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Gemini Hedge Fund Service has expanded its suite of distribution channels and relationships, by partnering with Hedge Connection to help managers strengthen their engagement with accredited investors. "Hedge Connection has brought together thousands of hedge fund managers and investors online and at industry events since its inception, and we are eager for the managers we work with to capitalise on this distribution opportunity," says David Young, President of Gemini Hedge Fund Services. "We are always on the lookout for innovative technology solutions that make it easier for managers to reach their desired investment audience and reach their funds' long-term goals.
MFS Investment Management has launched the MFS Meridian Funds – Managed Wealth Fund, a global long/short equity fund that seeks total returns with less volatility than the broad global equity market by using a tactical asset allocation overlay. The fund’s investment strategy is based on the belief that equities offer the most attractive long-term return potential, but also that prudent consideration of market dynamics may warrant a reduction in net equity exposure. The fund employs a consistent portfolio construction process that consists of three distinct parts: strategic global equity allocation, flexible market exposure and systematic hedges to help manage tail
Quaero Capital’s Real Assets fund has been made available in a UCITS wrapper following a three year ‘incubation’ period. The ‘Argos Real Assets Fund’ invests primarily in equities and REITs in developed markets across the world. The fund, which provides exposure to four key sub-classes: Infrastructure, Real Estate, Forestry Assets and Agricultural Assets, was launched in 2012 and is run by veteran investor Marc Ebert, and is an actively managed, conservative, long-only, thematic equity fund. Quaero Capital CEO Jean Keller says: “I’m delighted that after just over three years we can now offer our Real Asset fund within a UCITS
Ahead of the deadline for full implementation of UCITS V on Friday (18 March), Matt Gibbs (pictured), product manager at Linedata, comments on the impact of the introduction of a published register of non-compliant firms… With changes introduced under UCITS V set to become effective on 18 March, most companies should now be fully prepared to comply with the new requirements. While there is every indication that punitive fines will be levied against non-compliant firms, the promise of public naming and shaming will be a sobering prospect for the industry.   UCITS V will introduce a published register of firms
CME Group is to sell its suburban Chicago data centre in Aurora, Illinois to data centre services provider CyrusOne for USD130 million. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions. As part of the sale, CME Group will enter into a 15-year lease for data centre space and will continue to operate its electronic trading platform, CME Globex, from the data centre and will offer co-location services there. CME Group will have the ability to expand co-location services within the leased space going forward. The agreement also outlines the ways in which CyrusOne and CME Group will enhance the range
By Philip Graham (pictured), Harneys, TEAM BVI Member – One of the hottest topics in the hedge fund industry for 2016 is the Common Reporting Standard (CRS). It is affecting everyone far and wide and given it was implemented in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) on 1 January, 2016, the investment funds community in this jurisdiction are working very hard and diligently towards ensuring that every fund domiciled in the BVI is fully compliant before all of the requisite time periods. For those that have been hibernating in caves over the last few months, CRS is the standard for automatic exchange of financial
BMO Global Asset Management has appointed Jonathan Goll as Director of Institutional Business for BMO Global Asset Management (Asia Pacific). In this role, Goll will be responsible for institutional sales in the Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia markets. He will be based in Sydney, Australia and report to Ravi Sriskandarajah, Managing Director and Head, BMO Global Asset Management (Asia Pacific). Goll has 17 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining BMO, he spent more than 11 years with Grantham, Mayo, van Otterloo & Co (GMO), a Boston-based asset management firm, working as a Senior
GMEX Group has entered into a joint venture agreement with FPT Information System (FPT) based in Hanoi to provide technology, global business and local operational expertise to launch the first Derivatives market and fully integrated clearing house in Vietnam.  The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has entrusted the HNX and the Vietnam Securities Depository (VSD) to operate the derivative market’s transaction activities. The derivatives market is an important step in creating qualitative change for the Vietnamese securities market after a long era of quantitative development. It will also help investors identify and mitigate risks and diversify into other investment channels. The
Neuberger Berman has appointed Richard Gardiner as chief investment officer (CIO) of Neuberger Berman Trust Company, an affiliate of Neuberger Berman. Gardiner will also lead the firm's Investment Strategy Group and join the firm's Asset Allocation Committee. As part of his role within the USD11.4 billion Neuberger Berman Trust Company, Gardiner will work along with Neuberger Berman's wealth advisors and trust officers on high-net worth individual and foundation and endowment clients. With oversight of asset allocation, manager selection, and portfolio construction, Gardiner and the Investment Strategy Group will identify the most appropriate managers and investment strategies across multiple regions to
Earnings estimates data from Estimize, the open financial estimates platform which facilitates the aggregation of fundamental estimates, are now available within the OTAS Portfolio Analytics App suite.  OTAS clients will also have the ability to contribute their own estimates, adding significant data points that will enhance and deepen coverage of the Estimize data set over the long term.  The new “Estimize Stamp” is accessible by entitlement only and is available for a coverage universe of 2,150 US stocks in the OTAS Core summary. The Stamp allows users to quickly visualise where divergences occur in consensus between ‘the Street’ and other

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