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PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, registered a total volume of 125.0 TWh in August 2016, an increase of 90 per cent compared to the previous year (65.9 TWh) and 45 per cent compared to July 2016 (86.1 TWh). This development is reflected on all PEGAS markets with 49.9 TWh on the spot and 75.1 TWh on the futures segments.   Spot trading volumes in August reached 49.9 TWh, which amounts to more than the double of last year’s spot traded volume (23.8 TWh). The Dutch market area TTF registered a monthly record with 18.3 TWh, an
Aristotle has launched the Aristotle Value Equity Fund, which will be managed by Aristotle Capital Management. The institutional no-load share class will trade under the symbol ARSQX.   The objective of the fund is to maximise long-term capital appreciation with a focus on seeking capital preservation over complete market cycles.   The investment philosophy applies a fundamental, bottom-up security selection process to a universe of companies with market capitalisations typically in excess of USD2 billion at initial investment.   The fund holds approximately 35 to 45 investments in what Aristotle Capital believes to be high-quality businesses trading at meaningful discounts
The monthly volume on EEX’s power derivatives market totalled 199.7 TWh in August, an increase of 19 per cent over the same period in 2015. On the Spanish power derivatives market, the trading volume more than doubled to 3.3 TWh (August 2015: 1.5 TWh).   EEX also recorded 67 per cent growth on the Italian market with a volume of 26.1 TWh (August 2015: 15.6 TWh).   The market for Germany recorded a volume of 136.3 TWh, which is an increase of 7 per cent compared to the previous year (August 2015: 127.3 TWh).   In Nordic power futures, EEX
Quattrex Sports has chosen European Fund Administration (EFA) for the administration and transfer agency of its alternative investment product Quattrex SCA, SICAV-FIS. The partnership aims to offer investors a choice of sub-funds investing in professional German and more generally European football clubs, featuring an array of investment objectives.   This first-of-a-series sub-fund provides mezzanine financing to professional football clubs primarily within the first three levels of the Bundesliga to increase their financial capabilities as well as to strengthen their sportive competitiveness, especially promotion or qualification for international competition. In football, sports success correlates heavily with all substantial revenue streams –
Three structured finance partners – Michael Smith, Diala Minott and Cameron Saylor – are to join the London office of law firm Paul Hastings from Ashurst. This team’s addition follows the June 2015 arrival of structured finance partners Scott Faga and Eugene Ferrer from Ashurst, where they were global co-head of the securities and derivatives group and managing partner for the US offices, respectively.   “Our London office is thriving and our leading global Finance practice is integral to that growth,” says Seth Zachary, chair of Paul Hastings. “Attracting top-tier talent like Michael, Diala and Cameron will help us continue to strengthen our London office
Hedge fund managers and institutional investors feel performance is one of the key drivers of change in the industry at present, according to a survey by Preqin. Following returns of 1.97 per cent in 2015, hedge funds posted overall gains of 1.09 per cent through H1 2016, considerably below the double-digit figures seen in 2009-2013.   However, beyond the modest gains of the Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark there are some strategies and geographies which have recorded substantial returns.   Macro strategies are the highest performing top-level strategy in the past 12 months (+3.14 per cent), followed by CTAs (+2.49
Ashburton’s India Equity Opportunities Fund has reached USD100 million in assets under management (AUM) just ahead of its four-year anniversary. The fund, which has outperformed its benchmark by more than 60 per cent over the past three years, is managed by Jonathan Schiessl, Simon Finch and Craig Farley.   Schiessl, chief investment officer of Ashburton’s international business, is ranked in the top five India equity managers globally and rated AAA by Citywire. Investment research company Morningstar has given the fund 4 stars for its three-year track record.   The fund, part of the Ashburton Investments Luxembourg-domiciled SICAV range, also recently
STOXX, the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group’s index business, has held its regular annual review of the STOXX Blue-Chip Indices, among them the STOXX Europe 50, EURO STOXX 50 and STOXX Nordic 30 indices. The company has also held the second semi-annual review of the STOXX Eastern Europe 50 Index.   All changes will be effective with the open of European markets on 19 September 2016.   The following stocks will be added to the EURO STOXX 50 Index: Adidas (Germany, personal & household goods); Ahold Delhaize (Netherlands, retail); and CRH (Ireland, construction & materials). The following stocks will be
Lemanik Asset Management, an independent Luxembourg-based asset manager with USD20 billion of assets held in 230 sub-funds, has chosen Linedata’s compliance monitoring software – Linedata Compliance. To comply with the UCITS and AIFM directives, which impose rigorous controls and strict transparency discipline, asset managers need a risk management system and investment restrictions set-up that can be adapted to changing regulatory requirements and that minimises operational risk.   In view of the strengthening of regulatory constraints and the growing number of funds under its responsibility, Lemanik Asset Management has decided to manage its report production by itself.   Operating in real
Spring Valley Asset Management (SVAM) has appointed Brian Zeitz as its chief technology officer (CTO), with responsibility for the management and oversight of the firm's technology infrastructure. This includes overseeing systems design, operational planning, disaster recovery/business contingency planning and cybersecurity.    Prior to joining SVAM, Zeitz was director of technology at NuWave Investment Management (2007 – 2016), performing similar responsibilities under the direction of SVAM’s current managing principal John Ryan.   Zeitz began his career as an Avionics Technician in the United States Navy (1988-1991). Following his honourable discharge from the navy, he was employed as a civilian contractor at the

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