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The total automation rate of processed orders of cross-border funds reached 85.4 per cent in the last quarter of 2015, which represents an increase of 2.8 percentage points (p.p.) compared to the fourth quarter of 2014.
That’s according to a new report from The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) and SWIFT on the evolution of automation and standardisation rates of fund orders received by transfer agents (TAs) in the cross-border fund centres of Luxembourg and Ireland in 2015.
The report is an on-going campaign by EFAMA and SWIFT to highlight the advancement of automation and standardisation rates of
- 13/05/2016
Philadelphia area-based ALTZ Investment Strategies (ALTZ) has launched an alternative investment platform aimed at providing accredited individual investors with access to private opportunities.
These investments, usually reserved for institutional investors, can be accessed through the ALTZ website, where users register as accredited or aspirational investors, open a brokerage account, browse and, if eligible, allocate funds toward featured private placements. Once ALTZ-registered investors have collectively raised the capital required to invest, their money is aggregated and allocated to the company offering the private placement.
“We wanted to provide individual investors the chance to not only view private placement opportunities, but to
- 13/05/2016
Marex Spectron, the global commodities broker, has launched Nanolytics Capital Advisors, a business focused on developing alternative investment products based on Marex Spectron’s Nanolytics models.
Nanolytics was initially developed to meet the challenges in commodity markets that arose from the growth of High Frequency Trading (HFT). Utilising Marex Spectron’s institutional-scale infrastructure and systems, Nanolytics algorithms process billions of publicly-available data points, covering multiple commodity markets, to exclude the effect of HFT trades and deliver insights into the underlying demand-supply balances that signals likely future price movements (alpha signals).
Since March 2014, these alpha signals have formed the basis for
- 13/05/2016
ENSO Financial Analytics (ENSO), a provider of a data analytics platform for hedge funds and prime brokers, has launched ENSO Edge, an emerging manager offering built from the award winning ENSO Core platform.
The launch of this new global platform will provide a scalable solution for the daily needs of a growing manager’s treasury and portfolio finance operations. ENSO Edge will offer analytics to hedge funds that fit a specific client profile based on assets under management and number of financing counterparties. Managers will be able to easily add additional modules and tools to support their developing needs.
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- 13/05/2016
Linedata has partnered with Sycamore Investment Services in Shanghai, to provide a complete front to middle-office service to the hedge fund community in China.
The partnership will provide Sycamore’s middle office outsourcing services alongside Linedata’s flagship hedge fund management offering, Linedata Global Hedge. This will create a full service for hedge fund clients in China, in particular allowing those firms without complete fund operations to access the full capabilities of the Linedata product with the addition of an outsourcing capacity.
Designed specifically to meet the needs of the hedge fund industry, Linedata Global Hedge is an intuitive end-to-end portfolio management
- 13/05/2016
Euronext is in exclusive talks to acquire a 20 per cent equity stake in EuroCCP for EUR14 million (including contribution to regulatory capital) subject to closing adjustments and regulatory approval.
In addition, Euronext will offer choice in clearing within the Eurozone through the implementation of a preferred Central Counterparty (CCP) model for its equity markets. EuroCCP is the leading CCP for pan-European equity markets providing clearing and settlement services and this new partnership will allow clients to benefit from significant operational and cost efficiencies.
Following completion of this transaction five shareholders will each own 20 per cent stake in EuroCCP
- 13/05/2016
The Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund has recorded the second consecutive month of positive hedge fund performance in April to bring 2016 YTD figures into the black for the first time this year.
Returns of 1.44 per cent through the month follow gains of 2.40 per cent in March to put performance for 2016 so far at 0.70 per cent, as hedge funds take advantage of calmer economic markets and improving commodity prices.
All leading strategies returned gains through the month, with event driven strategies up 2.17 per cent and equity strategies returning 1.73 per cent, making these the two strategies
- 13/05/2016
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down 1.3 per cent in April with just four out of 10 Lyxor Indices ending the month in positive territory.
The Lyxor Fixed Income Arbitrage Index (+2.2 per cent), the Lyxor L/S Credit Arbitrage Index (+1.0 per cent) and the Lyxor Special Situations Index (+0.7 per cent) were the best performers.
In April, dovish central banks and better than expected Chinese data contributed to stabilize markets after the March rally. The credit space was supported on both sides of the Atlantic: in Europe by the ECB announcing its corporate bond purchase program, in the
- 12/05/2016
Risk Premia and Smart Beta, investment solutions traditionally defined as strategies that aim to capture risk-adjusted returns and improve portfolio diversification, remain at the forefront of investors’ agendas.
That’s according to a recent survey of investors and intermediaries, primarily institutional, representing close to USD1 trillion of combined assets under management, by Citi’s Prime Finance Capital Introduction team.
Eighty one per cent of respondents are currently investing in, or looking to invest in, Risk Premia solutions, and 83 per cent of those who are currently investing in Risk Premia are doing so through Multi-Factor strategies. The main drivers for Risk Premia
- 12/05/2016
Midwest boutique investment bank XMS Capital Partners (XMS) has launched XA Investments LLC (XAI) to provide a platform in the registered funds space for alternative investments.
The firm has hired Kimberly Flynn as Managing Director of Alternative Investments and John McGarrity as Managing Director and General Counsel to build the XA Investments business. Flynn joins the firm from Nuveen Investments where she served as the Head of Product Development for the Global Structured Products Group which is responsible for the development and management of the firm’s closed-end fund complex. McGarrity joins the firm from River Branch Holdings, where he served
- 12/05/2016
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