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Voth Nixon Group has launched the VNX Alternative Investment Multi-Asset Fund (AIMAF), which is designed to capitalise on VNX’s long-standing hedge fund solution strategy.
“Succeeding the market volatility within the last years, it is imperative that investors understand the liability of a wider range of investment is essential as an integrated part of a core investment strategy,” says Carl Zayn, Senior Development and Strategy Manager. “AIMAF refers to private investors as a mean of diversify across alternative investment managers and strategies all placed together in a single smart portfolio solution,” Zayn added.
The fund is tailored to offer private
- 31/07/2015
Matthew Granade has been named Chief Market Intelligence Officer at Point72 Asset Management (Point72). He will lead several of the Firm's unique research capabilities, including Canvas, Aperio, TRAC, and its team of economists.
“Matthew is a proven leader of a large-scale investment research organisation. His experience combines big-picture innovation and the challenge of producing high quality investment insight every day,” says Point72 CEO Steve Cohen (pictured).
“The Chief Market Intelligence role will strengthen and integrate research and data capabilities inside and outside our Firm for the benefit of our investment professionals,” says President Doug Haynes. “Matthew's unique background touches
- 31/07/2015
The Channel Islands Securities Exchange Limited (CISE) has ceased discussions regarding the acquisition of the European marketplace for SMEs, the Danish-based GXG Markets A/S (GXG).
It was announced on 22 July that an in-principle agreement for the transaction had been agreed between the CISE’s wholly owned subsidiary, The Channel Islands Securities Exchange Authority Limited (CISEA) and the Swedish-headquartered GXG Global Exchange Group AB and GXG.
However, the CISE has now decided not to proceed any further.
Fiona Le Poidevin (pictured), Chief Executive Officer of the CISE, said: “The deal had reached offer stage but, following extensive due diligence
- 31/07/2015
Algomi, the network company providing information-matching solutions for the optimisation of fixed income liquidity, has signed the 100th buy-side firm to its Honeycomb network globally.
Algomi’s Honeycomb Network allows investment firms to see which dealer is best placed to facilitate illiquid corporate bond trades without disturbing the markets and having the price move against them. Algomi is continuing to add asset management, pension fund, sovereign wealth fund, endowment and hedge fund clients from offices in New York, London and Hong Kong, and client support and sales in Chicago, San Francisco, and Boston.
More firms are coming online each week.
- 31/07/2015
This extract from the Preqin Quarterly Update: Real Estate, Q2 2015 focuses on institutional investors in private real estate and their plans for the next 12 months regarding strategy, regional preferences and the size and number of planned capital commitments.
The majority of investors seeking new commitments will target value added funds over the next 12 months (62 per cent), with the proportion targeting opportunistic vehicles increasing by nine percentage points (Fig 1). Demand for core vehicles has dropped by 13 percentage points, which could convey investors’ willingness to take on more risk in the search for higher returns.
North
- 31/07/2015
BATS Global Markets (BATS) has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission the BATS Client Suspension Rule, which would enable the company to take swifter action to prohibit manipulative behaviour, such as spoofing and layering, on the BATS Exchanges.
Manipulative behaviour such as layering and spoofing, can take an unacceptable amount of time to stop under the current disciplinary process. Pending SEC approval, the BATS Client Suspension Rule would allow BATS to stop ongoing manipulative conduct in a matter of weeks, instead of the lengthier, longstanding regulatory process that can take several years to reach a final resolution. The Rule
- 31/07/2015
A recommendation by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) to grant Guernsey a ‘third country’ passport under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) has been welcomed by Guernsey’s funds sector.
In announcing its findings from the ‘Call for Evidence – AIFMD passport and third country AIFMs’ consultation ESMA confirmed that Guernsey had demonstrated the ability to satisfy the criteria required under AIFMD. Of the six jurisdictions assessed, ESMA concluded that “no obstacles exist to the extension of the passport to Guernsey and Jersey, while Switzerland will remove any remaining obstacles with the enactment of pending legislation. No definitive
- 31/07/2015
EBS BrokerTec, ICAP's electronic foreign exchange (FX) and fixed income business, has formed an EBS BrokerTec Executive Management Team.
This will allow the business to leverage key functions across the division, including combined product, technology and sales groups. As a result, the central limit order book (CLOB) businesses of EBS Market and BrokerTec have been combined into a single business division now referred to as EBS BrokerTec Markets. In addition, the BrokerTec CLOB business will now be referred to as BrokerTec Market.
EBS BrokerTec Markets will be led jointly by Dan Cleaves and Darryl Hooker as Co-Heads. Dan most
- 31/07/2015
Thomas Miller Investment (TMI), a member of the 129 year old Thomas Miller Group of companies, has launched two new Dublin-domiciled, UCITS compliant bond funds.
The TMI Sterling Bond Fund and TMI US Dollar Bond Fund are both registered for sale in the UK, and offer exposure to a diversified portfolio of debt and debt-related instruments. They are designed to maximise total return with a focus upon income generation, with long term preservation of capital. The funds will pay a semi-annual income distribution.
The funds are co-managed by Thomas Miller Investment’s James Penn and Rob Brockbanks.
Earlier this
- 30/07/2015
Lyxor Asset Management has partnered with Chenavari Investment Managers to launch the Lyxor/Chenavari Credit Fund, a new European focused long/short credit strategy on Lyxor’’s alternative UCITS platform.
The fund focuses on niche long/short credit market strategies by taking advantage of opportunities arising from bank deleveraging and financial dislocation in Europe. This investment strategy is based on a fundamental, “credit spread neutral” approach that seeks consistent absolute returns, with a low volatility and correlation to broader credit indices. The use of liquid instruments enables a dynamic trading approach.
Founded in 2008, Chenavari specialises in European credit and structured finance. The Firm
- 30/07/2015
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