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Following Fidante Partners’ acquisition of Dexion Capital Holdings Limited in July 2015, the combined business is rebranding as Fidante Partners.
The business will operate as Fidante Partners and Fidante Capital and comprises an international investment management business which is fully owned by Challenger Limited, an Australian securities exchange-listed company with a market capitalisation of AUD4.7 billion (USD3.6 billion) 2 and AUM of AUD57.6 billion (USD42.0 billion)1.
With funds under management of AUD41.6 billion (USD30.3 billion), Fidante Partners is an investment management company that partners with specialist asset management firms.1
Fidante Partners provides access to high quality products across
- 21/03/2016
- 21/03/2016
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for March 2016 measured 4.26 per cent, up from 3.27 per cent in February.
"SS&C GlobeOp's Forward Redemption Indicator for March 2016 was 4.26 per cent, an increase from 3.27 per cent for February 2016. The 4.26 per cent for March 2016 was also an increase on a year over year basis compared to 3.91 per cent for March of 2015," says Bill Stone (pictured), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, SS&C Technologies. "This was the first year over year increase in the Forward Redemption Indicator in several months so it will be interesting to
- 21/03/2016
Quantopian, the crowd-sourced quantitative investment firm, will launch in Australia this weekend with a series of outreach events for local practicing and aspirational quants.
Quantopian, which was founded in the US in 2011, provides an open platform where anyone can research, backtest, and execute their algorithmic strategies. The firm picks the best-performing algorithms and allocates capital to them. The algorithm authors are paid a percentage of profits earned by the algorithm, and retain the rights to it as their intellectual property. An Australian was among the first to receive an allocation from the firm for his algorithm in 2015.
In
- 21/03/2016
SS&C Technologies Holdings has appointed Stephanie Miller s Senior Vice President in April 2016. Miller will report to Rahul Kanwar, Head of SS&C Alternative Assets.
Formerly head of JP Morgan's fund administration business, Miller brings nearly 15 years running top 10 fund administration businesses, a track record of delivering on financial goals, and extensive expertise in dealing with local regulators and compliance for multi-jurisdictional governance. As a member of the senior executive team, Miller will help shape the overall alternatives business strategy. She will also be responsible for pre-sales and implementations with a special focus on developing and implementing solutions
- 21/03/2016
Chicago-based LJM Partners has added two new positions to it’s expanding management team roster, as the 17 year old financial firm continues to grow.
Susie Braman joins LJM Partners in the new role of Compliance and Operations manager. She previously worked with Liccar Securities, a boutique broker-dealer compliance and operations firm specializing in hedge fund custodial services, private securities transactions, and mutual fund sales. She will manage day to day compliance and operations issues and all regulatory reporting for LJM’s portfolios.
Alexa Auerbach also joins LJM in the new role of Director of Marketing. Auerbach joins LJM from Morningstar where
- 21/03/2016
FIX Trading Community is sponsoring the ISO Study Group to determine the rules for the allocation of the ISIN standard to derivative instruments.
As part of this effort, FIX is documenting a set of best practices to support the creation and dissemination of the ISIN identifiers amongst market participants using the FIX open standards. The other standards currently being discussed by the Study Group include FpML and multiple ISO standards. FIX is committed to integrating its open standards with both ISO and FpML to ensure maximum inter-operability amongst the standards.
The ISO TC68/SC4/SG2 Study Group on ISIN Allocation for OTC
- 21/03/2016
Shareholders of ALTIN have rejected the proposals of Alpine Select to pay out a substantial dividend and to recall three long-standing members of the Board and replace them with appointees nominated by Alpine Select.
Thomas Amstutz has been elected as a member of the Board of Directors.
Shareholders have voted, by a significant margin, against Alpine Select’s requested distribution of a gross dividend of CHF 68,994,120 (CHF 20 per share before deduction of 35 per cent Swiss withholding tax) out of the retained earnings. The Board of Directors is pleased with this decision, as such a significant distribution would
- 21/03/2016
The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) launched a new website last year www.isefundhub.com for funds listed on the ISE to display important fund information such as key fund documents, investment manager profiles, NAV histories and analytics as well as peer comparisons among funds. There are currently over 2,000 funds listed on the ISE. Funds list on the exchange for a variety of reasons but predominantly to attract investment from institutional investors who may be otherwise restricted. A listing also provides investors with an additional layer of regulatory oversight as well as tax benefits in certain markets and increased transparency and visibility.
- 21/03/2016
Following the recent merger with BVI law firm, Orion Law, Cayman Islands and BVI attorneys-at-law, Travers Thorp Alberga, has appointed three new Partners and three new Associates.
Lucy Nicklas, a hedge fund and private equity specialist of some 15 years standing formerly with Perpetual and offshore lawyers, Walkers and then Maples, has joined the firm’s hedge fund group as a Partner in the Hong Kong office.
Nicklas will shortly be joined by her former colleague, Silva Seferian Jacotine, a hedge fund specialist of similar standing who will join the hedge fund group in the Cayman Islands office at the
- 18/03/2016
- 18/03/2016
Maples Fund Services has been appointed by Singapore-based EFA Group as administrator for its new asset-based direct lending vehicle, EFA Real Economy Income Trust (EFA RET).
Maples Fund Services will provide a full range of administration services, including fund accounting and investor services services for EFA RET. Its customisable approach and sophisticated infrastructure, coupled with the expertise and experience of its team in working with loan and credit funds, were key elements in EFA Group’s decision to engage Maples Fund Services for EFA RET. Maples Fund Services was also selected to provide fund administration services to EFA Group’s Trade Finance
- 18/03/2016
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