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The Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark posted 2.82 per cent in March, the best monthly return for the asset class since January 2012 (+3.06 per cent), and only the third positive monthly return since May 2015.
All leading hedge fund strategies posted gains, with equity strategies seeing the highest returns of 3.79 per cent. However, after posting negative returns in the previous two months, performance for equity strategies funds in 2016 YTD stands at -1.10 per cent, the worst of any leading strategy. Overall, hedge funds are still showing negative performance for the year, with losses of 0.28 per cent
- 13/04/2016
The growing scarcity of bank lending in the commercial property sector continues to create opportunities for alternative debt providers seeking to generate secure income. Now, a slowdown in property price growth has further improved prospects for the asset class, says Vincent Nobel (pictured), Head of Real Estate Debt at Hermes Investment Management…
The new lending landscape: The disintermediation of the European real estate lending market, catalysed by the financial crisis and its aftermath, continues. This market is no longer dominated by clearing banks, though they maintain large lending books. Instead, more loans are being provided by specialist fund managers sourcing capital
- 12/04/2016
- 12/04/2016
Geoff Cook (pictured), Jersey Finance CEO, comments on David Cameron’s announcement of an agreement by the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories to provide beneficial ownership information to the UK Government…
We are pleased that the UK Government beneficial ownership agreement has been signed by Jersey, which is the culmination of months of inter-governmental work, and which re-affirms Jersey’s commitment to sharing beneficial ownership information with the UK’s law enforcement agencies quickly, and underlines Jersey’s commitment to combatting global financial crime.
The agreement will mean very little change for Jersey since our regulations are already sufficiently robust. For more than
- 12/04/2016
Altarius Asset Management (Altarius) and Portcullis Asset Management Limited (Portcullis), both licensed by the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), have formed a strategic alliance to deliver a full suite of evolutionary AIFM services to alternative investment funds regardless of their AUM.
This evolutionary strategic alliance allows early stage managers to seamlessly adopt a full scope AIFM from a “de-minimis”. Many mangers who have experienced their AUM increase faster than expected have found the step from de-minimis to a full-scope AIFM to be disruptive, affect performance, distract from core activities and ultimately slow subscriptions at a critical growth point for the
- 12/04/2016
Argonaut Capital, the GBP1.4 billion specialist European equity asset manager, has launched a sterling-hedged share class for its GBP395 million FP Argonaut European Alpha Fund.
The sterling-hedged share class, which has been launched in response to growing demand from clients, provides an option for investors wishing to protect against, or potentially benefit from, fluctuations in the euro/sterling exchange rate.
“UK investors often have strong views on the euro. Fears of a Brexit have recently triggered significant weakness in sterling, which may reverse post-referendum in the event of a pro-EU result,” says Barry Norris (pictured), Argonaut founder and manager of the
- 12/04/2016
ShelteR Investment Management has launched the ShelteR Invest Best Alternative UCITS Fund (BAU) a Luxembourg UCITS fund providing investors with access to a smart portfolio of alternative UCITS fund strategies.
The fund targets a gross annual return of 6 per cent with volatility similar to bond markets. The fund manager believes the product is a true alternative to fixed income products where attractive returns are unlikely in today's low interest rate environment. The BAU fund returns are not as interest rate dependent, making this fund a real diversification vs traditional investments.
The fund management uses expertise of LuxHedge, the number
- 12/04/2016
Castle Hall Alternatives has launched Due Diligence University, a growing collection of educational resources including webinars, white papers and online courses.
Commenting on the launch, Chris Addy, President and CEO of Castle Hall, says: “The guiding principle of Due Diligence University is to support asset owners as they conduct due diligence on third party asset managers. Due Diligence University operates with an investor centric perspective to deliver up-to-date knowledge and access to industry metrics and best practice benchmarks.”
The first Due Diligence University subject area will focus on cybersecurity. “Evaluating an Asset Manager’s Cybersecurity Environment” is the topic of an upcoming
- 12/04/2016
A new survey from SS&C Technologies Holdings, the T+2 Preparedness Survey, has evaluated firms’ planning for and attitudes towards the upcoming change to the new settlement cycle.
And according to the findings, the majority of firms have started their assessment of technology and operations preparedness – 66 per cent and 72 per cent respectively – well in advance of the 2017 implementation of T+2 settlement. According to the survey, those who have not started these assessments largely indicated they would begin in the first half of 2016. A small number of respondents, solely from buy-side firms, noted they would wait
- 12/04/2016
BNY Mellon has appointed Richard Gill as head of its Markets business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Gill will lead the regional business strategy and have overall responsibility for managing Markets within EMEA.
He will report to Michelle Neal, president of BNY Mellon Markets. “Richard’s appointment allows us to better balance global and regional considerations in managing our businesses,” says Neal. “Our senior regional executives in EMEA and Asia Pacific (APAC) now have dual reporting lines to the head of the region and to the global head of their business. These changes will empower these executives and
- 11/04/2016
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has partnered with State Street and MKT MediaStats to evaluate data-driven indicators that help analyse economic and market information.
MKT MediaStats is focused on financial market implications of increasingly available ‘big data’ from multiple sources, and is founded and led by well-known academic researchers. It leverages and extends into the commercial realm of considerable academic research done by its partners. The State Street PriceStats inflation series is a daily measure of inflation derived from prices posted to public websites by hundreds of online retailers.
“AXA IM, MKT MediaStats and State Street share a commitment to
- 11/04/2016
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