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Janus Capital International’s Janus Absolute Return Income Fund is now open to subscription from investors via the Janus Capital Funds range in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
Reinforcing JCI’s commitment to provide best-in-class global macro fixed income strategies for its international investors, the Janus Absolute Return Income Fund will be run by Kumar Palghat and the Janus Global Macro Fixed Income team. This is the second fund launched by the team, and is complementary to the existing Janus Global Unconstrained Bond Fund, managed by Bill Gross.
The Janus Absolute
- 09/05/2016
Hedge funds extended March gains into April, led by strong contributions from credit sensitive and event-focused strategies, as energy commodities surged and emerging markets continued its recovery, according to data released today by HFR.
The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index gained +1.0 per cent in April (Index Value 12,322), fully recovering the 1Q decline and lifting 2016 performance to +0.3 per cent. The HFRI Asset Weighted Composite Index added +0.2 per cent for the month.
April performance was led by credit-sensitive, fixed income-based Relative Value Arbitrage strategies, as credit and arbitrage deal spreads tightened and US treasury yields rose for
- 09/05/2016
- 09/05/2016
Navigating the increased regulatory requirements of AIFMD has been a costly and resource-intensive exercise for many investment managers over the past few years. Now that the dust has settled on AIFMD, fund managers need to decide on, and implement, the most efficient operating models that allow them to manage assets and raise new capital.
Last month, SEI hosted a panel session in London in conjunction with Duff & Phelps, EFA and leading alternative investment managers entitled “Practical AIFM Management Company Operating Models for Investment Managers”, to specifically address the ways in which managers might wish to establish new European fund
- 09/05/2016
Managed futures strategies continued to decline throughout April, following the challenging market conditions that started taking effect in February, registering another month of negative returns, according to Societe Generale Prime Services.
Nevertheless the flagship SG CTA Index, that measures a broad range of managed futures strategies, remained positive so far this year at 1.82 per cent.
The SG Short Term Traders Index continued to fare the best, down only slightly in April, but still up 5.11 per cent so far this year.
The SG Trend Indicator outperformed the Trend Index, ending the month up 0.16 per cent in
- 06/05/2016
Asian hedge funds gained in March to conclude a volatile Q1 2016, narrowing losses across all Asian regions and strategies from earlier in the quarter. The HFRX Japan Index gained +3.1 per cent in March, leaving it down -1.9 per cent for the year, though topping the Nikkei 225 as the Japanese Yen continued to surge against the US Dollar.
Total Asian hedge fund capital declined to USD111.9 billion (JPY11.98 trillion, CNY727.5 billion) the lowest level since Q3 2013, according to the latest HFR Asian Hedge Fund Industry Report. Total hedge fund capital globally declined to USD2.85 trillion (JPY305.1 trillion
- 06/05/2016
Liquidnet has launched Targeted Invitations, the latest development in the firm’s strategy to help the buy side source deeply hidden institutional liquidity.
Initially launched in Europe late last year, Targeted Invitations is now also available in the US and Asia-Pacific, and has already exceeded USD1 billion traded.
Targeted Invitations allows qualifying Members to seek out additional block liquidity by sending actionable invitations within the Liquidnet community, while still keeping both sides anonymous. Only those with recent qualifying activity in the same symbol will receive Targeted Invitations. Unlike indications of interest (IOIs), Liquidnet’s Targeted Invitations are firm and committed orders
- 06/05/2016
Hedge fund performance was broadly positive in April, with the HFRX Global Hedge Fund index returning 0.4 per cent on the month and each of the four HFRX main hedge fund strategy indices recording positive performance.
GAM portfolio manager Anthony Lawler (pictured), says: “Dampened volatility allowed managers to hold positions and eke out positive returns. The largest beneficiaries were more directional strategies as stability in the macro environment drove gains, but positioning remained light and trends are not being chased aggressively.”
In the global macro space, the month was broadly positive for discretionary managers although tougher in the systematic
- 06/05/2016
InvestCloud, a digital applet platform for the financial services industry, supporting 660+ advisors and institutions with USD1.5 trillion on platform, has launched BB8, a new group of advanced applets.
BB8 consists of a fully integrated CRM, Pipes, and a full-suite of Client Communication, Client Management, and Client Automation capabilities on the InvestCloud Digital Platform.
At the firm's annual global user conference in Las Vegas today, InvestCloud announced that it is taking its mission of any investment manager and financial institution can have a first-class integrated platform in the cloud much further. InvestCloud is delivering an integrated client experience with
- 05/05/2016
- 05/05/2016
Sapient Global Markets, a provider of business technology and consulting services for the financial and commodity markets, has launched RegRecon, which is designed to solve industry issues surrounding low match rates and regulatory reporting accuracy.
As regulators require institutions to establish processes for identifying and resolving data discrepancies, trade reconciliation tools are essential for gaining a fast, accurate understanding of exposures and enable firms to efficiently monitor risk and manage collateral.
Sapient Global Markets’ RegRecon addresses these needs through automated trade matching and reconciliation, break management, and resolution workflow. Available as a standalone solution and managed service, or within
- 05/05/2016
YieldStreet has launched the world’s first tech enabled specialty finance and alternative lending platform connecting accredited investors to asset based investments.
YieldStreet is designed to offer opportunities that are backed by collateral, have low market correlation, and generate strong yield, such as loans secured by real estate portfolios, litigation finance investments or even a loan to an NBA player secured by his contract. Investments have low minimums starting at USD5,000 with average target yields in the mid-teens. In the past, such options were exclusively available to ultra high net worth individuals, hedge funds or institutional investors.
Founder and CEO, Milind
- 05/05/2016
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