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Deutsche Bank and BayernLB have executed the first trades on Bloomberg to be cleared via EurexOTC Clear for IRS.
The ability to trade and automatically clear EurexOTC Clear for IRS deals makes the execution and processing of these trades significantly easier for Bloomberg users.
Richard Jackson, Head of European Flow Rates Trading, Deutsche Bank explained: “Choice in execution and clearing has been a driving factor for innovation in recent years. The ability to execute OTC derivatives on Bloomberg with STP trade flow to Eurex Clearing is a valuable improvement for the industry”.
Marc Burgheim, Head of FX & Interest Rate
- 02/12/2014
Although Africa still only makes up a small portion of the private equity market, interest is on the rise as a result of a burgeoning middle class and strong growth figures across the continent as a whole. Economic activity within West Africa tends to be dominated by oil-rich Nigeria, but other countries in the region are also showing promising figures. Preqin’s Funds in Market online service currently tracks 29 private equity vehicles that are seeking to raise an aggregate total of nearly USD80bn in capital for investment within West Africa, or as part of a wider geographical focus.
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- 01/12/2014
The Annex IV report under AIFMD contains 38 specific questions for the AIFM and over 300 questions for each AIF being passported across the EU. To say that it is a complex beast is an understatement.
“AIFMD regulation is like an onion; the more you peel it back the more you want to cry,” is the candid response of Joseph Henkel, part of the Global Solutions team at SEI’s Investment Manager Services division in Dublin.
As AIFMs gear up to prepare their first filing by 31 January 2015, SEI is urging its clients, both EU and non-EU, to go
- 01/12/2014
MSCI Inc has appointed Laurent Seyer as a Managing Director and Global Head of Client Coverage.
Based in London, Seyer reports to Henry Fernandez, MSCI’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.
“I am delighted that Laurent has joined MSCI. He brings a wealth of experience in building and managing global client coverage teams,” says Fernandez. “He is also very familiar with the way global investors build and manage their portfolios and bring innovative strategies to market. His appointment further strengthens our senior leadership team and will enable us to develop and expand
- 01/12/2014
Miles Capita has expanded its Alternative Markets Solutions (AMS) services providing a holistic and accessible platform to help insurers allocate to alternative asset classes and strategies.
Miles Capital provides guidance, due diligence, objectives-based asset allocation, industry access, compliance, and practical delivery of alternative assets through a flexible approach. Miles Capital has provided this service to current clients but will now broaden the scope to allow insurers nationwide to take advantage of AMS benefits.
“We are excited to bring AMS to the broader market,” says Gregory Boal, CEO and CIO of Miles Capital. “This is a genuinely different approach to
- 01/12/2014
With interest rates and credit spreads near historic lows and equity valuation above historical averages, many people are concerned that the Federal Reserve, by artificially keeping rates low, has created a 2007 type asset bubble in the capital markets where many securities are priced to perfection.
What happens to the financial markets when the Fed begins to raise interest rates or there is some other economic shock to the financial system, and what impact will this have on the hedge fund industry? We recently saw a glimpse of this from mid-September to mid-October when we experienced a slight tremor in
- 01/12/2014
Taliance, a global analytics provider serving the alternative investments marketplace, has released a new version of its asset and data agnostic platform, GlobalAsset.
The new release enables users to view their investment platform as a whole and then drill down into asset level detail, while also providing a top level view of their cash flow and complete asset portfolios.
According to Carol Penhale, chief client experience officer, Taliance: "This represents our biggest step forward yet in turning GlobalAsset into the holistic platform of choice in the alternative investment market.
"It further streamlines our solutions offering and customers who have
- 01/12/2014
NewSmith has launched the NewSmith European Fund, a UCITS long-short equity fund for UK and European investors.
The fund will be managed by Jean Maigrot, European Equity Investment Leader at NewSmith. Jean has 28 years’ experience of trading European equities, and was previously head of trading teams at Salomon Brothers (1992-1996), HVB (1998-2001) and ABN Amro (2002-2007). He joined NewSmith in 2007.
The fund’s investment strategy is equity long/short focusing on large cap European stocks. It will follow the same strategy as NewSmith’s offshore long/short equity fund which has a strong seven year track record, posting 29% net returns
- 01/12/2014
With developed market equities being increasingly regarded as overvalued throughout the first three quarters of 2014, Q4 marks a reversal of this trend, according to research by the CFA Society of the UK (CFA UK).
The CFA UK Valuations Index reveals that the proportion of investment professionals that view developed market equities as overvalued has fallen from 55% to 42% in the last quarter with 23% now believing there is value in the asset class, up from 12% the previous quarter.
Emerging market equities continue to be the only asset class regarded as undervalued by a majority of investment professionals
- 28/11/2014
In this report S&P Capital IQ examines how credit events can impact on the price of equities. The results are compelling. The report looks at the relationship between credit indicators and equity back-tested returns.
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S&P Capital IQ’s research reveals equity investors could pay attention to certain key fixed income signals. As during times of stress, trouble can often be seen in the top line of companies first. Their research found that rating analyst downgrades often preceded trouble in the equity price of companies in the next month. The research focused on three geographies
- 28/11/2014
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