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Capital Support has been awarded with the Cyber Essentials Plus certificate, which is presented to organisations that have displayed a particularly high level of dedication towards maintaining a high standard of cybersecurity.
The Cyber Essentials Plus certificate is a government-backed scheme, first brought in as part of the UK National Cyber Security Strategy to combat cyber-crime, particularly in the business environment. With cyber-crime due to be introduced in the national crime statistics for the first time later this year, experts predict that the figures will double, reflecting a significant shift in recent years from street crime to online crime. The
- 09/03/2016
Drawing on data compiled for the 2016 Preqin Global Hedge Fund Report, Preqin has created league tables of hedge funds that have most consistently delivered strong, stable performance.
These league tables do not seek in any way to endorse these funds, but rather to illustrate those that have performed the most consistently over the period January 2013 – December 2015. Seven top-level strategies are represented; equity strategies, macro strategies, event driven strategies, credit strategies, relative value strategies, multi-strategies and CTAs.
From its Hedge Fund Online database of over 14,000 hedge funds, Preqin ranked the 1,761 qualifying funds (those with
- 09/03/2016
Jersey Finance has appointed William McGilivray as Business Development Director for London.
In his new role, McGilivray will be the main representative for Jersey Finance in London with responsibility for identifying opportunities and building relationships between Jersey and the City, and for supporting member firms with their private wealth management, funds and capital markets growth strategies.
During a 20-year career in the financial services industry, William has worked closely with ultra-high net worth (UHNW) families and has also focused particularly on alternative investment funds.
Jersey Finance’s Deputy CEO, Richard Corrigan, says: "We are delighted to have William on
- 08/03/2016
Following the successful launch of its low carbon equity index family, Solactive AG in collaboration with South Pole Group has launched the new Solactive SPG Euro IG Low Carbon Bond Index.
The index will cover investment grade corporate bonds denominated in EUR while selecting companies that are less dependent on fossil fuels relative to higher carbon-emitting peers.
In line with the ambition shown at the recent Paris Climate Conference, many of the world leading economies have already imposed taxes or partial taxes on carbon (e.g. US, China, UK, Sweden) or implemented regulatory standards to lower emissions (e.g. Emission Trading
- 08/03/2016
La Française Global Investment Solutions (La Française GIS) has launched of a new multi-strategy long/short credit UCITS fund, LFIS Vision UCITS – Credit.
The fund goes beyond a traditional long-short approach, seeking to deliver “through-the-cycle” performance by investing opportunistically in a diverse portfolio under- or overvalued credit assets while minimising the risk of loss.
The fund is managed by La Française GIS’ Credit Strategies team, headed by Renaud Champion, and is run alongside the team’s established credit opportunities strategy, launched in June 2013. The fund's comprehensive, conviction-driven approach across credit markets leverages on the team's average of 16 years
- 08/03/2016
Pacific Fund Systems is a global leader in supporting investment fund accounting and administration through its integrated share registry/fund accounting platform, PFS-PAXUS. With fund administrators under increasing pressure from AIFMs to provide a broader suite of regulatory reporting services – most notably Annex IV reporting under AIFMD – demand has grown for integrated systems that can house fund data on a single platform. This is precisely what PFS-PAXUS offers, avoiding the need for reliance on multiple systems by utilising a single database infrastructure to deliver greater workflow efficiencies, reduced risk, and more timely valuations.
Two years ago, to keep pace
- 08/03/2016
- 08/03/2016
Lawson Conner operates a specialist fund manager platform providing FCA license coverage as well as compliance and regulatory oversight on behalf of alternative fund managers. Over the last few years, the firm has seen a dramatic shift to ManCo structures as new managers, and, more importantly, institutional investors, appreciate the virtues of using an outsourced AIFM solution. By working with an established AIFM platform, emerging managers can focus on producing returns and managing their trading strategy.
"Recently, the sentiment for launching new fund structures has been strong and there is clear interest among managers in using an AIFM structure with
- 08/03/2016
One of the biggest decisions for fund managers under AIFMD is whether or not to appoint an external AIFM. But as management companies, many of whom have experience supporting traditional managers under the UCITS framework, continue to espouse the virtues of outsourcing the ManCo function, alternative fund managers in different geographies are beginning to understand the benefits of going down this path.
"In the US, especially, fund managers are getting to grips with the concept that someone else can take over and run the governance function and do all the necessary risk management without necessarily giving up too much control,"
- 08/03/2016
Under Article 21 of the AIFMD, any AIFM running an EU-based AIF is required to appoint a single full scope depositary to carry out four core duties: cash monitoring, safekeeping and verification of assets and general oversight of the AIF. For EU managers with experience of running UCITS funds alongside their offshore Cayman fund(s), this arrangement is a familiar one, but for AIFMs marketing non-EU AIFs into Europe, the concept of appointing a depositary is unfamiliar.
This is made slightly easier in the sense that the AIFM of a non-EU AIF can, under article 36 of the Directive, avail of
- 08/03/2016
Heritage Depositary Company (UK) Limited (Heritage Depositary) operates what the FCA refers to as a `PE Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) depositary'. Whilst it is able to provide full depositary services to most AIF structures, Heritage's depositary services are focused on, but not limited to private equity, real estate, infrastructure, venture capital and esoteric alternative funds investing in both developed and emerging markets.
"The AIF's we oversee invest in what are classed as non-financial assets. We do however have the capability to hold such `Financial Assets' through our recognised and authorised global custodian," explains Gerry Warwick, Director of Heritage Depositary.
- 08/03/2016
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