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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
- 13/01/2016
The Cayman Alternative Investment Summit (CAIS) has become an authoritative platform for fresh thinking on alternative investing and 2016 is set to raise the bar another notch higher.
Taking place at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel between 4 and 5 February 2016, Grand Cayman, the theme of CAIS 2016 is “Alternative Investments: Supercharged”.
Looking at some of the issues the funds industry has faced over the last couple of years, from an economic perspective there’s been significant quantitative easing, high asset prices, issues around commodities, and more recently a big question mark over China’s economy.
In the opinion of Anthony Cowell, Partner and Head
- 13/01/2016
QIC – a global diversified alternative investment firm – has appointed Eric Belman to the QIC Global Infrastructure team in its newly-established New York office.
Belman will lead the firm’s infrastructure origination, investment and execution efforts in North America. QIC is one of Australia’s largest institutional investment managers, offering infrastructure, real estate, private equity, liquid strategies and multi-asset investments.
Belman’s appointment is part of QIC’s geographic expansion strategy and further deepens the firm’s sector expertise in the infrastructure space. This hiring follows the appointment in March 2015 of Giles Tucker in London to develop QIC’s European infrastructure investments efforts
- 13/01/2016
- 13/01/2016
Elian has strengthened its recently launched commercial team with two senior appointments.
Lisa Mclauchlan has been appointed business development and marketing director, and Mari Hietala-David (pictured, with Mclauchlan) has been appointed to oversee marketing and business development for private equity and real estate funds.
Both positions are in Elian’s commercial team, which is responsible for the continual development of new products, and driving business growth and market share, whilst maintaining high levels of client service across the globe.
As part of the newly created role, Mclauchlan will oversee all marketing and business development activity across Elian’s service lines
- 13/01/2016
Dynasty Financial Partners has teamed with iCapital Network to launch the Dynasty Select platform of alternative asset managers.
Dynasty will now offer access to private equity funds, hedge funds and direct investments together with institutional-quality research and diligence, leveraging iCapital’s technology to provide end-to-end automated transactional support for financial advisors and their clients.
Dynasty Select also provides for turn-key processing and administrative solutions for the RIAs and dually-registered advisors who have curated their own roster of alternative managers.
Key features of the platform, which will be accessible through the Dynasty Desktop, include access to top private equity, hedge,
- 13/01/2016
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has registered a new annual record on its dairy futures market in 2015 with a total volume of 29,380 tonnes – 5,876 contracts – traded in this sector throughout the year.
This surpasses the previous maximum recorded in 2014 which totalled 26,385 tonnes (which corresponded to 5,277 contracts).
This represents a year on year increase of 11 per cent, which in turn sets a new record as the highest annual volume for dairy product risk management instruments that are traded on any exchange in Europe. EEX has offered trading in agricultural futures since 11
- 13/01/2016
- 13/01/2016
The number of Jersey-registered alternative fund managers marketing into Europe through national private placement regimes (NPPRs) under the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) rose significantly again over the final six months of 2015.
That’s according to new figures from the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) which show that as at December 2015, 104 alternative fund managers (AIFMs) had been authorised in Jersey to market into Europe through NPPRs, up 24 per cent compared to June last year. Over the same period, the number of Jersey alternative funds (AIFs) being marketed into Europe through NPPR authorisation stood at 230,
- 13/01/2016
First Derivatives (FD), a provider of software and consulting services, has acquired the entire issued share capital of QuantumKDB in a deal worth up to up to GBP2.2 million.
The acquisition provides the Group with complementary consultancy expertise to support the growth of its Kx business and is expected to be earnings enhancing in the first full year following acquisition.
Quantum was founded in 2011 by its CEO Kieran Lucid and provides Kx consulting in the UK, US and Hong Kong. The majority of its clients operate in capital markets and the acquisition will strengthen the Group’s relationship with
- 13/01/2016
- 13/01/2016
The Pittsburgh office of global law firm K&L Gates has appointed Brian Vargo and Michelle Repp as partners in the firm’s investment management, hedge funds and alternative investments and corporate/M&A practices, respectively.
Vargo joins the firm from Dechert LLP, while Repp returns to K&L Gates from II-VI Incorporated, where she served as Corporate Counsel and Director of Legal Affairs.
Vargo advises investment management firms and private and registered funds on matters relating to organisation, governance, and operations, including compliance with securities and commodities laws and regulations. A founding member, officer, and former chairman of the board of the Mid-Atlantic Hedge Fund
- 12/01/2016
Societe Generale Prime Services has created the new SG CTA Mutual Fund Index, a performance benchmark for 1940 Act US registered mutual funds that pursue managed futures strategies.
The new CTA Mutual Fund Index is the fourth daily index designed and calculated by Societe Generale, joining the SG CTA Index, the SG Trend Index, and the SG Short-Term Traders Index in teh company’s offering. The Prime Services daily indices are an industry leading suite of performance benchmarks, based on the largest CTA programs. The indices calculate the daily rate of return for an equally weighted group of the largest CTAs
- 12/01/2016
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