm that specialises in machine learning. Founded in 2008, San Francisco-based Cerebellum leverages machine learning techniques to continuously design, execute and improve investment programmes.   The platform is based on a collective 30 years of research by co-founders David Andre and Astro Teller. Andre currently serves as chief executive officer of Cerebellum and is a member of the company’s board of directors. Teller, who is currently chief executive officer of Google X, served as Cerebellum’s chief executive officer from 2008 to 2010.
Prestige Fund Management (PFM) has appointed Peter Anderson as a director. Anderson has a career spanning nearly 30 years, split between the UK and Cayman with international accounting groups Coopers & Lybrand (PWC), Benbow Anderson, Deloitte Touche and Rawlinson & Hunter.   He is a past president of the Cayman Islands Society of Professional Accountants. He is registered as a professional director with the Cayman Island Monetary Authority (CIMA).   Anderson brings to Prestige a wide range of accountancy and financial experience gained from a long career in financial accounting and professional business services.   Craig Reeves, founder of Prestige
CubeLogic, a provider of risk management and business intelligence solutions for the energy, commodity, and financial markets, has formed a strategic alliance with Lacima Group. Lacima is provider of energy and commodities analytics to global multi-commodity and energy players.   Under the terms of the alliance, CubeLogic will embed a subset of Lacima’s risk analytics functionality within its platform to provide clients with a ‘one-stop shop’ for market, credit, and liquidity risk management and reporting.   Lacima’s numerical engines will provide advanced analytics to simulate spot and forward prices, calculate Mark‑to‑Market values for a wide range of contract types, as

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