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The SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index fell 0.12 per cent in October.
Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 0.73 per cent in November.
"Hedge funds gained assets over the past month as SS&C GlobeOp's Capital Movement Index increased 0.73 per cent for November of 2016," says Bill Stone (pictured), chairman and chief executive officer, SS&C Technologies. "This gain was slightly lower than the 0.89 per cent reported for November of 2015, but still well within the normal range of variation for this time of the year. Overall, the results for November
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Corporate debt specialist Muzinich is launching two funds to be managed by the loans team who recently joined from ECM Asset Management (ECM), a Wells Fargo Asset Management company.
Muzinich announced in the summer that it had hired Torben Ronberg, Stuart Fuller, Sam McGairl and Alex Woolrich, who managed the sub-investment-grade business at ECM.
Ronberg and his team, who took up their posts this week, will now prioritise the launch of a new European senior secured loans vehicle, the Muzinich European Loans Fund.
They are also putting the foundations in place for the launch of a multi-asset vehicle,
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ShoreVest Capital Partners, an institutional private investment firm specialising in Chinese distressed debt and structured credit, is bidding on its first non-performing loan (NPL) deals, just a few months after its launch.
ShoreVest’s core team members have a 12-year track record and a combined 100+ years of experience in Chinese distressed debt and structured credit.
Much of this experience came from the many years they worked together as the majority of the senior team at their prior firm, Shoreline Capital.
Eight out of the 12 senior investment, legal, and compliance members from Shoreline Capital’s prior funds are
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Abel Noser has finalised the management-led buyout (MBO) of the firm along with private equity fund Estancia Capital Partners.
The transition of the business to the second generation of senior management after the retirement of its founding partners aims to help Abel Noser grow its existing businesses, including trade analytics services, transaction compliance, and agency-only brokerage inclusive of transition management (TM) services.
Using current and new technologies, Abel Noser plans an expansion of its core businesses, as well as investment in additional services the firm has been developing such as fixed income transaction cost analysis (TCA) and additional trade
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The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, fell 0.32 per cent in October, outperforming the 0.57 per cent decline for the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index.
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Multi-Strategy Index, which includes both single and multi-manager funds, fell 0.73 per cent in October.
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index family is a joint offering between Wilshire Funds Management, the global investment management business unit of Wilshire Associates Incorporated, and Wilshire Analytics, creator of the Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index.
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Equity Hedge
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Leaders of Canada’s alternative investment industry and broader financial community will be gathering on 17 November for the 13th annual HFC Canada Benefit – a fundraising evening organised by Hedge Funds Care Canada/Help for Children.
Canada’s top financial organisations will be represented at the gala, which is being held at The Storys Building, 11 Duncan Street, Toronto.
Proceeds raised from the gala will go to support local and national charities that support the prevention and treatment of child abuse.
To date, Hedge Funds Care Canada has raised more than USD2.5 million and has made grants in support of
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Chinese hedge funds posted strong gains in the third quarter of 2016 as the Shanghai Composite Index pared 2016 losses and the Renminbi stabilised after H1 2016 volatility.
The HFRI China Index surged 7.5 per cent in Q3 while the HFRI Asia ex-Japan Index climbed 6.7 per cent, according to the latest HFR Asian Hedge Fund Industry Report released by HFR.
Total capital invested in Asian hedge funds increased to USD111.8 billion (JPY11.906 trillion; RMB760 billion) in Q3 2016, recovering the decline from the prior quarter but remaining below the record of USD119.8 billion from 2014.
Total global
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REDI Global Technologies and S3 Partners have teamed up to provide REDI’s clients with access to S3's Blacklight platform, a suite of treasury management reporting and analysis tools designed to provide security, stability and franchise longevity.
Michael Rude (pictured), REDI's chief revenue officer, says: "This partnership with S3 Partners allows us to provide REDI users with an extremely valuable suite of treasury management data and reporting tools to support long-term business growth and stability. Intelligence of this nature is more important than ever, and we're pleased to introduce it to our clients."
Blacklight centralises, fortifies and reconciles treasury management
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Quantitative hedge funds have been at the forefront of creating alpha from alternative data, according to a report from TABB Group – “Capturing Alternative Alpha: The Rise of Alternative Data Sets”.
Increasingly though, the report – which explores four different categories where alternative data is thriving, outlining the challenges and opportunities as well as breaking down the applications and implications for each – reveals that fundamental hedge funds, sell-side firms, venture capitalists, and even long-only asset manager firms are looking into use cases for alternative data sets.
Research author Valerie Bogard (pictured) explains that the amount of alternative data
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Signs including a new unregulated fund product, reform of company law and the moves of eight Chinese banks to Luxembourg suggest a bright future for Luxembourg, says Ogier practice partner Francois Pfister.
The Reserved Alternative Investment Fund (RAIF) model, which cuts duplication of compliance obligations by targeting regulation at managers and not underlying funds, has seen significant interest, and has been followed by other jurisdictions.
At the same time, Brexit and company law reform are also attracting interest to the EU state, and within the last month, an eighth Chinese bank has signalled its plans to move to
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