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Wilshire Funds Management has named Nicolas “Nico” Amato as managing director, head of Alternative Portfolio Management.
Amato will report to Wilshire Funds Management Chief Investment Officer Josh Emanuel. Previously, he spent ten years at Dorchester Capital Advisors, a Los Angeles-based alternatives investment manager.
Amato will direct all investment aspects of Wilshire Funds Management’s alternatives activities, including portfolio construction, manager research and investment research. Wilshire Funds Management oversees multi-asset class, multi-manager and alternative investment programs for financial intermediaries and advises on more than USD147 billion of client assets.
“Nico’s 17 years of experience, most of that focused on alternative investments, will
- 10/06/2015
Coherence Capital Partners, a fixed income focused alternative investment firm, and James Alpha Management, a diversified alternative asset management firm, have entered into a strategic partnership to exclusively distribute Coherence’s flagship Spectrum Fund.
The Spectrum Fund is a long/short alternative investment vehicle predominantly focused on North American and European corporate and sovereign debt exposures. James Alpha will be making a principal investment in the Spectrum Fund as well as focusing on distributing the Fund through its substantial investor network. James Alpha, well known for its ability to identify the top performing emerging managers in the alternative space, and Coherence Capital
- 10/06/2015
The hedge fund industry took in USD950 million (0.04 per cent of assets) in April, reversing March’s outflow of USD750 million (0.03 per cent of assets), according to BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment Research.
“Investors have been showing less interest in hedge funds even though the industry’s performance has improved lately," says Sol Waksman, president and founder of BarclayHedge. “Hedge funds redeemed USD13.8 billion in the first four months of 2015, a strong turnabout from the same period last year, when they hauled in USD65.6 billion.”
Hedge fund industry assets edged down to USD2.49 trillion in April from USD2.50 trillion the
- 10/06/2015
It's just one day now until London-based investment managers still trying to get their heads around the various machinations of the AIFMD, can get expert insight into the benefits of setting up an EU-regulated fund in Malta.
On 11 June 2015, the Malta Business Network is hosting a special event at Malta House in Piccadilly, home of the Maltese High Commission, featuring a keynote address by Professor Joseph Bannister, Chairman of the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), the island’s financial regulator.
To register, please click here
The event commences at 6pm and is only available to investment managers. Spaces are limited to 40 to 50 attendees and, most
- 10/06/2015
Citi has launched futures trading functionality on Citi Velocity, the trading platform that provides clients with access to Citi’s research and liquidity across FX, Rates and Credit.
Launched in January 2012, Velocity 2.0 is continuously upgraded to include new features and asset classes. It provides clients with an integrated trading suite enabling fastest possible execution times, much enhanced liquidity and trade data tailored to the needs of each individual client. It is also a greatly simplified and streamlined platform, as various asset classes are grouped together seamlessly on a single desktop. The newly-added and comprehensive futures functionality includes a range
- 09/06/2015
- 09/06/2015
Deutsche Börse will develop and operate the technical infrastructure and various IT applications for a joint European intraday power market within the framework of the European Cross Border Intraday Initiative (XBID).
The European exchanges involved in XBID – APX/Belpex, EPEX SPOT, GME, Nord Pool Spot and OMIE – signed a contract with Deutsche Börse on 9 June 2015. The XBID platform is expected to launch in 2017.
XBID is an initiative to implement the European Commission’s energy market directives. The aim of the initiative is to enable continuous cross-border energy trading in Europe. The rising proportion of renewable energies and
- 09/06/2015
CF Partners has appointed Vu Nguyen as a Senior Research Analyst joining the asset management investment team.
Nguyen brings strong experience from the asset management and investment banking industry during which time he has accumulated significant expertise in the utility and energy sectors.
Vu joins CF Partners from Sanford Bernstein, an investment research firm. Previously, he was a research analyst at Nomura International specialising in European utilities and energy companies. He has also worked as an investment analyst at Orbis, a USD20 billion mutual fund, and for KPMG Audit.
Commenting on the appointment, Roland Vetter, Portfolio Manager and
- 09/06/2015
First Names Group, a provider of trust, funds and corporate services, has appointed Pete Emery as Group Chief Operating Officer (COO). The appointment is effective immediately.
Emery, who will be based in the Group’s London office, will work closely with Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Cengiz Somay, and the Management Team to deliver the Group’s strategic objectives. His new role will focus on developing a global operational platform to enable First Names Group to achieve its vision for continued growth. Emery will also oversee group functions, namely: change, HR, technology services, treasury, facilities and management information.
Prior to joining the
- 09/06/2015
In this extract from the Preqin Real Estate Spotlight | June 2015, Abbie Smith examines the recent fundraising successes of private real estate funds focused on non-traditional property types, such as medical/healthcare facilities, senior homes, student housing and self-storage.
Fundraising
Preqin’s Real Estate Online contains extensive information on 131 funds which are focused solely on niche property types. Vehicles that solely target niche property have raised USD11.1 billion since 2009 (Fig 1). Fundraising was slower prior to 2013 with USD3.4 billion raised in the period, whereas since the start of 2013, more than double (USD7.7 billion) this amount has
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- 09/06/2015
Cordium, a provider of compliance consulting, accounting, tax and software to the financial services industry, has implemented Electra Data into its Compliance Employee Level Filing (ELF) platform.
Electra Data, an automated data acquisition service, eliminates the need for Cordium to establish, manage and maintain data feeds with brokers that are servicing its clients by enabling the flow of data via direct feeds managed by Electra on Cordium’s behalf. The addition of Electra Data offers an alternative solution to existing account aggregation connections, thereby delivering added value and security to Cordium’s clients, which are granted easy access to over 500 direct
- 09/06/2015
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