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Societe Generale Prime Services has announced the 2016 constituents for the Newedge CTA, Trend, and Short-Term Traders Indices.
The Newedge CTA indices are a 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 (by assets) that are open to new investment, and provide daily data. The new constituents will be effective as of 1 January 2016.
James Skeggs (pictured), Global Head of Alternative Investments Consulting at Societe Generale Prime Services, says: “We are delighted to have completed our annual constituent review
- 11/12/2015
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up 0.7 per cent in November. Four out of 11 Lyxor Indices ended the month in positive territory. The Lyxor CTA Long Term Index (+3.6 per cent), the Lyxor Global Macro Index (+1.8 per cent), and the Lyxor LS Equity Variable Bias Index (+1.2 per cent) were the best performers.
The Fed and the ECB took centre stage – again – in November. The October 28 FOMC statement downplayed abroad risks and specified that members would consider "at the next meeting" whether action would be appropriate. It spurred an orderly but clear market repositioning. Later
- 10/12/2015
Market participants must recalibrate business and operational models if they are to accommodate and benefit from fundamental changes within wholesale funding markets, according to a new BNY Mellon research paper published in conjunction with PwC Financial Services.
The newly released paper – The Future of Wholesale Funding Markets: A Focus on Repo Markets Post US Tri-Party Reform – concludes that, while regulation and ongoing reform will continue to shape wholesale funding, strong market forces combined with the underlying structure and profitability of the business are set to impact repo volumes, participant interactions, and views of risks in the system.
The
- 10/12/2015
Backstop Solutions Group, a leading provider of cloud-based solutions for hedge funds, funds of funds, private equity funds, family offices, pensions and endowments, has appointed Michael Neuman as Vice President, Information Security.
In this newly created role, Neuman will oversee Backstop’s data and information systems security, and continue to advance the company’s policies and procedures.
“Protecting our clients’ data is our top priority,” said CEO Clint Coghill. “With threats from cybercriminals continuing to rise, we are investing to ensure we maintain the highest data security standards.”
Backstop takes pride in engineering safe and secure software-as-a-service solutions for the alternative asset
- 10/12/2015
Artivest, a technology-driven investment platform, is heading in to the New Year year having passed a number of important milestones in 2015, including launching several new alternative asset funds, continuing to grow its user base of major independent advisors, providing customised white-labeled solutions for an expanding base of clients, and more than doubling the size of its staff.
Artivest’s accelerated business growth is indicative of the increasing demand among investors for access to institutional-quality alternative funds.
Having closed on a diverse array of top tier private equity and venture capital access funds since its 2013 launch, Artivest has unveiled plans
- 10/12/2015
BNY Mellon Investment Management has launched the BNY Mellon Absolute Insight Multi-Strategy Fund, an absolute return multi-strategy fund available in a liquid alternatives mutual fund vehicle.
The Fund is sub-advised by Insight Investment, a BNY Mellon investment boutique with USD605 billion under management globally, including USD27 billion in liquid alternative strategies.
The BNY Mellon Absolute Insight Multi-Strategy Fund is the first mutual fund launch in the US to be managed by Insight and is substantially similar to Insight's flagship multi-strategy absolute return capability, which has a 10-year track record of providing resilient absolute returns through episodes of market dislocation,
- 10/12/2015
BGC Partners has named Yann Le Gallais, Managing Director and Head of BGC's Swiss offices, based in Nyon.
In this role, Le Gallais will be responsible for growing BGC's business by offering a wider range of products and services to a broader client base of financial institutions in Switzerland. He reports to Jean Pierre Aubin, Executive Managing Director, Global Head of Listed Products and General Manager, Continental Europe.
"With an increasing number of asset managers and other buy-side firms establishing a larger presence in Switzerland, BGC is focused on growing our capability in this market so we can provide
- 10/12/2015
Northern Trust has been selected to provide fund administration services to the VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Investment Fund.
The fund will be administered from Northern Trust’s Guernsey office and adds to its growing client base in the Channel Islands where Northern Trust provides a comprehensive range of fund administration solutions for a broad spectrum of fund structures.
“We chose Northern Trust for its strength and the depth of its knowledge of listed funds and are delighted to be working together,” says Steve Bates (pictured), the Chairman of VOF. “Northern Trust understands the complexity and challenge of investing in frontier markets such
- 10/12/2015
Nearly two-thirds of equity analysts (61 per cent) who cover global capital markets institutions expect regulatory pressures on banks to intensify further through 2020, with potential new capital rules, informally known as "Basel IV," likely to have the greatest effect on their operations.
That’s according to a global survey of nearly 150 buy-side and sell-side analysts by Broadridge Financial Solutions who canvassed analysts across the US, Europe and Asia on their outlook for banks and their views on the industry's opportunities and challenges over the next five years.
The report, “Restructuring for Profitability," reveals that more than two-thirds of analysts
- 10/12/2015
Options available to fund managers marketing into Europe under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) will be the focus of a Guernsey funds masterclass in London next year.
The event, which takes place at the British Museum on Wednesday 3 February, will feature a panel debate among leading figures from the funds industry and a keynote speech from Lord Flight. The panel discussion will examine the benefits and suitability of National Private Placement (NPP) regimes and third country passporting under AIFMD.
In July the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) made its recommendation to grant Guernsey a third country
- 09/12/2015
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