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Changes in the way that client relationships are managed, investment management brands are built and assets are raised and retained are reflected in a new guide for investor relations professionals by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA).
The release of the AIMA Guide to Sound Practices for Investor Relations comes at a time of tremendous change in investor relations (IR) at alternative asset management firms globally.
Investors and fund managers are increasingly entering into partnerships with one another, founded on principles of increased transparency, customisation and co-investment. These trends have led to an evolution in the remit of IR
- 16/06/2016
Calastone, the global funds transaction network, is hosting the sixth annual Funds Industry Football Charity Shield in aid of Make-A-Wish UK, the charity that grants magical wishes to enrich the lives of children and young people fighting life-threatening conditions.
The football tournament continues to be a highly anticipated fixture in the UK funds industry calendar.
In the six years that Calastone has held the Charity Shield, it has raised over GBP60,000 for very worthwhile causes. The 2016 tournament, scheduled to take place on Thursday 23 June in Shoreditch, London, opens up the competition once more.
This year, more than
- 16/06/2016
Allianz Risk Transfer (ART) and Nephila Capital (Nephila) they have successfully piloted the use of blockchain smart contract technology for transacting a natural catastrophe swap.
The test run not only demonstrates that transactional processing and settlement between insurers and investors could be significantly accelerated and simplified by blockchain-based contracts, but also points to other benefits such as increased tradability of cat bonds and wider opportunities to apply this technology in other insurance transactions.
So-called catastrophe or ‘cat’ swaps and bonds are financial instruments which transfer a specific set of risks, typically natural disaster risks such as hurricanes or typhoons, from
- 16/06/2016
Palmer Square Capital Management, an investment management firm that provides structured credit, corporate credit and hedge fund strategies such as long/short credit to a wide range of investors, has closed on its seventh Collateralised Loan Obligation (CLO).
Palmer Square has been a pioneer in structuring and executing on static pool CLO transactions. The firm closed its first static CLO transaction, on 16 January, 2016 and its second static CLO transaction on June 8, 2016. In total, the transactions amounted to USD400 million in issuance. JPMorgan Securities acted as lead arranger on both transactions. Similar to Palmer Square's five recent transactions,
- 16/06/2016
With one week to go until the UK referendum on membership of the EU, Hermann Beythan, partner at law firm Linklaters, is warning that Brexit could push up costs for hedge funds.
“If the UK were to exit the EU, there will be an impediment for the export of fund services and products whilst the costs to operate and distribute fund shares would increase materially,” says Beythan.
One of the main issues is around ‘fund passporting’ – at the moment through a UCITS passport, UK funds can be sold directly to European investors.
“Under Brexit, a UK fund would have
- 16/06/2016
- 16/06/2016
Hedge funds gained 0.78 per cent in May, its third consecutive positive month, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. Year to date, the Index is up 0.85 per cent.
Sixteen of Barclay’s 18 hedge fund indices had gains in May. The Technology Index was up 2.74 per cent, Distressed Securities gained 2.14 per cent, Healthcare and Biotechnology was up 2.30 per cent, European Equities gained 1.65 per cent, and the Equity Long Bias Index added 1.21 per cent.
“Good news on the US economic front helped push the S&P 500 Total Return Index to a 1.80
- 16/06/2016
CME Group Executive Chairman and President Terry Duffy has welcomed the European Securities and Markets Authority's (ESMA) recognition of CME Inc under EU regulations.
"We are very pleased that today the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) granted CME Inc's application for recognition for our clearing house,” says Duffy. “Central clearing is a critical component of the G-20 commitments, which increases transparency, reduces systemic risk and strengthens the financial system. Today's action by ESMA will ensure that CME Clearing will be able to continue to provide the clearing services that our global customers depend upon to manage risk. It also
- 15/06/2016
- 15/06/2016
Quest Partners (Quest), a research driven quantitative investment firm has appointed Prashant Kolluri, a 20-year investing veteran, who as President.
Working in tandem with Founder and CIO Nigol Koulajian, Kolluri will focus on building the existing institutional client base, overseeing firm operations and further enhancing the firm’s propriety research and investing processes.
“As institutional investors increasingly seek specialists who offer differentiated sources of return and generate ‘true’ alpha, we have remained focused on continuing to invest in research, technology and most importantly our people,” says Koulajian. “We believe it is this commitment that has led to Quest’s success over the
- 15/06/2016
Hamilton Lane has held the final closing of Hamilton Lane Strategic Opportunities Fund 2016 with more than USD210 million in limited partner commitments, exceeding its initial target of USD150 million.
The Fund was created as a unique solution for LPs seeking short duration, risk-adjusted returns. Structured as an annual series with a single-year investment period, the Fund is focused on making credit-oriented investments with consistent cash yield.
"At Hamilton Lane, we are focused on using our global private markets platform to provide solutions to our clients," says Erik Hirsch, CIO of Hamilton Lane. "In a low-yield, public market environment, private
- 15/06/2016
eVestment has launched a revised version of its analytics platform which the company describes as a ‘re-imagining of how a big data solution should work and perform’.
According to eVestment, cloud-based technology has become ubiquitous in consumer and business realms. But many B to B solutions lag their consumer brethren in usability. Technology users now expect all their tech tools to be as efficient and intuitive as possible.
“Business data solutions obviously contain exponentially more data and functionality than consumer solutions, but they can’t be exponentially more complex,” says eVestment Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer Matt Crisp. “Our clients
- 15/06/2016
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