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Risk assets continued to be bruised and shaken during the second week of January, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. On top of the Fed tightening bias, the fear that China has engaged in a currency war and the likely deepening of the US earnings recession in Q4-15, have contributed to the sharp fall in stock prices. During the first two weeks of January, benchmark equity indices fell between the range of 5 per cent to 10 per cent, high yield spreads widened by 40 and 50 bps respectively in the US and Europe,
TOM has published a report analysing liquidity on the various exchanges listing Dutch equity derivatives ahead of the introduction of MiFIDII starting 2017. MiFIDII obliges banks and brokers to take all “sufficient” steps in order to achieve the best possible result when executing option transactions for customers.   In doing so, the bank or broker needs to decide on which exchanges it makes available to its customers and publish annually the top five list of exchanges on which orders have been executed.   In order to support the market with this process, TOM has published a report which demonstrates which
Mirabaud Securities, the brokerage and corporate finance arm of Swiss financial and banking Group Mirabaud, has enhanced its expertise in the petrochemicals sector with the appointment of David Thomas as oil and gas analyst. Thomas, who joined Mirabaud Securities to cover the oil & gas services sector, has now initiated coverage on seven stocks with a positive view of the sector. His coverage includes Amec Foster Wheeler, Aker Solutions, Petrofrac, Saipem, Subsea 7, Technip and Wood Group. This hire complements Mirabaud’s existing coverage of the E&P sector led by Richard Savage, and the Spanish stocks Repsol and Tecnicas Reunidas covered
Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, has launched its EMEA Next Gen Algo suite, which is designed to enhance the trading performance of its institutional Members. Liquidnet’s Next Gen Algos are the only ones that fully leverage Liquidnet’s network of more than 800 global institutions offering over USD20 billion of EMEA average daily liquidity. Over 15 per cent of algo executions are traded in Liquidnet with an average execution size of USD590k (Q4 2015). Liquidnet is also introducing a special “I Would” feature which gives Members additional control over the blocks they access in Liquidnet whilst using the algo suite.
Marc Desmidt has been named Chief Executive Officer for the Asia-Pacific region at Point72 Asset Management (Point72). In this newly created role, Desmidt will oversee the operations of the Firm’s offices in Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore and will drive Point72’s strategic objectives throughout the region.   Seiji Onoe, based in Tokyo, will continue to lead the portfolio managers that focus on the Japan Sector and Howard Man, based in Hong Kong, will continue to lead all other investment teams in Asia, both of whom will report to Desmidt.   “Marc has spent a quarter century investing, managing and leading
December was another difficult month for the hedge fund industry, as the Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark recorded performance of -0.40 per cent. This puts full-year performance for 2015 at 2.02 per cent, the lowest yearly return since 2011, when hedge funds posted -1.77 per cent. December’s losses mean that hedge funds have posted negative returns in five months of the year, while only three months saw them gain more than 1.00 per cent. All top level hedge fund strategies experienced losses in the final month of 2015, with equity strategies posting a negative return of -0.64 per cent, and
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down -0.7 per cent in December, with three out of 11 Lyxor Indices ending the month in positive territory. The best performers were the Lyxor Merger Arbitrage Index (+1.5 per cent), the Lyxor LS Equity Variable Bias Index (+1.1 per cent), and the Lyxor CTA Short Term Index (+0 per cent) were the best performers.   Disappointment following the ECB meeting and worsening concerns about credit and oil kept pressure on risky asset in early December. After the confirmed Fed’s rate hike, the bottoming in prices by mid-month paved the way for a year-end
Northill Capital (Northill) is to acquire a majority interest in Capital Four Holding, a European High Yield asset management firm, based in Copenhagen, with an award winning performance track record and approximately EUR6 billion of assets under management. Northill’s investment in Capital Four is consistent with its strategy to invest over the long term in high quality, single-purpose asset management businesses.   Northill’s investment in Capital Four represents approximately 60% of the firm’s equity, with existing partners Sandro Näf, Torben Skødeberg and Henrik Østergaard maintaining ownership of approximately 40%.  As a result of the transaction, Northill will have indirectly acquired
After a year of media planning and buying for a leading global financial services client, Opportet Media Group has utilised a combination of traditional and new digital media in an innovative plan, reaching a precise business target audience, and bringing through the newest buying tactics, to produce significant results. Opportet is capitalising on the ability to precisely target top financial services management in digital media, and place messaging in the most relevant content, to reach the financial services market decision makers. Year long planning produced dramatic double digit percent increases in web site visits, white paper downloads, and active sales
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.

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