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Jersey is recognised by international standard setters as one of the best regulated finance jurisdictions globally and its authorities have full knowledge of the beneficial owners of all Jersey companies, according to Geoff Cook, CEO (pictured), Jersey Finance. He welcomed moves for greater transparency and called on other locations that had not done so to introduce a regulatory regime that enabled them to know and share information on the beneficial owners of companies with appropriate authorities.   His comments follow the leak of documents belonging to the Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, which has led to calls for greater transparency
361 Capital, aninvestment firm specialising in liquid alternative mutual funds, has launched the 361 Domestic Long/Short Equity Fund. The Fund, which is sub-advised by Los Angeles-based Analytic Investors, uses the same innovative strategy as the firm’s high-performing 361 Global Long/Short Equity Fund, but with a focus on domestic investments. Using a research-based low volatility approach, the new Fund seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by participating in rising markets and preserving capital during downturns. “Given continued uncertainty in the market, advisors are increasingly looking for strategies that can strengthen more traditional 60/40 portfolios,” says Cliff Stanton, 361 Capital’s Chief Investment
Manulife Asset Management has hired Othman Domiati as Managing Director and Head of Sales and Relationship Management, Middle East.  Operating out of the firm's London office, Domiati reports to Marco Zanuso, CAIA, Head of Distribution for Europe ex-UK and the Middle East. "Othman has varied and deep experience in asset management and capital markets, having been on the marketing and client facing side for the past 30 years," says Zanuso. "As we continue to build out our sales team for Europe and the Middle East, we are pleased to add someone of his caliber and expertise to our efforts."  Most
Ultimus Fund Solutions is to provide fund administration services to Miles Capital liquid alternatives mutual fund, the Miles Capital Alternative Advantage Fund.  Based in Des Moines, Iowa, as an independent asset management firm managing nearly USD4.5 billion in traditional and nontraditional assets for clients, Miles selected the Unified Series Trust (UST) as its platform to gain operational efficiencies and expand its alternative investment solutions beyond its existing SMA business. Miles is the latest alternatives manager to select the Ultimus team for administration, fund accounting, transfer agency, compliance and distribution services through its turnkey multi-series trust structures, solidifying Ultimus as a
After a strong start to the year in January and February, managed futures strategies performance declined in March, with all indices producing negative results for the month.  Nevertheless CTAs remain firmly in positive territory for the year so far, with the SG CTA Index ending the first quarter of the year at 4.05 per cent.   The SG Short Term Traders Index fared the best, down only -1.18 per cent in March, and now leads returns year to date, up 5.47 per cent.   The SG Trend Indicator posted -3.52 per cent in March, closely mirroring the SG Trend Index
Guernsey would welcome moves to improve transparency across the global financial services industry, according to Guernsey Finance Chairman Lyndon Trott (pictured). His comments come after 11.5 million files were leaked to journalists from more than 80 countries from the database of the Panama-based law firm Mossak Fonseca. Following the leak, labelled as the ‘Panama Papers’, there have been reports that UK Prime Minister David Cameron will come under pressure to crack down on ‘offshore’ international finance centres, including the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man. Trott says the recent media coverage illustrated the fact that plenty
Acadian Asset Management (UK) Ltd, the London based subsidiary of USD60 billion quantitative active global equity investor Acadian Asset Management, has appointed Ian Shea as Director of Middle East Sales and Client Service. Shea will be based in Acadian’s London office, where he will be leading sales and client services in the Middle East. Ian will draw upon his strong technical acumen, utilising his understanding of key institutional active equity markets in Europe and the Middle East to ensure that Acadian’s resources are closely aligned with the areas of future growth in the asset management industry in the Middle East.
LoCorr Funds has restructured its Managed Futures Strategy Fund in a bid to provide benefits to investors by reducing overall fund expenses, focusing on improving tax efficiency and offering access to three prominent institutional investment managers in the managed futures space. The new fund structure provides more transparency and clarity through the elimination of the total return swap and thereby offering direct access to the investment managers as sub-advisers of the Fund. This change eliminates all fees associated with the swap, including any performance-based incentive fees paid to the underlying managers. The overall fees will be a minimum of 1.55
Sadis & Goldberg LLP is one of New York's leading financial services focused law firms. Known both domestically and internationally as a dominant force in the financial services sector, Sadis & Goldberg serves clients throughout the world and was recently ranked as one of the top five law firms for hedge fund launches in the 2016 Preqin Global Hedge Fund Report.  The Financial Services Group is headed up by partner Ron Geffner and comprised of 13 attorneys that have each spent a significant amount of their career practicing in the private fund space, providing a compelling roster of seasoned legal
For the last three years, Sabre Fund Management, one of London's most well established hedge fund managers, has been running a low net equity strategy in tandem with the market neutral Sabre Style Arbitrage Fund.  Launched in February 2013, Sabre Dynamic Equity Fund is a fully systematic equity long/short strategy with a variable bias.  "On average, markets go up. So by constraining a strategy to remain market neutral – as we do with our Style Arbitrage Fund – you will leave some of the available equity returns on the table. What appeals to investors about our Dynamic Equity Strategy is that

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