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Man GLG, the discretionary investment management business of Man Group, has appointed Guillermo Ossés as Head of Emerging Market Debt Strategies, based in New York.
Ossés, who brings 24 years of experience in emerging markets fixed income investing to Man GLG, joins the firm from HSBC Asset Management. Ossés joined HSBC in 2011 and led the firm’s emerging markets fixed income capabilities, managing in excess of USD20 billion. Prior to this, Guillermo was an emerging markets fixed income portfolio manager at PIMCO and held emerging markets positions at Barclays Capital and Deutsche Bank. He holds a BA in Business from
- 25/01/2016
JC Flowers & Co is to acquire Chi-X Australia, Chi-X Japan and Chi-Tech Hong Kong. Financial terms of the transaction, which is expected t close in Q1 2016, have not been disclosed.
Tal Cohen (pictured), CEO of Chi-X Global, says: “We are pleased to announce that JC Flowers & Co has agreed to acquire Chi-X Australia, Chi-X Japan and Chi-Tech. Over the past five years, Chi-X has established itself as an integral part of the financial markets in Asia Pacific through our commitment to competition and innovation.” 

“JC Flowers & Co has a deep appreciation for these markets and shares
- 25/01/2016
The Jefferies Managed Futures Fund, one of the funds managed by the Strategic Investments Division of Jefferies Investment Advisers and a member of the Leucadia Asset Management family of funds, has beed added to the SG Short Term Traders Index (formerly Newedge Short Term Traders Index).
The index, which is comprised of the largest 10 managers by AUM that meet specified criteria, is designed to track the performance of short-term, diversified Commodity Trading Advisors (CTA) and Global Macro managers.
Jefferies Managed Futures Fund’s investment program employs a diverse set of systematic, short to medium term trading strategies applied to
- 22/01/2016
Trian Fund Management has appoiunted Michael D White, former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of DIRECTV, and former Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo International and Vice Chairman of PepsiCo, to its team of Advisory Partners.
White joins Trian’s other Advisory Partners, William R Johnson, Dennis M Kass and Dennis Reilley, in providing support to Trian in various ways, including by identifying potential investment opportunities, assisting with due diligence, formulating strategic and operating initiatives for the companies in which Trian invests, and engaging with public company management teams, Boards of Directors, shareholders, and external advisors.
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- 22/01/2016
Legg Mason has agreed to combine Permal, its existing hedge fund platform, with EnTrust Capital, an independent hedge fund investor and alternative asset manager headquartered in New York with approximately USD12 billion in total assets.
The business combination will create a new global alternatives firm with over $USD6 billion in pro-forma AUM and total assets of USD29 billion and will have a diverse offering of proprietary investment products with a significant number of institutional and high net worth investors.
As a result of the combination, Legg Mason will own 65 per cent of the new entity, branded EnTrustPermal, with 35
- 22/01/2016
As investors continue to boost their allocations to alternatives, how they address the issue of enterprise risk can have important consequences for the perceived risk within their portfolios, according to a new white paper from BNY Mellon.
Enterprise risk analysis, including stress testing and scenario assessment, has become increasingly popular with institutional investors. But alternative investments – hedge funds, private equity, real estate, etc – present many challenges.
Authored by BNY Mellon and its affiliate HedgeMark, the paper, Considering the Alternatives: A Practical Look at Enterprise Risk Analysis and Alternative Investments, explores the impact of incorporating illiquid
- 22/01/2016
Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE) ICE Futures US achieved daily volume records in cocoa futures and cocoa options with 87,195 contracts and 29,211 contracts traded respectively on 20 January, 2016.
The previous record for cocoa futures was set on 6 June, 2013 with 82,659 contracts traded; and the previous record for cocoa options was set on 15 October, 2015 with 23,242 contracts traded.
The ICE Futures US soft commodity offering provides market participants in the agriculture industry with tools to manage the price risk associated with crop production, weather patterns and changes in supply and demand. As well as offering cocoa,
- 22/01/2016
Shinsuke Takarada has joined RWC Partners’ joint venture partner Nissay Asset Management (NAM) in Tokyo as a Senior Portfolio Manager specifically to work on the corporate engagement focussed RWC Nissay Japan Focus Fund and Dublin-domiciled Japanese Stewardship Fund.
Before joining NAM, Shinsuke worked at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities specialising in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues. Prior to that, he worked for Dainippon Printing as a consultant on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) management. His MBA at Aoyama Gakuin University focused on corporate governance, including a research paper on the impact of ESG factors on the cost of capital.
- 22/01/2016
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has launched the CFTC Whistleblower Program’s new website, www.whistleblower.gov, which is designed to educate the public about the program and allow users to submit tips about potential violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and apply for monetary awards.
The new website outlines whistleblower rights and protections and guides users through the process of filing a whistleblower tip and applying for an award. The website also provides users with easy access to the rules and regulations governing the CFTC’s Whistleblower Program, final award determinations, notices of covered actions, and press releases, while encouraging
- 22/01/2016
- 22/01/2016
ALTIN, the USD240 million multi-strategy fund of hedge funds listed on the London and Swiss stock exchanges, ended the year in positive territory (+2.20 per cent YTD), 2 per cent to 3 per cent ahead of hedge fund and fund of fund indices, which were on average negative in 2015.
The HFRI FoF Index and the MSCI World Net Return Index recorded -0.34 per cent and -0.87 per cent over the same period.
The ALTIN share price was up +11.42 per cent and +12.04 per cent on the Swiss (SIX) and London (LSE) exchanges respectively in 2015. Over the
- 22/01/2016
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