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Compliance with global regulatory regimes and market structure changes is leading traditional asset managers and hedge funds to take a holistic approach to measuring trading and research costs.
Uncovering trends and drivers from interviews with 100 US buy-side head traders, TABB Group has published part one of the 12th annual benchmark study, “US Institutional Equity Trading 2016: Buy Side Emancipation or Purgatory.” The report examines buy-side firm’s top initiatives, commission wallets, execution channels, broker lists and unbundling of trading and research costs.
Report co-authors Sayena Mostowfi (pictured), a TABB principal and head of equities research, and research analyst Valerie Bogard,
- 02/06/2016
SS&C Technologies Holdings has appointed Rainer Fuchsluger as Managing Director, Asia for SS&C's Institutional and Investment Management business.
Fuchsluger is responsible for developing and executing a regional business strategy to leverage and scale SS&C's investment management solutions to meet the evolving needs of investment managers across Asia. Based in Hong Kong, he reports to Christy Bremner, Senior Vice President and General Manager, SS&C's Institutional & Investment Management division.
"Rainer has a deep understanding of Asian markets and how we can better serve the unique operational needs of our customers. His proven track record in developing client relationships and innovative investment
- 01/06/2016
After more than ten successful years the Swiss currency specialist Quaesta Capital is rebranding as QCAM Currency Asset Management AG.
“With the change of name – a logical consequence of our company development – we will further live up to our specialisation and unique position,” says QCAM CEO Thomas Suter. “We stand for independence, transparency and trustworthiness.
“QCAM provides institutional and private clients with a personalised service that is customised to all their Currency and Asset Management needs. Particularly in our globalised markets FX expertise in Asset Management leads to a significant increase in earnings and risk improvements.”
- 01/06/2016
- 01/06/2016
Geoff Blanning (pictured), Head of Commodities, comments on why he believes that a new bull market for commodities has begun…
Following five years of devastatingly poor returns in the market, sentiment towards commodities is at rock bottom, but it’s starting to turn following the surge in the prices of a wide variety of products since the beginning of the year.
The biggest price gains, in percentage terms, occur at the beginning of a bull market. And the best (lowest risk) time to buy anything is when the consensus expectation is turning from bearish to bullish, as is happening now in
- 01/06/2016
- 01/06/2016
Calderwood has officially launched and is now open for business in the Cayman Islands, providing experienced independent directors to a range of investment vehicles.
Calderwood has been formed by Ronan Guilfoyle and Wade Kenny, both very well known in the Cayman fund sector, who together have over 17 years’ experience within the governance industry, serving as independent directors on some of the largest funds in the industry.
Guilfoyle was previously a Managing Director at DMS Offshore Investment Services and was significantly involved in the firm’s strategic development, sharing leadership responsibility for its European offices and spearheading its international expansion. As
- 01/06/2016
Fund governance firm DMS Offshore Investment Services (DMS) has added Efficient Capital's CTA Index Fund to its UCITS ICAV platform.
The fund aims to provide investors with medium to long term capital appreciation through investment of approximately 50 per cent of its Net Asset Value in a total return swap which is referenced to the Efficient Capital CTA Index, and the remainder in cash and cash equivalents. The Index is comprised of investment funds and managed accounts traded for the benefit of such investment funds that utilize a range of CTA strategies.
DMS has developed a proprietary UCITS V compliant
- 01/06/2016
EJF Capital (EJF), an alternative investment firm that currently manages approximately USD4.9 billion in assets, has chosen Arcesium’s full service platform for its middle- and back-office needs.
Neal J Wilson, Chief Operating Officer of EJF, says: “We are pleased to engage Arcesium and its technology and services to help EJF perform critical reconciliation, portfolio analytics, performance reporting and treasury management functions.”
“We welcome EJF to the Arcesium platform and look forward to supporting the firm in the effective management of its funds,” says Gaurav Suri, Arcesium CEO. “Having a sophisticated investor like EJF come on board as a customer is
- 01/06/2016
HedgeMark International, a BNY Mellon company that provides hedge fund dedicated managed account and risk analytic services, has completed the implementation of Axioma Risk.
Axioma Risk is a next-generation multi-asset class risk management platform that allows clients to support their risk reporting across diverse and innovative investment strategies more seamlessly and with increased efficiency.
“Existing risk management solutions rely on legacy systems and technology that cannot meet the demands of modern multi-asset class investing,” says Sebastian Ceria (pictured), CEO of Axioma. “Axioma Risk is a purpose-built multi-asset class risk platform that leverages the latest technology to deliver unparalleled performance
- 01/06/2016
While a majority of asset owners and asset managers (57 per cent) expect blockchain technology to be widely adopted in the investment industry in the next five years, only seven per cent currently have initiatives to support it, according to research by State Street.
Blockchain is a distributed ledger that maintains a continuously growing list of data records which are hardened against tampering and revision
The survey, conducted in partnership with Oxford Economics, found that 74 per cent of asset owners say they believe blockchain will achieve the scale needed for adoption compared to only 42 per cent of asset
- 01/06/2016
Tullett Prebon Alternative Investments (TPAI), the alternative investments arm of interdealer broker Tullett Prebon, has appointed Alastair Sword as its global head.
The TPAI team of ten focuses on the placement of illiquid alternative assets. Since its formation in 2009 it has developed significant experience in LP to LP fund transfers, managed auction processes, as well as direct asset divestments across the hedge fund, private equity and real estate space.
Prior to taking up his position with TPAI, Sword was Head of Asian Sales at Roubini Global Economics having previously been a Managing Director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- 31/05/2016
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