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The Global Fund Media Guide to Relocation 2014 is the fourth edition of this unique online publication being made available to the 50,000-strong audience of investment managers, institutional investors and fund service providers that read GFM’s family of investment management newswires daily.
The focus of the Guide is to help managers, promoters and their advisers decide where best to locate their investment funds – and themselves – and complements the daily news, special reports and fund data delivered through our specialised investment management portals (see below for complete list).
This edition of the Guide draws together in one volume
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- 24/11/2014
In an extract from the recent Preqin Special Report: Renewable Energy Infrastructure, Preqin provides an overview of the renewable energy industry.
The global transition from reliance on traditional to alternative energy sources is an important political and economic issue, and one that has a significant impact on the infrastructure asset class. In order to stem the effects of climate change, governments around the world have initiated plans to increase green energy investment. However, with public funding often struggling to cope with the high levels of capital needed, a growing number of private renewable energy-focused infrastructure funds have been launched in
- 24/11/2014
- 24/11/2014
The Singapore Exchange (SGX) is planning to introduce a set of five SGX Petrochemical Derivatives tools which will be launched in two phases.
In the first phase, SGX Platts PX CFR China Swaps and Futures will be launched on 2 December 2014. For the second phase, the following Polyolefin contracts will be launched on 19 January 2015:
1. SGX ICIS LLDPE CFR China Swaps and Futures;
2. SGX ICIS LLDPE CFR S.E. Asia Swaps and Futures;
3. SGX ICIS PP Flat Yarn (Raffia) CFR China Swaps and Futures; and
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- 24/11/2014
WisdomTree this week launched a further two UCITS ETFs listed on the London Stock Exchange. This brings the total to six ETFs listed on the LSE in the past four weeks and further solidifies its position as a pioneer of dividend-weighted ETFs.
The two latest ETFs are:
WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income UCITS ETF (DEM)
WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend UCITS ETF (DGSE)
As with the first four WisdomTree ETFs listed on 24 October 2014, the ETFs are Irish-domiciled and physically replicated, with underlying shares held with State Street, a global leading custodian and administrator. One of the world’s leading
- 23/11/2014
Omgeo, the global standard for institutional post-trade efficiency, today announced that
Over 225 investment managers worldwide are now leveraging Omgeo ALERT for Foreign Exchange (FX) standing settlement instructions (SSI).
ALERT enables over 1,800 investment managers, brokers/dealers and custodian banks to share accurate data worldwide. ALERT supports FX, as well as equities, fixed income, money market, cash and derivatives instructions.
Because of the critical nature around the timeliness of FX trades, and with cash-related transaction turnover soaring by 32% since 2010, more and more institutions are turning to automation in FX post-trade operations. With ALERT, firms can leverage a proven
- 21/11/2014
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for November 2014 measured 5.05%, up from 3.12% in October.
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator represents the sum of forward redemption notices received from investors in hedge funds administered by SS&C GlobeOp on the SS&C GlobeOp platform, divided by the AuA at the beginning of the month for SS&C GlobeOp fund administration clients on the SS&C GlobeOp platform. Forward redemptions as a percentage of SS&C GlobeOp's assets under administration on the SS&C GlobeOp platform have trended significantly lower since reaching a high of 19.27% in November 2008. The next publication date is 19
- 21/11/2014
Law firm Howard Kennedy has strengthened its Financial Regulation and Investment Funds team with the appointment of financial regulation specialist Daniel Hirschfield.
Hirschfield, who joined the firm from Mayer Brown on 27 October as a Senior Associate, has considerable expertise helping regulated businesses across the banking, investment and insurance sectors navigate the UK’s financial services regulatory regime. He offers particular experience in relation to the regulation of funds and their managers under the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive.
On joining Howard Kennedy, Hirschfield says: ”I see this as an excellent opportunity to work with a UK-centric firm that has
- 21/11/2014
Amundi is giving a more global scope to its Alternative Investment specialised subsidiary with the appointment in its London office of Michael Hart as Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Global Head of Business Development.
Laurent Guillet, Chief Executive Officer of Amundi Alternative Investments and Amundi London Branch says: “With more than USD11bn in assets, the Alternative Investments branch of Amundi provides absolute return solutions adapted to today’s markets and enhanced regulation, from managed accounts, alternative funds of funds to a full range of dedicated advisory services. At this point in time of our history, we needed a Global senior hedge
- 21/11/2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission has suspended trading in four companies that claim to be developing products or services in response to the Ebola outbreak, citing a lack of publicly available information.
The SEC simultaneously issued an investor alert warning about the potential for fraud in microcap companies purportedly involved in Ebola prevention, testing, or treatment, noting that scam artists often exploit the latest crisis in the news cycle to lure investors into supposedly promising investment opportunities.
The SEC Enforcement Division and its Microcap Fraud Task Force work to proactively identify microcap companies that are publicly disseminating information that appears
- 21/11/2014
Ocwen Financial Corporation has re-launched a free database of loan-level data for mortgages serviced by Ocwen in private label mortgage-backed securities (MBS), powered by the REALPortal platform.
Ocwen uses the REALPortal platform, licensed from Altisource Solutions to provide mortgage investors with access to the most accurate data on loans serviced by Ocwen, as well as analytical tools and details on processes, procedures and loan performance. The re-launch addresses a variety of requests from mortgage loan investors to enhance functionality, access to data and bandwidth. Additional functionality is being planned for near-term implementation.
REALPortal is fully searchable by MBS deal
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