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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:
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Linedata has integrated its order management system (OMS) powered by Longview, with Integral Development Corp’s InvestorFX.
Linedata’s OMS solution delivers an integrated approach to meeting the needs of the front and middle office of institutional, wealth and alternative firms, including portfolio management, trading, compliance and risk.
InvestorFX is an FX trading platform, combining best execution, optimal netting plans and fairness of allocations for investment managers to execute FX trade lists.
“We are pleased to partner with Linedata, which delivers flexible and comprehensive asset management solutions to global institutional and alternative communities,” says Harpal Sandhu, CEO, Integral Development Corp.
- 12/12/2016
By David Young (pictured), President, Gemini Alternative Funds – Allocations to alternative investment strategies have continued to evolve as asset owners – in particular pensions, endowments and family offices – have become more knowledgeable about, and comfortable with, these strategies.
Direct investments into hedge funds, funds of hedge funds and alternative mutual funds are not meeting the increasingly complex needs of today’s institutional investors, where flexibility, tailored reporting, transparency and cost efficiency are key factors.
Today, asset owners are searching for the appropriate structure and relationships that will provide them with the services and controls that meet their individual, committee
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Managed account platforms (MAPs) vary in size and sophistication. At one end of the spectrum, the simplest MAP provides a separate ownership structure whereby a single investor invested in a MAP is required to manage each counterparty relationship with the administrator, the prime broker(s), OTC counterparties, FX counterparties, repo counterparties and so on.
The traditional fund of funds (FoF) investment model is structured so that the FoF manages the overall allocations into the hedge fund on behalf of the investor. However, transparency tends only to be provided on a monthly basis, and typically with a one-month lag.
In some cases,
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