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Reynders, McVeigh Capital Management, a socially progressive investment management firm, has appointed Lisa Chioffi, CFA as a Senior Portfolio Manager.
Chioffi brings more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry to Reynders, McVeigh including expertise in equity research and portfolio management, serving individuals, endowments, traditional trusts, and special needs trusts. As a Senior Portfolio Manager and a member of the senior leadership team, she strategically aligns client portfolios with both their individual values and needs.
“We are thrilled to add Lisa to the Reynders, McVeigh team as she is a professional of the highest caliber serving
- 10/02/2016
Fund governance firm DMS Offshore Investment Services (DMS) has recruited David Morrissey, former Managing Director of SEI Investments Global Fund Services to serve as Executive Director with its Dublin team.
He will lead all aspects of client service delivery across multiple product lines and will also serve as an independent director on Irish and Luxembourg funds.
DMS Chief Executive Officer Anne Storie, says: "David comes to DMS with a remarkable track record of success in product development and client service in the alternative investment fund industry. His expertise and insights in areas such as AIFMD and UCITS are well
- 10/02/2016
- 10/02/2016
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), the body responsible for ensuring the operational integrity of the Global Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) System, has launched its data quality management program.
Based on a set of clearly defined criteria, the program allows the quality of the LEI data pool (the publicly available information on legal entities identifiable with an LEI) to be monitored, assessed and further optimised. The first monthly report, published today, reflects the very high level of data quality already achieved in the Global LEI System.
The LEI connects to key reference information that enables clear and unique
- 09/02/2016
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has released a new guide to operational risk management for alternative asset management firms.
The AIMA Guide to Sound Practices for Operational Risk Management focuses on a wide variety of risks that could result in loss from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems or from external events.
This is the first time that AIMA has produced a Guide covering all aspects of operational risk. Previous AIMA guides have focused on certain features of this broad area including cyber security, valuation and business continuity management.
The new guide, which is available
- 09/02/2016
Gurtin Fixed Income Management,, an SEC-registered investment advisor managing over USD10 billion in assets as of January 2016, has promoted Thomas Schuette to Partner and Co-Head of Portfolio Management, enabling closer integration of credit research and portfolio management.
"As Co-Head of Credit Research, Tom has made a lasting impact on the fabric of the firm," says Bill Gurtin, CEO. "His commitment to maintaining a high bar for the credit quality of our clients' portfolios and ability to think in terms of relative value have greatly contributed toward our effective management of a growing suite of uniquely credit-driven municipal strategies. I'm
- 09/02/2016
A new financial platform is aiming to bridge the gap between simple words and complex investment strategy. For the first time, investors and traders can write down their ideas which are then analysed, optimised, converted into investment strategies and executed on a chosen trading platform.
The platform sits on the trading page of a bank or broker and is accessible via a simple Google-like text entry field that reads written words and makes suggestions for more rounded instructions.
An investor might write a simple request ; “Buy 100 shares of Google at market price” or a much more complex
- 09/02/2016
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an Order to the Korea Exchange (KRX) permitting certain KRX Members to solicit and accept orders and in connection therewith, accept funds directly from U.S. customers for trading on KRX without having to register with the CFTC as futures commission merchants (FCMs).
The order also permits these designated KRX Members to engage in marketing conduct in the US for a period not to exceed thirty days. This exemption follows similar exemptions granted to other foreign exchanges or foreign regulators pursuant to Regulation 30.10.
The order will be published in the Federal
- 09/02/2016
A total of 42 hedge fund deals were closed or announced globally in 2015, exceeding the 32 transactions that closed in 2014, according to the 4th edition of Madison Capital’s hedge fund industry M&A overview.
Additionally, 2015 transaction volume as measured by AUM was approximately 27% higher than 2014. Propelled by the wave of transactions in the fourth quarter of 2015, there are other key drivers creating deal momentum, positioning 2016 to be a record year in terms of hedge fund M&A transactions.
According to the report, hedge fund industry assets are at an all time high despite the
- 09/02/2016
BIL Manage Invest, the third-party management company of the Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL) Group has received approval from the CSSF_ to launch its Lux Multimanager SICAV, a hosted “rent-a-compartment” UCITS fund platform.
Lux Multimanager SICAV provides third-party investment managers, fund initiators and other fund promoters (managers) of investment funds with a fully UCITS-compliant umbrella fund platform within which they can manage a sub-fund (compartment) in accordance with their own investment strategies. BIL Manage Invest has appointed RBC Investor Services Bank SA in Luxembourg to provide custody, central administration and domiciliary services to the platform.
The managers are appointed
- 09/02/2016
All managed futures indices posted positive returns in the first month of the year, with Societe Generale’s headline SG CTA Index leading performance. At 4.21 per cent this is the highest monthly return for the index since 2015’s opening month. Short-term traders also made significant gains, ending up 3.73 per cent.
The newly launched SG CTA Mutual Fund index made a strong start, completing its first live month up 2.64 per cent.
The SG Trend Indicator mirrored the gains of the SG Trend Index, ending up 2.35 per cent. Performance attribution from the Trend Indicator shows trend-followers benefitted from
- 08/02/2016
- 08/02/2016
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