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Dalton Strategic Partnership (Dalton) has appointed two new equity research analysts to its Melchior European Absolute Return team, taking the overall team size to seven.
Christos Damianou has joined Dalton from Fidelity Worldwide Investment where he was an equity research analyst. Nabeel Mughal joined the team in January this year having been at Dalton for seven years, during which time he was an equity research analyst and portfolio manager on the firm’s US desk. Nabeel was previously an equity research analyst at Henderson Global Investors, before joining Dalton in 2009.
Christos and Nabeel will work alongside the existing team
- 23/03/2016
The Exchange Council of the European Energy Exchange (EEX) has welcomed plans for the exchange to introduce additional trading platforms for power and natural gas, in addition to the existing exchange markets.
The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive classifies energy derivatives as financial instruments. This creates additional requirements and has increased entry barriers for the market participants who wish to trade. However, transactions traded on a new platform to be introduced – the “Organised Trading Facility” (OTF) – are exempt from this provision.
The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) classifies energy derivatives as financial instruments. This creates additional requirements
- 23/03/2016
There was a palpable air of excitement at the 5th Amsterdam Investor Forum, hosted by ABN AMRO AMRO Clearing at the bank’s headquarters on 17 February 2016. This was the biggest event yet with approximately 280 attendees, of whom 42 per cent were institutional investors and FoHFs, 40 per cent were single hedge fund managers, and 18 per cent were service providers including hedge fund consultants.
During the course of the day, a wide range of engaging panel discussions provided insights on some of the key trends and issues shaping Europe’s hedge fund industry. And judging by the level of networking
- 23/03/2016
- 23/03/2016
Duff & Phelps, has launch new cybersecurity services that assist financial services companies in identifying and reducing cybersecurity risk.
With Duff & Phelps’ enhanced service offering, the firm is now unique in its ability to manage cybersecurity risk at every stage of preparedness: identifying vulnerabilities and readiness through a comprehensive gap analysis; implementing best practices to avoid compromise; and recovering from cybersecurity attacks.
The firm’s cybersecurity efforts are led by Managing Directors Jason Elmer and Brian Lozada, who joined Duff & Phelps’ Compliance and Regulatory Consulting practice last month.
“Cybersecurity failures represent a tangible threat to a firm’s value,”
- 23/03/2016
Credit Suisse is to pay penalties totalling USD650,000 to settle charges that London-based Credit Suisse International exceeded the CFTC all-months speculative position limit for the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat futures contracts in April and June 2009, despite having been granted an increased hedge exemption by the CFTC.
The penalty includes a USD140,000 charge against Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (CSS-USA), based in New York, NY, for submitting materially false or misleading information during the CFTC’s investigation into certain inflated swap positions and thus inflated hedge exemptions for CBOT wheat futures contracts for CSS-USA, CSI, and other affiliates for
- 23/03/2016
Global institutional advisory firm Cornerstone Capital Management has been named as “Best 130/30 Strategy Hedge Fund” for 2016 by Hedgeweek.
The award celebrates Cornerstone’s outstanding performance in the long-short equity fund strategy and underscores the team’s ability to navigate the complexities of the market to drive strong portfolio returns in 2015.
The Hedgeweek Awards 2016 for excellence among hedge fund managers and service providers celebrate the achievements of firms that contributed to another significant year for the sector in 2015. The shortlist of top performers was produced by Preqin, the alternative asset industry’s leading source of data and intelligence, and
- 23/03/2016
CME Group, in its capacity as joint administrator and calculation agent for the LBMA Silver Price, and Thomson Reuters, are implementing new measures to further enhance and develop the LBMA Silver Price Benchmark, based on ongoing consultation with participants and approval of the independent Oversight Committee.
These new measures follow the introduction of a circuit breaker in January 2016 aimed at further developing the LBMA Silver Price Benchmark and protecting its integrity. This allows for the auction to be stopped, reset and restarted to address significant price movements during the auction, which are inconsistent with the underlying market.
The new
- 23/03/2016
Agecroft Partners has announced its leadoff Institutional Investor and Consultant panel for the Gaining the Edge – Hedge Fund Marketing Leadership Summit taking place in NYC on 28 April.
Panelist will include: Craig Bergstrom, CFA, Partner, Chief Investment Officer, Corbin Capital Partners; Andrew Fisch, Managing Director, Investcorp Investment Advisers LLC; Panayiotis Lambropoulos, CAIA, FRM, Portfolio Manager – Hedge Funds, Employees Retirement System of Texas; Chris Solarz, Managing Director, Head of Global Macro Strategies, Cliffwater, LLC; and Michael Weinberg, Senior Managing Director, Chief Investment Strategist, Protégé Partners, LLC.
The hedge fund industry is dominated by assets from institutional investors and
- 23/03/2016
New investments into hedge funds in February 2016 were a trickle at USD4.4 billion with performance losses of USD24.5 billion dropping overall industry AUM to USD2.94 trillion, according to the February 2016 eVestment Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report.
February has historically seen elevated flows into the industry. Over the prior six Februaries, from 2010 to 2015, investors added an average of USD22.6 billion in net new capital to hedge funds, according to eVestment data. The dramatically reduced new investment into hedge funds this February reflects investor dissatisfaction with 2015 returns.
While overall asset flows are a challenge for the
- 23/03/2016
Broadridge Financial Solutions has enhanced its Managed Data Service offering with the addition of several professionals with extensive experience in data management software.
Robert Revesz has been named Senior Director, with a focus on reference data client services and implementations. He joins Nathan Wolaver, Michael Sunwoo and Tim Versteeg, all of whom have joined the firm recently from Asset Control and are focused on strengthening the Managed Data Service solution. Revesz will be instrumental in helping to deliver the enterprise benefits of a managed reference data service across Broadridge’s global client base. He is based in New York.
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- 23/03/2016
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