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Institutional asset manager Unigestion has reported ‘encouraging’ results from a survey of hedge fund and private asset managers it invests in on their approaches to ESG.
Whilst the survey revealed that 60 per cent of hedge fund managers were still reluctant to introduce ESG criteria into their investment approach, this is a big improvement since the survey was last conducted in 2011, when 75 per cent of managers were reluctant. The percentage of managers that do incorporate ESG criteria has increased significantly from 25 per cent to 40 per cent and the proportion of managers Unigestion classifies as ‘leaders’ in
- 06/05/2015
Visium Asset Management, a multi-strategy alternative investment firm with USD6.9 billion in assets under management, has launched the Visium US Equity Alpha UCITS Fund, a diversified, US-focused long/short equity fund.
Domiciled in Ireland, the Fund employs a long/short equity investment strategy, leveraging Visium’s robust, sector-specific fundamental research process to construct a US-focused portfolio across industry sectors. The Fund seeks to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns with low correlation to traditional bond and equity investments. The Fund’s strategy, which has a four-year track record, was previously deployed in a vehicle called the Visium Tax Alpha Fund, LP.
The Fund is managed by
- 06/05/2015
Matt Eilers is joining UBS as Global Co-Head of the firm’s Financial Sponsor business.
Eilers, who will also lead the Americas Financial Sponsors team, will be based in NY and joins us from Morgan Stanley where he was a Senior Managing Director in the Financial Sponsors Group since 2006. He has extensive Sponsor and Leveraged Finance experience, having started his career at DLJ in 1991, and will be a key addition to the Americas leadership team.
Simona Maellare has also been appointed as Global Co-Head Financial Sponsors, located in London. Maellare joined UBS from Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- 06/05/2015
Concept Capital Markets has appointed R Pennington Miller-Jones (Penn) as Managing Director – Head of Prime Brokerage Sales.
Penn is a seasoned prime brokerage executive with a great deal of experience in sales and operations and an impeccable reputation with alternative investment managers and other service providers to the hedge fund industry. In his new position, Penn will lead Concept Capital’s sales effort and work with the firm’s management team to further refine and improve our prime brokerage offering and extend our reach to a broader audience.
Penn comes to Concept Capital following nine years at Jefferies LLC, where he
- 06/05/2015
Commodity trade finance investment manager Scipion Capital has appointed Taran Bains to head up its sales and marketing function.
Bains, who brings a wealth of experience on both the investment and sales sides of the industry, will lead a focused international business development drive.
Bains combines 18 years of portfolio management experience with a deep understanding of all asset classes, investor marketing and fund distribution. In her previous roles, she has been responsible for raising significant sums on behalf of private banks and family offices, as well as advising on assets and allocations in client portfolios.
Bains began
- 05/05/2015
TMX Group is making important changes to its equity trading fee schedules that the firm hopes deliver significant benefits to the market.
TMX is proactively addressing industry concerns related to the maker-taker fee model through a measured rate reduction program for Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange and TSX Alpha Exchange.
"TMX is leading the way with a market-driven solution that will address the issues head-on, while taking care to preserve Canada's competitiveness," says Kevan Cowan, President TSX Markets, Group Head of Equities, TMX Group. "Our maker-taker fee optimisation program is a continuation of our efforts to re-shape Canada's equities
- 05/05/2015
The month of April has marked the transition toward a new market regime. The first quarter has been driven by expectations of monetary policy tightening in the US and easing measures in the rest of the world. In this context, Hedge Funds fared well, with numerous opportunities in all asset classes.
- 05/05/2015
Alternative investment firm SkyBridge Capital has opened an office in Seoul, South Korea.
Michelle Cha, who has more than 10 years of industry experience including roles in sales, marketing, global investment and research from various financial institutions, has joined as a vice president and will lead the firm's Asia regional marketing effort.
SkyBridge Capital's alternative investment offerings include multi-strategy, commingled funds of hedge funds products, customized separate account portfolios and hedge fund advisory services. Due to increasing demand for these types of investment offerings throughout Asia, SkyBridge has been incrementally increasing its presence in the region over the past three
- 05/05/2015
Just one of Market Vectors Index Solutions’ (MVIS) six investable Long/Short Equity Indices, which use liquid ETFs and US Treasury securities to produce hedge fund-style returns without hedge fund pricing, opaqueness and redemption restrictions, recorded positive performance in April.
Market Vectors Emerging Markets Long/Short Equity Index returned 1.69 per cent for the month, while the other five indices all ended April in negative territory.
The Market Vectors Global Long/Short Equity Index was the month’s biggest loser, down 1.21%, followed by the Market Vectors Western Europe Long/Short Equity Index (-0.31%), the Market Vectors North America Long/Short Equity Index (-0.28%), the Market
- 05/05/2015
Artivest, a digital platform that connects leading private equity and hedge funds with a wider audience of suitable investors, has completed a USD15 million round of funding led by KKR.
Existing investors RRE Ventures, Peter Thiel, Nyca Partners, Anthemis Group and FinTech Collective also participated. Artivest will use the funding to accelerate the growth of its technology, infrastructure and sales teams and the execution of its product roadmap.
“Artivest combines leading technology with operational tools for feeder funds that will further open the door for financial advisors and high net worth investors looking to commit capital to a wide variety
- 05/05/2015
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