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The value of assets invested in alternative UCITS funds has increased by 26 per cent annually since the financial crisis of 2008, according to Deutsche Bank Global Prime Finance’s 2016 Alternative UCITS Survey. In this year’s survey, 130 institutional investors which collectively manage and/or advise on over USD700 billion in hedge fund assets and USD150 billion in alternative UCITS assets, share insights into their current allocation plans and investment preferences for alternative UCITS funds.   “Total assets managed by alternative UCITS funds have grown by 26 per cent annually since the 2008 global financial crisis to reach close to EUR400
Front Street Capital is to sell Jemekk Capital Management to J2 Capital Management, a newly created corporation controlled by Gerard Ferguson. J2 Capital will be assigned the investment management and portfolio advisory agreements relating to the Jemekk Total Return Fund and the Jemekk Long/Short Fund, subject to J2 Capital obtaining registration under applicable securities legislation.   The transaction is expected to close on or prior to 15 November 2016.   In connection with the closing of the transaction, Ferguson (pictured) will be leaving Front Street Capital and will continue to manage the Jemekk funds through J2 Capital. In addition, it
Henry Swieca, founder of investment firm Talpion Fund Management and co-founder of hedge fund Highbridge Capital Management, is pledging USD1 million to The National WWII Museum in New Orleans.  Swieca's pledge is directed to the Cost of Victory gallery in the upcoming Liberation Pavilion, which will commemorate the destruction of life in Europe as well as the role America played in ending the Nazi reign of terror.   Henry Swieca is the son of Polish Holocaust survivors who emigrated to the US before his birth. "I grew up with great appreciation for America and its principals of freedom and liberty," says Swieca. 
Odey Asset Management has appointed Dipankar Shewaram to the firm’s investment team to work alongside Tim Bond managing the Odey Odyssey Fund. Shewaram (pictured) previously worked at BlueBay Asset Management and Western Asset Management.   Crispin Odey says: “Odey has always combined an understanding of the macro with rigorous stock research. Over the last decade we have built a world class equity research team and Dip joins us as the macro debate moves from noisy to deafening.”   Shewaram adds: “I have known Crispin and Tim for over a decade and have great respect for them as investors and for the
Due diligence and surveillance specialist Clayton Euro Risk has made a number of changes to its senior management team, with Simon Collingridge taking on the newly-created role of client solutions and strategic delivery director. Collingridge (pictured) has been with the company as a consultant since March 2016 but now becomes a full-time member of staff. He will divide his time between the company’s Bristol and London offices.   In addition, Paul Hobbs has been appointed as VP client services and operations with responsibility for operational delivery of all client services and projects, while Jeremy Wren has been appointed as senior
Man Group plc has acquired Aalto Invest Holding AG and launched a new ‘private markets offering’, Man Global Private Markets,  designed to offer longer term investments and complement their existing products. Man defines private markets as real estate, credit and infrastructure.  Founded in 2010 by Mikko Syrjänen and Petteri Barman, USD1.7 billion Aalto specialises in the management of real estate equity and debt strategies including direct investments in single family homes in the US and lending to commercial and residential real estate in Europe and the US. Man writes that Aalto has a strong track record across its differentiated product
Ninety two per cent of institutional investors and family offices have allocated to two or more funds in 2016 while 73 per cent of investors reported a net increase in their investments to alternative investment strategies since 2015. The survey, conducted at Context Summits West 2016, also reveals that 59 per cent of allocators viewed the US presidential election as the greatest macro headwind facing the market in the fourth quarter of 2016.   In total, managers and allocators representing over USD250 billion in combined assets attended the two-day conference, which connects qualified investors with private fund managers via one-on-one
New York-based IQ Financial Marketing has issued an updated version of its marketing guide, which it is offering free of charge to hedge funds and private equity firms. The new guide features additional tips for creating better presentations and pitch books. It is designed to help fund managers tap into the mindset of prospective investors, differentiate themselves from the competition, and enhance their branding.   IQ says the guide can be helpful to firms that create their marketing materials in-house as well as those that outsource.   IQ’s principals Nancy J Dennis (pictured) and Michael H Greenstein are marketing consultants
ComplyAdvantage, which uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to help firms manage compliance obligations and reduce costs, has completed a USD8.2 million series A funding round led by Balderton Capital. The funding will allow the RegTech firm to realise its growth strategy and increase product penetration across Europe and North America, with the New York office officially opening this week.   ComplyAdvantage aims to provide proprietary, dynamic risk data with more efficient screening and monitoring technology. Some 200 clients globally rely on the company’s technology to reduce financial crime risk and take the pain out of regulatory compliance.   "In
After a solid recovery over the last two months, the UCITS HFS Index, which tracks UCITS funds using hedge fund strategies, came to a halt in September with a flat performance for the month. The broad index started positively into the month with a performance of 0.10 per cent after the first full week of trading. The second week saw the UCITS HFS Index lose 0.25 per cent, its only weekly loss in September.   As the broad index recovered 0.07 per cent and 0.08 per cent in week three and four, respectively, the performance for the month was flat.

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