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The Hedge Fund Association (HFA) has welcomed the passing of the Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act by the US House of Representatives which incorporates the addition of a knowledge and education-based category of accredited investors.
The House bill would amend Section 2(a)(15) of the Securities Act of 1933, the definition of "accredited investor" that determines which investors may participate in private securities offerings not registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The HFA, an international not-for-profit organisation representing the interests of investors, hedge funds and service providers, believes that the bill provides a much needed practical update
- 18/02/2016
Broadridge Financial Solutions has enhanced its corporate governance solution offering in Europe by taking a minority stake and entering into an exclusive distribution and marketing alliance with AMA Partners, BV (AMA).
AMA is a Netherlands-based firm and provider of DirectorInsight, an innovative and powerful analytics platform that offers data and analytical tools for independent analysis of corporate governance and executive compensation. The deal expands Broadridge's corporate governance solution set and data capabilities to give corporations and institutional investment firms in key European markets access to an expanded, customisable data and analytics platform.
DirectorInsight is a one-stop, interactive online corporate
- 18/02/2016
- 18/02/2016
Kyc.com, a joint venture between Markit and Genpact has expanded its service to Hong Kong and Singapore. This roll out is in addition to jurisdictional coverage in the US, UK and Australia which launched in 2014.
Standard Chartered, the UK headquartered bank with a large footprint in Asia, is supportive of kyc.com and in the process of joining the service. In addition, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Morgan Stanley and UBS are already signed up and will be using the service to support their due diligence in the region. Over 1,500 buyside firms and corporations, representing 37,000 legal entities are also using
- 18/02/2016
REDI Global Technologies has partnered with OpenFin, a provider of HTML5 container technology. Through the relationship, REDI and its partners will leverage OpenFin's technology to deploy new web-based applications within trade management platforms.
As a result, users will be able to access native REDI and third-party content in a much more flexible and efficient manner.
"OpenFin is fundamentally changing the way applications are written, deployed and run within the financial community," says REDI CTO Mark Etherington (pictured). "Ten years ago, the idea that you could natively integrate web-based applications from multiple providers within a legacy environment in a way
- 18/02/2016
Kairos Investment Management (Kairos) has launched the SuMi-Kairos Multi Strategy fund which is being managed by Kairos for distribution into the Japanese market by Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Limited (SuMiTB).
The fund has been set up as a Japanese domestic fund structure to purchase a dedicated fund of hedge funds vehicle already managed by Kairos.
The fund, which was launched in late December and has grown to USD170 million with additional investments planned, is being sold to individual and institutional investors in Japan by SuMiTB and will be one of the core mid to long-term alternative investment products within
- 18/02/2016
Neuberger Berman has appointed David Rowe (pictured) to the role of Head of Marketing – EMEA, effective immediately.
Rowe is responsible for developing and implementing marketing strategy to support Neuberger Berman’s growing EMEA business across all client channels, based in London.
Dik van Lomwel, Head of EMEA and Latin America, says: “We are excited about David’s addition to the firm at a time when communication with our clients is more important than ever. His deep understanding and experience of marketing across EMEA will play a key role in tailoring our capabilities to each diverse market and supporting our dedicated
- 17/02/2016
Crédit Agricole CIB, the Corporate & Investment Banking arm of the Crédit Agricole Group, is a new user of EurexOTC Clear for Interest Rate Swaps (IRS), a service offered by Eurex Clearing, part of the Deutsche Börse Group. 


Arnaud d’Intignano, Head of Transversal Functions Group within the Global Market Division at Crédit Agricole CIB, says: “Joining EurexOTC Clear confirms Crédit Agricole CIB’s commitment to be present where the bank’s European clients choose to clear their OTC derivatives to comply with the EMIR clearing obligation. We are already a clearing member of Eurex Repo and Eurex Bonds. This extended membership will
- 17/02/2016
Seed CX has constructed the first industrial hemp derivative contracts, which will be traded on its platform, subject to regulatory approval by the CFTC.
Edward Woodford, CEO at Seed, says: “We are focused on risk mitigation tools for the industry including crop insurance and derivatives hedging capabilities. One of the key steps to this process is helping to create an active cash market and generate economic research.”
The contracts have been developed in conjunction with research conducted at Harvard Law School, assisted by faculty at MIT’s Sloan School of Management.
Woodford says: “We are excited to have developed
- 17/02/2016
A great number of the world's more than 13,000 alternative investment funds suffer from "Fund Manager's Disease," which significantly prevents those funds from increasing assets under management (AUM).
That’s according to Ole Rollag, managing principal of Murano Systems who, in his keynote presentation at the Amsterdam Investor Forum hosted by ABN Amro Bank, said that and on an industry-wide basis, the ‘disease’ serves to limit the adoption of alternative asset classes by institutional investors.
At a by-invitation-only session for global fund managers held at ABN AMRO Bank's headquarters in The Netherlands, Rollag noted that: "Because a fund's Chief Investment
- 17/02/2016
Hedge funds returned -2.60 per cent in January as the asset class recorded its worst monthly performance since 2012, with macro hedge funds the only top-level strategy to post positive returns at 0.98 per cent, according to Preqin.
In a month when leading equity indices posted significant losses — the S&P 500 posted -5.07 per cent and MSCI World posted -6.05 per cent — hedge funds pursuing equity strategies returned -4.28 per cent.
By contrast, CTAs started 2016 with returns of 1.38 per cent, their best monthly performance since they made gains of 3.75 per cent in January 2015.
- 17/02/2016
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