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Project Sentinel, a collaborative initiative by a group of banks to mutualise the cost of MiFID II implementation in the OTC front office, has created a normalised regulatory data model designed to help firms meet their MiFID II OTC sales and trading requirements.  This data model is the first piece of a larger puzzle to create a standardised approach for ensuring regulatory conformance for front office OTC sales and trading activities. Solving the MiFID II challenge requires a significant amount of human resources to keep pace with, understand and document the changing landscape, alongside a significant technology investment that, if
HedgeServ is to use the RR Donnelley ArcReporting solution for the creation of its clients' financial reports. HedgeServ is an independent, full-service global fund administrator headquartered in New York City and Dublin. Using the ArcReporting tool, HedgeServ can now import data to automatically produce complete alternative fund financial statements, including statements, footnotes and related disclosures. Justin Nadler – Co-Founder & President, says: "We now have a fully mapped and automated template for creating fund financial statements, with integrated proofing tools that allow us to cross-check the various data sources. This improves the accuracy and efficiency of the financial statement production
Institutional investors should undertake a quantitative analysis of their hedge fund investments’ long-term contribution to overall portfolio efficiency, rather than basing their asset allocation strategies on a short-term comparison with equity benchmarks.  That’s the conclusion of a new research study – ‘Hexit: Is Now the Time to Pull Out of Hedge Funds?’ – based on analysis conducted by MPI (Markov Processes International, Inc.), specialists in the analysis of systematic factors influencing investment performance, which provides analytics and reporting solutions to the financial services industry.   In response to the steady flow of announcements from large institutional investors scaling back or
The current appetite for risk aversion is proving a bonanza for CTAs, according to Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. They write that with market stress materially rising, de-risking ahead of the British referendum accelerated as polls and bookmakers depict an increasingly uncertain outcome.  “The UK wildcard was not the only factor at play. The early-June US payroll numbers shook confidence that the Fed would be able to move before the summer. It was confirmed by this week’s FOMC, unequivocally dovish. Six members now envisage only one hike this year, and the median dots for 2017, 2018 and the terminal rate were
The Economic and Monetary Affairs Council of the EU has approved the General Approach reached on Money Market Fund Reform (MMFR) at Council Working Party level. This General Approach followed an original proposal by the European Commission in September 2013. The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) is of the view that a well-functioning European market for MMFs has an important part to play in the European Commission’s flagship Capital Markets Union initiative. EFAMA, whose members manage both VNAV and CNAV funds, has from the outset indicated that a proportionate and balanced Regulation which ensures the viability of both
The Australian branch of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) is celebrating its 15th anniversary this month with EY-sponsored member events in Sydney and Melbourne, bringing together many of the leading figures in Australia’s growing hedge fund sector. In 2001, when AIMA expanded its network to Australia, it represented around 30 local-based corporate members, while the sector as a whole managed only approximately AUD5 billion (USD3.7 billion) in assets, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Today, AIMA Australia has around 90 corporate members, and the industry manages around AUD100 billion (USD74.6 billion) in assets, according to ASIC.
Dorsey, Wright & Associates, a Nasdaq company, whose expertise in technical analysis helps bring innovative investment solutions to Wall Street, has developed a new ‘smart beta’ fixed income index designed to operate in a non-traditional fashion.  Referred to as the Dorsey Wright Fixed Income Allocation Index, the ETF-linked index uses relative strength (a momentum factor investing technique) to compare and rank the best performing SPDR-related fixed income ETFs out of a total universe of 20 ETFs comprised of: floating rate notes; first lien senior secured floating rate bank loans; US non-convertibles; preferred stock and other preferred securities; US municipal bonds and US convertible securities; US and non-US developed and emerging
A new study from Barclays Prime Services examines the effect of poor performance in the event driven hedge fund strategy on institutional investor demand and reveals that, in recent years, those strategies have been some of the most consistently in demand among investors. “The continued hangover of the 2008 financial crisis, combined with a buildup of cash on corporate balance sheets and cheaply available financing, created a seemingly rich opportunity set for event driven managers to capitalise upon,” the firm writes. Investors flocked to event driven hedge funds, investing record amounts over the three year period from third quarter 2012
Atrato Advisors,a USD3 billion alternative investment advisory firm, has hired Andy Vantine to lead Credit and Event-Driven strategy research. Vantine had previously been Co-Director of Research at Chi-Rho Financial, the Atlanta-based multi-manager investment specialist. Vantine will report to Michael Boensch, Atrato’s longtime Director of Research.    The addition of Vantine signals Atrato’s continued investment in its team amidst significant growth this year. The firm, led by partners Brian Reich and Janna Sobolev, continues to bolster its position as a high-touch boutique for family offices, wealth management platforms, and institutions with unique alternative investment programs. In January, Dynasty Financial Partners and
AllianceBernstein (AB) has signed a letter of intent to assume management of Visium Asset Management's Global Fund, a multisector long/short equity hedge fund.  As part of the transaction, the Visium Global Fund's investment team and certain support staff would join AB. "The Visium Global Fund is a unique opportunity to further strengthen AB's alternatives platform," says Peter S. Kraus, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AB. "The Fund has produced strong risk-adjusted performance since its inception in 2007, and enhances our ability to meet our clients' need for idiosyncratic alpha across market cycles." This transaction is subject to completing due

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