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Liquid Holdings Group has started rolling out the beta version of LiquidMobile, an app that allows hedge fund managers secure access to real-time risk, performance, P&L and shadow NAV platform via mobile devices. LiquidMobile, which is currently being offered to select users of the Liquid platform, provides mobile-optimised dashboards, investor reporting and portfolio management capabilities on the go.   “Mobile matters for fund managers who are truly going to compete in today’s 24/7 environment. With fund manager-client relationships more delicate than ever before due to the volatility in the markets, it is imperative for managers to have in-person dialogue with
Aurora Investment Management, a Chicago-based alternative investment manager, is to provide early-stage capital to funds managed by Sentinel Dome Partners, an opportunistic event-driven manager. Sentinel Dome was founded by chief investment officer Munir Alam and chief operating officer Kirk Dizon in early 2014.   Prior to founding Sentinel Dome, Alam was co-portfolio manager of Watershed Asset Management, an event-driven credit focused firm with over USD1 billion in assets under management.   Alam says: “Our team looks forward to building an investment organisation focused on generating superior risk-adjusted returns. We are fortunate to receive the support of the entire Aurora team
Tzur Management and the Gilboa Fund of Funds have launched the Tzur Gilboa Israeli Hedge Fund Index (TGI) which tracks the performance of Israeli hedge funds. The index will be released monthly on the newly established website www.tzurgilboa.com.   For purposes of the index, an Israeli hedge fund includes any open-ended fund registered, managed, or significantly invested in Israel. The fund must manage assets of at least NIS10 million in order to be included.   Calculation of TGI is conducted by taking an equally-weighted average of all funds that meet the criteria at the time of calculation. As of September
La Française has appointed Pierre Schoeffler as senior global asset allocation advisor, a role that will cover all asset classes managed by the group. Xavier Lépine, chairman of the board of La Française, says: "Pierre's experience, advice and quantitative tools will help reinforce our strategic overview in terms of allocation through a quantitative approach to the various asset classes.   “Our strength lies in the diversity and originality of our solutions and approaches, and our ambition is to optimise their combination by drawing on Pierre's vision as a portfolio strategist. In the current low rate environment, our aim is to
SS&C Technologies has launched an integrated front- to back-office technology platform for hedge funds. The end-to-end offering features an order management system (OMS), including trading and execution management tools, real-time P&L, FIX connectivity, mobile app access to performance information, dedicated service and hosting facilities.   Long-term fund administration customer HITE Hedge Asset Management LLC recently went live with the integrated front- to back-office solution.   James Conant, chief financial and compliance officer, HITE Hedge Asset Management, says: “With SS&C as our trusted administrator, it made sense to look to them to provide a fully integrated solution for us to build
Mount Lucas Management has launched MLM Symmetry, a globally diversified and quantitatively driven macro strategy. The fund officially launched on 1 September 2014 with over USD50 million in assets, comprised of seed capital from firm partners and a large US family office.   Mount Lucas is currently speaking with investors about Founder’s Share opportunities, which are being offered with limited capacity.   Mount Lucas oversees three investment strategies that employ proprietary analytics and quantitative models firmly grounded in academic research and the firm’s investment experience. MLM Symmetry continues this tradition, using a risk-based methodology that reconsiders the nature of asset
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down -0.7% in September (YTD +1.0%). 5 out of 12 Lyxor Indices ended the month of September in positive territory, led by the Lyxor CTA Long Term Index (+2.4%), the Lyxor Long Short Equity Market Neutral Index (+2.2%) and the Lyxor Fixed Income Arbitrage Index (+2.2%). All eyes focused on the ECB meeting before turning to the Fed’s by mid-month. The growing economic and monetary policy divergence between the US and Eurozone, as well as with most economies, unleashed firm trends in FX. Implications from a higher USD and a move toward the Fed
The London Metal Exchange (LME) is to implement its linked load-in/load-out (LILO) rule and to proceed with further warehousing reforms following the success of its judicial review appeal. A two-week consultation with listed warehouse companies began yesterday with regard to some minor amendments to the LILO rule, including an altered start date, which will now see the First Calculation Period starting on 1 February 2015, following the required three-month notice period to warehouses.   “We are pleased to be moving ahead with our planned reforms following our success in the Court of Appeal,” says Garry Jones, LME chief executive. “As
Wilshire Associates has launched five liquid alternative sub-strategy indices, which now comprise the Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index. The main index was introduced in early August and designed to serve as the industry standard for measuring aggregate performance of the liquid alternative mutual fund universe.   The new indices aim to provide relevant and precise performance assessment metrics for the most common liquid alternative investment strategies that are implemented in mutual fund vehicles.   The additional suite of targeted indices includes the Wilshire Liquid Alternative Equity Hedge Index, Wilshire Liquid Alternative Event Driven Index, Wilshire Liquid Alternative Global Macro Index, Wilshire
Netagio, the first British bitcoin, gold and sterling exchange, has launched an Application Programming Interface (API) which aims to help institutional investors automate their usage of the exchange. Institutional investors can now programme their execution management systems (EMS) and order management systems (OMS) and fully automate their trading on the exchange.   The API will provide brokers/dealers with faster electronic market connectivity, allowing both sophisticated and professional retail customers and institutional investors to trade 24 hours a day, seven days a week.   The Netagio API enables investors to trade bitcoins for GBP or gold, view open orders, cancel orders

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