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Global Markets Exchange Group Limited (GMEX) has secured approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to offer its Interest Rate Swap Constant Maturity Futures (IRS CMF) to US-based firms by directly accessing GMEX Exchange.
Trade confirmation and clearing of the GMEX IRS CMF takes place at Eurex, the derivatives marketplace of Deutsche Börse. Transactions will be processed via the Eurex Trade Entry Service, which has been made available to US based exchange participants recently.
Hirander Misra (pictured), CEO and Co-Founder of GMEX Exchange, says: “With the CFTC approval, we can further expand by offering our IRS CMF to
- 18/11/2015
- 18/11/2015
Acuitas Investments has launched a long/short equity strategy aimed at delivering high absolute returns with low correlation to equity markets by building on the firm’s expertise in researching microcap and small cap managers.
The firm’s investment philosophy centres on exploiting the return opportunities available in the least efficient areas of the equity markets.
“Underfollowed areas of the equity markets such as microcap offer opportunities for skilled investors to generate an information advantage and deliver strong returns. This is the basis for Acuitas’s exclusive focus on microcap and small cap markets globally. Implementing in a long/short strategy enhances managers’ ability
- 18/11/2015
- 18/11/2015
Amundi Alternative Investments has partnered with Complus Asset Management Limited, an asset management company based in Hong Kong, to provide investors with an Asian focused Global Macro strategy on its AIFM compliant platform.
By adding Complus to its Platform, Amundi AI offers a new, complementary strategy to its existing investments. The Asian Macro Strategy, launched by Complus in 2011 is a discretionary global macro strategy with a focus on Asia.
The investment team aims to leverage its trading experience in these markets to conduct a fundamental as well as a market dynamic analysis in order to construct a balanced
- 18/11/2015
Why are co-investments becoming so prominent in the world of private equity? The performance of co-investments is analysed in this extract from the recently released Preqin Special Report: Private Equity Co-Investment Outlook, which draws upon a survey of 320 active GPs and 222 active LPs.
The most common response for perceived benefits of co-investing from an LP perspective was the prospect of better returns, so naturally investors will be anticipating a notable outperformance from co-investments compared with their traditional private equity fund commitments. As shown in Fig 1, of those LPs surveyed, 36 per cent expect co-investments to outperform
- 18/11/2015
Weighted average maturities remain tight, especially within US dollar money market funds (MMFs), says Moody’s and the firm expects managers to continue to maintain shorter portfolio WAMs as the likelihood of a December rate hike in the US increases.
Sterling MMFs' assets under management (AUM) hit their second lowest level in twelve months in the third quarter of 2015, registering a fall of 3.8 per cent to GBP93.1 billion. US prime funds recorded a 4 per cent growth in AUM, on the other hand, driven by a reduced appetite for risky assets; euro-denominated funds also experienced AUM growth, albeit smaller,
- 18/11/2015
Aventicum Alternative Equities, an investment boutique focusing on European Long/Short strategies and part of Aventicum Capital Management has launched its maiden UCITS-compliant fund.
The Aventicum UCITS – Absolute Return European Equity Fund offers international investors the opportunity to access Aventicum Alternative Equities’ existing flagship equity strategy through a UCITS ICAV onshore structure. Focusing on being invested in – rather than exposed to – equities, the strategy will adopt a fundamental bottom up approach to seek non-consensus opportunities predominantly in large- and mid-cap European equities.
Domiciled in Ireland with daily liquidity, the Fund is targeting a 10-15 per cent annualised
- 18/11/2015
Crestbridge in Jersey has been approved by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) to provide Management Company (ManCo) solutions to Jersey funds, adding further to its offshore and onshore alternative fund servicing and management capabilities.
The award of the licence means that Crestbridge in Jersey will now be one of only a handful of firms able to act on behalf of fund managers as an appointed management company, provide risk management oversight, oversee delegation for portfolio management, central administration and distribution, and coordinate communication with third parties and regulators.
The Jersey ManCo option is anticipated to be popular amongst
- 18/11/2015
Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) is collaborating with LiquidityBook, a financial services technology company that specialises in multi-platform messaging, to expand connectivity to its CBOE PULSe trader workstation.
CBOE’s PULSe trader workstation (PULSe) is an execution management system that allows traders to simultaneously and electronically access the markets via Direct Market Access (DMA), advanced routing and high-touch broker relationships. The PULSe Execution Management System (EMS) offers connectivity to CBOE, C2 Options Exchange (C2) and CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE), as well as other equity and options exchanges in one low-cost platform. Value-add features include rule 15c3-5 risk controls, 12 leg complex
- 18/11/2015
Paul Kirkby, and his experienced investment team, are joining Martin Currie in a deal that also sees the firm acquire – subject to regulatory approval – the existing, Cayman domiciled, USD167 million RIT PK Japan Fund.
Once the necessary approvals and consents are received, Kirkby will lead the Martin Currie Japan long/short investment proposition and is joined by his current co-manager Paul Smith plus incumbent manager, Claire Marwick.
Martin Currie has a long pedigree in Japanese equities and over 15 years’ experience in Japan long/short equities. In addition, Kirkby has a proven performance record stretching over a 30 year
- 18/11/2015
With more than 50 years' experience providing financial services to clients around the world, Guernsey Finance’s China Representative, Wendy Weng (pictured), discusses how the island's funds industry can offer a gateway to the UK for Chinese clients…
With several hundred Guernsey service providers, supported by a network of professional services, including global accountancy practices and multijurisdictional law firms, there is significant infrastructure and expertise available to service Chinese clients who are seeking to invest into the United Kingdom (UK).
Chinese corporate entities can use Guernsey’s offering in two principal ways: to establish a Guernsey domiciled investment fund which invests into
- 17/11/2015
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