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Institutionalisation of the hedge fund industry continues apace. According to Credit Suisse’s mid-year Hedge Fund Investor Sentiment Survey, 93 per cent of institutional investors plan to maintain or increase their allocations to the sector in the second half of this year. And the longer term trend is for more of the same. For instance, a recent report by KPMG, the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and Managed Funds Association (MFA) found that over the next five years most managers expect a significant shift in their primary capital sources, away from corporate pension funds and HNW investors towards public pension funds.
Imagineer Technology Group, a provider of technology solutions for investment management firms, has recently been added to Portfolios with Purpose’s (PwP) sponsorship family. PwP is a non-profit organisation whose mission is to raise awareness and support for impactful charities by providing them with a platform to reach new and potential supporters and donors. PwP accomplished this mission by hosting stock selection competitions where each participant competes on behalf of their favourite charity. Through this contest, individuals are able to pool the resources of the group to make a significant impact on many charities, especially those that are small, underfunded and
Catella has appointed Martin Nilsson (pictured) as new co-manager of the award-winning fund, Catella Hedgefond, in addition to his current role as manager of the Catella Nordic Long Short Equity fund. Nilsson will now also join the Catella Hedgefond management team.    Together with Sven Thorén, he will manage one of several independent equity mandates, focusing on the Nordic stock markets. The team associated with Catella Hedgefond is otherwise unchanged, with Ulf Strömsten as the responsible lead manager.   Nilsson has been a fund manager at Catella since May 2015, and has since then successfully managed Catella Nordic Long Short
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has announced that Avox Data Services, a specialist in legal entity reference data, has successfully researched and published two million entities globally in its database.  The number of researched entities continues to rise as more and more market participants rely on DTCC to help them meet their risk management and regulatory reporting obligations, including Dodd-Frank, European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Transaction Reporting, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and other mandates.   DTCC’s Avox Data Services is leveraged by financial firms worldwide to source and maintain accurate legal entity
2015 was a record breaking year for Electra Information Systems (Electra), a provider of software solutions for the asset management industry, including institutional investment managers, hedge funds, insurance companies and plan sponsors, Since its inception in 1998, Electra has been guided by a single, client-driven principle – efficient processing is critical to success. As the market continued to increase in complexity in 2015, demand for automated post-trade operation and robust data management solutions quickly rose, increasing Electra’s client base by 20 per cent. While all its solutions contributed to Electra’s growth in 2015, particular strength was evident in Electra’s reconciliation
JMP Group’s hedge fund and investment arm Harvest Capital Strategies has raised USD245 million for the Harvest Intrexon Enterprise Fund, an investment vehicle dedicated to funding companies that utilise the inventions, discoveries and technologies of Intrexon Corporation, a specialist in synthetic biology. The Harvest Intrexon Enterprise Fund will invest exclusively in entities that utilise Intrexon’s technology, with a particular focus on new companies, to spur the creation of biologically-based products across a number of sectors, which may include healthcare, food, agriculture, energy, environment, chemicals and consumer products. The fund has made two investments to date: Thrive Agrobiotics, Inc, a startup entity
European equities still present an attractive potential over the long term, but according to systematic analysis used by Quaero Capital’s Argos European Systematic Long Short Equity fund, the optimum market timing conditions to go net Long have not materialised. For some time the fund’s net investment rate has been 0 per cent (50 per cent long stocks and 50 per cent Short Eurostoxx 50 futures), which has contributed to strong outperformance relative to the HFRX Equity Hedge EUR Index.     Year to date, the fund returned +6.56 per cent, compared to –3.09 per cent for the Index. Since inception
The Archstone Partnerships, an alternative investment management firm focused exclusively on hedge fund investments, has extended its investment offerings for the first time to accredited investors through the Archstone Alternative Solutions Fund. Capitalizing on over 25 years of experience and offering unique access to leading hedge fund managers, the Archstone Alternative Solutions Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation while attempting to reduce volatility relative to the equity markets.   The Archstone Alternative Solutions Fund employs a fund of hedge funds strategy that was previously only available to qualified purchasers. It is now available to a broader group of investors
Sapient Global Markets, a provider of business technology and consulting services for the capital and commodity markets, has launched of CMRS Portal, delivering the proven trade reporting capabilities of CMRS as a fully outsourced solution. For firms with a lower volume of reportable derivatives trades, in-house solutions or on premise software is uneconomic due to the initial investment required and ongoing maintenance and support overheads. CMRS Portal is designed as a self-service solution for firms who require a low-touch approach to reporting compliance with the smallest possible infrastructure and integration investment.   “Trade reporting has been and continues to be
S W Mitchell Capital, a London-based European equity specialist, has been appointed by Balter Liquid Alternatives to sub-advise a new '40 Act liquid alternatives fund. The Balter European L/S Small Cap Fund, which launched on 31 December, 2015, provides US investors with access to S W Mitchell Capital’s concentrated bottom-up stock picking expertise.   S W Mitchell Capital partner and investment manager Jamie Carter, who has been managing dedicated long/short European smaller company strategies for more than eight years, brings almost two decades of investment experience to stock selection on the new strategy.   The Balter European L/S Small Cap

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