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Imatchative, the company behind the AltX data analytics platform and marketplace for capital introduction in the global alternative asset class space, has appointed John Bohan to the role of Head of Corporate Development
Having served as an advisor to the company, Bohan will now be a member of the executive team of the company and work directly with Sam Hocking, the company’s Founder and CEO, to develop key global strategic relationships.
“By filling this new position with someone of John's caliber, the company is better positioned to develop partnerships that will play a critical role in our domestic and international growth. John brings a wealth of
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Barclays and MSCI have launched a new green bond index family measuring the global market of fixed income securities issued to fund projects and initiatives with direct environmental benefits.
The Barclays MSCI Green Bond Index family complements the existing Barclays MSCI ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Fixed Income Index family, and is now available to institutional clients to license for their index-linked investment products, such as Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), separately managed accounts, and structured products.
Eligibility for the Barclays MSCI Green Bond Index family is based on an independent and objective assessment of securities by MSCI ESG Research
- 14/11/2014
Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) has closed its ILS Property & Casualty Fund (the P&C Fund) with a total of USD576 million in capital commitments from a diverse mix of institutional investors.
The P&C Fund includes investors from the US and Europe consisting of public and corporate pension funds, insurance companies, funds of funds, asset managers, endowments, foundations and family offices.
CSAM's P&C Fund complements Credit Suisse's global Insurance Linked Strategies (ILS) business. Credit Suisse is a leader in insurance linked strategies with more than USD6.5 billion in assets under management. Insurance strategies have historically offered relatively low correlation to
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An increasing proportion of investors in hedge funds are based in the Asia-Pacific region. Who are these investors and which strategies are they targeting? Preqin examines the hedge fund investor landscape within this dynamic region.
Asia-Pacific is home to just under two-thirds of the world’s population and is a burgeoning region encompassing emerging, developing and advanced economies. Rapid growth has led to immense wealth generation that has contributed to a surplus of savings from countries in the region. Given this backdrop, institutional investors based in the region have been growing in prominence over recent years. Entrusted with vast amounts of
- 14/11/2014
Aliier, a global TAMP working with equity managers, fixed income managers, alternatives and hedge funds, has signed Seattle-based Rainier Investment Management as a sub-advisor to the Aliier Passport platform.
Rainier joins a growing line-up of fund managers who are taking advantage of the insulation the Aliier Passport platform provides for the risky and complex issues of international access and distribution.
Allier works with both separate account managers and fund managers from around the world to provide them turn-key single contract access to various international markets. Aliier is also continually working to expand its international network of distributors to effectively
- 14/11/2014
October wasn’t that bad a month for hedge funds after all, says a new prime brokerage report from Morgan Stanley.
Shrugging off mid-month drawdowns, hedge funds generally appeared to end the month in positive territory, with median returns up 0.08 per cent. Year to date most funds are trailing the stock market, up just 1.79 per cent year to date, based on Morgan Stanley data. Most funds were able to hold on to their long positions and benefited from a rebound.
Information technology was the best performing sector for the month basis the spread between long and short appreciation. The sharp October
- 13/11/2014
Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM), Blackstone’s hedge fund solutions business, and NWI Management (NWI), a global macro hedge fund, have launched Blackstone NWI Asset Management.
BNAM will offer a platform of investment solutions for investors seeking to access fixed income emerging markets exposures.
NWI is contributing investment and trading capabilities for the new venture while BAAM is responsible for the non-investment functions, including operations, marketing, legal and compliance related duties. In addition to the Blackstone and NWI resources, BNAM has hired dedicated employees to focus on portfolio management and other functions for the BNAM platform.
The new venture
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The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for October 2014 was -0.81 per cent, while hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 0.74 per cent in November.
Total assets under administration on the GlobeOp platform represent approximately 10 per cent of the estimated assets currently invested in the hedge fund sector.
"Net flows were positive for the month, with subscriptions outpacing redemptions by nearly two to one," says Bill Stone, chairman and chief executive officer, SS&C Technologies.
The SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index is an asset-weighted, independent
- 13/11/2014
Skënderbeg Alternative Investments, the investment adviser for fund of hedge funds the Skënderbeg Fund, has made two new hires.
Elaine Xie has joined the firm as business manager while Masaru Kaga joins as business development manager. Both will be responsible for managing and driving Skënderbeg's sales process.
Miranda Ademaj, CEO of Skënderbeg Alternative Investments AG, says: “We find ourselves in the fortunate position of needing to add further resources to serve our clients and we are confident that adding Elaine and Masaru to the team will further enhance the breadth, capabilities and ultimately the performance of our business. The
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Greensolver, the independent wind and solar farm asset manager, has launched Greensolver Index, its asset management performance benchmarking tool for the UK and Irish wind and solar energy markets.
Traditionally, funds, utilities and independent power producers have had to rely on isolated project portfolio performance information to analyse energy generating asset performance.
The new index enables asset managers and investors to move beyond these points of reference and ultimately make better-informed future investment and asset management decisions.
As wind and solar projects become of increasing interest to clean energy investors and the secondaries market, there is a growing
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