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SYZ Asset Management, the institutional asset management division of the SYZ Group, has appointed Cédric Vuignier (pictured) as Head of Manager Research & Alternative Investments, and Bertrand Dord, as senior analyst.
Vuignier will take up his position on 1 June 2016, replacing Michaël Malquarti, who is taking his career in a new direction. A joint handover period until the end of June will enable a smooth transition between the two managers.
Based in Geneva, Vuignier has over 14 years of experience in alternative investments research and selection, of which 12 years were with HSBC (2000-2012) in New York and
- 20/05/2016
Lyxor Asset Management and Nordic financial services group, SEB are to launch a multi-manager strategy in the form of a dedicated Multi-Manager UCITS vehicle, offering daily liquidity.
The product aims to provide a transparent and efficient structure to investors, and is designed to navigate the current uncertain market context. SEB will act as investment advisor, while Lyxor will manage the investment strategy that will be available to
SEB’s institutional and private investor base.
The firms write that the strategy’s innovative format is a simple and cost-efficient solution for investors looking to alternative strategies for diversification and enhanced performance with
- 20/05/2016
- 20/05/2016
The unlisted natural resources debt fundraising market has developed since the financial crisis, with 54 funds closing since 2010 raising a combined USD29 billion.
The most successful year of fundraising occurred in 2013 when 15 funds reached a final close, raising a combined USD11 billion; by comparison, five funds raised just USD0.5 billion in 2014, and nine funds closed in 2015 securing USD5.5 billion of investor capital. Since 2010, 79 per cent (USD23 billion) of investor commitments have gone to funds with a primary focus on energy; vehicles with a diversified approach saw the next highest amount of capital, raising
- 20/05/2016
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) is to expand its offering on the Power Derivatives Market with further short-term maturities. From 16 June 2016, day and weekend contracts for peak-load deliveries of power can be traded in the French and Italian market areas.
Concurrently, EEX will introduce week futures for base-load deliveries of power in the Dutch, Swiss and Nordic market area, which will supplement the existing product offering comprising month, quarter and year futures on these markets.
“The introduction of further short-term maturities contributes to strengthening liquidity in the market areas“, says Dr Tobias Paulun (pictured), Chief Strategy Officer of
- 20/05/2016
Phase 2 of GMEX Technologies’ project to implement the warehouse receipt system AvenirWRS at the Agricultural Commodity Exchange for Africa (ACE) in Malawi, is now live.
This latest project phase delivers warehouse receipts creation, management and financing. Associated activities include enhanced contact management and accounting functions for warehouse charges and fees. The solution also extends SMS messaging, documentation and auditing functionality.
The implementation follows the successful launch of the contact database functionality, in February in phase 1, allowing operators and agents (e.g. farmer cooperative societies, brokers etc.) to set-up and maintain a database of farmers who are interested in taking
- 19/05/2016
Four out of six of IndexIQ’s family of IQ Hedge Indexes recorded positive performance in April, with the IQ Hedge Long/Short Index leading the way with a return of 1.25 per cent.
The other positive performers were the IQ Hedge Market Neutral Index (0.91 per cent), the IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Index (0.78 per cent) and the IQ Hedge Event Driven Index (0.38 per cent). The month’s biggest loser was the IQ Merger Arbitrage Index with a return of -1.01 per cent, while the IQ Hedge Global Macro Index returned -0.28 per cent.
“The upturn in equity markets started to look
- 19/05/2016
Managed futures traders lost 0.05 per cent in April according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The Index has gained 0.95 per cent in the first four months of 2016.
“Improvement in the financial outlook for the US, Europe, and China while central banks sat on their hands sparked a trend reversal in the bond markets,” says Sol Waksman (pictured), founder and president of BarclayHedge.
Six of Barclay’s eight CTA indices had negative returns in April; two of the indices were profitable. The Agricultural Traders Index lost 1.08 per cent, Financial/Metals Traders were down 0.69 per cent.
On
- 19/05/2016
The typical CEO of an asset management company has many things on his mind, but data cleanliness is unlikely to be top of the list. It really ought to be, though, for several reasons.
Take the sales team
When they visit prospective institutional investors, having confidence in the accuracy of the asset manager’s fund data is hugely advantageous. And here’s why: any given institutional investor has a limited window of time throughout the day to manage portfolio allocations and decide on its composition. When they embark on doing due diligence on a new fund, they have one tool to rely
- 19/05/2016
Eze Software Group has appointed Brad Rinklin as Senior Managing Director – Marketing.
Prior to joining Eze Software, Rinklin spent over 15 years at Akamai Technologies, a Content Delivery Network services provider, where he served as the company’s Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of Global Alliance Sales.
“I am pleased to welcome Brad to Eze Software as we continue to invest in our growing business,” says Pete Sinisgalli, CEO. “Brad’s exceptional background in technology, innovation and growth, as well as his long tenure as the chief marketing officer of a leading technology service provider, will be instrumental as
- 19/05/2016
Vertical Management Systems (VMS), a provider of data, financial networking and account aggregation technology, has partnered with Exchange Data International (EDI), a specialist in supplying securities reference data, corporate actions and closing pricing information.
The partnership is aiming to enable VMS to expand into the distribution of domestic and global securities data. Coupling VMS’ mutual fund data solutions with EDI’s reference data services allows VMS’ clients to receive all their required information from a single trusted source.
“EDI is a natural partner for us and our clients,” says Kevin Rafferty (pictured), president and CEO of VMS. “We see a
- 19/05/2016
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