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CONCERT Global, a Silicon Valley-based advisory technology firm, has formed an alliance with iCapital Network to deliver a complete alternative investments solution to CONCERT’s growing network of independent advisors and broker/dealers.
“Alternative investments can play a critical role in a well-constructed portfolio but, until recently, haven’t been readily accessible to all advisory professionals and their qualified clients,” says Felipe Luna, CEO of CONCERT Global Group, Ltd. “iCapital Network has created an elegant solution that eliminates the historical barriers to this important asset class and fits seamlessly with our platform and mission to help advisors scale, grow and deliver the highest-quality
- 15/04/2016
Man Group has reported funds under management (FUM) of USD78.6 billion as at 31 March 2016, down slightly from the company’s 31 December total of USD78.7 billion.
Net inflows in the quarter totaled USD0.5 billion, comprising sales of USD5.1 billion and redemptions of USD4.6 billion.
Net inflows across quant alternative (USD1.3 billion) and for quant long only strategies (USD0.4 billion), were partially offset by net outflows from discretionary alternative (USD0.6 billion), discretionary long only (USD0.5 billion), and guaranteed products (USD0.1 billion).
Net flows for fund of fund alternatives remained flat for the quarter, while overall investment movement in the quarter was
- 15/04/2016
- 15/04/2016
Park Square Capital Partners has launched its third subordinated debt fund, securing EUR1.2 billion of investor commitments with advice from Carey Olsen's investment fund specialists.
The fund, Park Square Capital Partners III, will continue the strategy of investing in the debt of high-quality levered companies backed by leading private equity sponsors across Europe and the US. The fund is able to use leverage taking its total investable capital to EUR1.5 billion. The predecessor fund, Park Square Capital Partners II, which is a 2010 vintage fund, closed at EUR850 million.
Carey Olsen partner Andrew Boyce (pictured) and senior associate Alex Mauger
- 15/04/2016
Interactive Data, a provider of fixed-income evaluated pricing, and subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has made its Liquidity Indicators Service available for European and Asia-Pacific corporate and sovereign securities.
This represents an expansion of its North American services, and leverages the same fixed-income evaluated pricing and reference data content that supports pricing and trading functions at the world’s leading financial institutions and asset managers.
The launch of European Liquidity Indicators supports firms’ liquidity risk management needs across a range of market conditions. The indicators include estimates of the projected trade volume capacity of a fixed income security, which can be
- 15/04/2016
The independent Directors/Trustees of the Lord Abbett Family of Funds have appointed Mark A Schmid and Douglas B Sieg to serve on the funds’ Board.
These appointments – effective 20 April, 2016, for Schmid, and 24 February, 2016 for Sieg – expand the number of Directors/Trustees, from nine to 11.
Currently, Schmid is Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of the University of Chicago, a position he has held since 2009. His experience as a financial executive spans almost three decades, including prior roles as Chief Investment Officer at both Boeing Company and DaimlerChrysler. Schmid earned an MBA in finance
- 15/04/2016
MaKro is aiming to set a new standard in global macro analysis by combining predictive analytics with quantitative political and economic risk loss data to deliver best-in-class market insight and company-specific risk probabilities and loss estimates.
“MaKro’s combination of true data analytics and business loss data is in our DNA, not just an add-on,” says Dr Michel Léonard, CEO of MaKro. “When compared to our peers in global macro or political risk analysis, it is truly transformative and there is simply no equivalent to the depth and breadth of the data and analytics we deliver to our clients.”
While MaKro
- 15/04/2016
- 15/04/2016
All six of IndexIQ’s family of IQ Hedge Indexes recorded positive performance in March.
“March saw a strong rebound in the equity markets and positive returns across our index family,” says Salvatore Bruno, Chief Investment Officer at IndexIQ. “Volatility persisted, however, as the US Treasury unexpectedly announced new regulations governing so-called ‘tax inversions’ in early April. While this is already having an impact on some cross border M&A activity, we don’t believe domestic deals will be impacted.”
Designed as investable benchmarks that replicate the performance characteristics of sophisticated hedge fund strategies, the IQ Hedge Indexes comprise the first family of
- 15/04/2016
RP Investment Advisors (RPIA) has added a liquid alternative mutual fund to its offering lineup, RP Strategic Income Plus Fund, an actively managed, fixed income fund that seeks to generate stable, risk-adjusted returns and preserve capital in all interest-rate environments.
The Fund will invest primarily in investment grade corporate debt securities globally and can invest up to 25 per cent in non-investment grade securities with a focus on high-quality, BB-rated credit securities. The fund will be managed by the existing RPIA investment team, led by CIO Michael Quinn, who manage over CAD2.2 billion in assets including the flagship RP Debt
- 15/04/2016
Old Mutual Global Investors (OMGI) is to launch the Old Mutual UK Specialist Equity Fund, a uk mid and small cap liquid alternatives fund domiciled in Ireland, on 28 April 2016.
The Fund will be registered for sale in a range of European countries and Singapore, subject to regulatory approval.
Managed by Tim Service, Fund Manager, UK Equities and Deputy Fund Manager, Luke Kerr (pictured), the investment objective of the Fund is to achieve capital appreciation by taking long and short positions in UK equities, primarily outside the FTSE 100 Index, maintaining low net exposure to underlying equity
- 14/04/2016
Hedge fund and private equity firms are dominating office leasing in core areas of London among the financial services sector (excluding banks), with latest figures revealing strong demand, according to research out from Cushman & Wakefield.
In the first quarter of this year, take-up of office space from non-banking financial services firms was around 240,000 sq ft with hedge funds accounting for approximately a quarter (23 per cent) and private equity nearly a fifth (18 per cent). These figures are slightly down on overall comparisons to 2015, which was an extremely buoyant period for financial services companies according to the
- 14/04/2016
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