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Concept Capital Markets has been named Best North American Prime Broker by Hedgeweek Global Awards in its 2015 reader nominated survey.
The awards, announced in London, are based on a peer review system whereby Hedgeweek’s readers, including institutional and high net worth investors, hedge fund managers, and other industry professionals at fund administrators, prime brokers, custodians, and advisers, are invited to elect a “best in class” in a series of categories via an online survey. The full awards results may be viewed here.
“We are honoured to receive this award for the second consecutive year and are grateful to
- 02/03/2015
Ancoa has been selected to provide the first real-time market and trade surveillance platform for monitoring bitcoin options trading on LedgerX.
Using the Ancoa platform, LedgerX will be able to instantaneously identify and investigate manipulative behaviors and suspicious trading practices on its own exchange, across other derivatives exchanges and across the multitude of bitcoin spot markets.
Ancoa, the London-based provider of contextual surveillance and insightful analytics for exchanges, regulators and buy and sell-side firms, helps financial services firms take full control of their regulatory, reputational and operational risks across markets, functions and asset classes. Ancoa’s independent and real-time approach to monitoring,
- 02/03/2015
As part of its ongoing effort to foster sustainable investing across the Group, GAM Holding AG has signed the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).
The PRI is an international global network of asset managers, owners and service providers working together to put responsible investment into practice. The principles, which are voluntary, aim to provide a framework for integrating environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) considerations into investment decision-making and ownership practices.
In order to become better aligned with the PRI guidelines, the Group has committed to undertake a series of steps in 2015. These include developing global
- 02/03/2015
Karl McEneff is to step back from day to day executive responsibilities at SuMi TRUST Global Asset Services but will remain within the organisation taking up the role of Chairman and non-Executive Director of SuMi TRUST Ireland with effect from 01 March 2015.
The new CEO will be Hiromitsu Tanaka, who brings with him a wealth of experience and knowledge developed over many years having played a prominent role within Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank focused on the Group's global and domestic asset servicing activities. Tanaka previously spent significant time in New York as CEO of the global custody business,
- 27/02/2015
Ray Iler, former regional leader of Deloitte's hedge fund practice on the West Coast, has joined the Financial Services Organization's Wealth & Asset Management practice of Ernst & Young.
Iler, who also served as the lead of Deloitte's Emerging Manager Platform, will provide professional services to EY's hedge fund, private equity and venture capital clients. Iler was also the audit lead for Deloitte's Growth Enterprise Services team in San Francisco.
"We are extremely pleased to welcome Ray to EY as he is a highly-respected leader in the asset management industry," says Mike Serota, a Partner with Ernst & Young LLP
- 27/02/2015
- 27/02/2015
Jay Novatney, a 14-year veteran of the alternative investment industry, will be joining PT Asset Management (PTAM) as Chief Operating Officer on 2 March, 2015.
Novatney will join the firm as part of the executive management team, responsible for the oversight of PTAM’s back office function including operations, finance, and accounting as well as coordination of the firm’s legal and compliance functions.
Prior to joining PTAM, Novatney spent over nine years as a principal of Chicago Fundamental Investment Partners, LLC (CFIP), a credit-focused alternative investment management firm, after having co-founded the firm in late 2005. During his tenure at CFIP,
- 27/02/2015
- 27/02/2015
The sixth edition of the Hedgeweek Awards, presented today in London's Mayfair and sponsored by Morgan Stanley, brought together the leading names in the global hedge funds industry to celebrate the achievements of the best performing managers and service providers in 2014.
The awards were determined by the votes of Hedgeweek's subscribers, who include institutional investors, wealth managers, fund managers and other industry professionals at firms including fund administrators, prime brokers, custodians, law firms, custodians and advisers.
The winners of the Hedgeweek Awards 2015 are:
Best Macro Fund – Omni Macro Fund
Best Event Driven Merger Arbitrage Fund – Paulson
- 27/02/2015
- 27/02/2015
Over half of investors in each alternative asset class feel improvements in the alignment of interests between investors and fund managers can be made by focusing on management fees.
The majority of institutional investors that were interviewed by Preqin at the end of 2014 believe that more needs to be done with regards to the management fees they pay on alternative assets fund investments. Of the five major alternative asset classes – private equity, hedge funds, real estate, infrastructure and private debt – investors named management fees as the area that needed the most improvement with regards to alignment of
- 27/02/2015
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has entered into a licensing agreement with CBOE Holdings, to develop and list options based on more than two dozen FTSE and Russell indices.
Under the agreement, cash-settled options on these indices will now be available to trade in the United States on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). In addition, as part of the agreement, CBOE and LSEG will collaborate on new index options products and investor education globally. The trading in FTSE and Russell index-based options on the CBOE will begin in the coming months.
LSEG’s leading global index franchises, FTSE and
- 27/02/2015
At the end of 2014, Preqin conducted surveys with hedge fund managers, investors and alternatives investment consultants around the world to ascertain their views on the hedge fund industry over the past year and their outlook for the year ahead. Selina Sy looks at the upcoming trends and developments these industry professionals have identified for hedge funds in 2015.
Institutional investor capital will continue to flow into the hedge fund industry in 2015
Hedge fund managers forecast that industry assets under management (AUM) are set to increase this year, and surpass the figure of $3.02tn reported in December 2014. Indeed,
- 26/02/2015
- 26/02/2015
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