UMB Fund Services administrates approximately USD190bn of assets across its mutual funds and alternative funds business. Its alternative investment division has been supporting hedge funds, private equity funds, fund-of-funds since 1991. It currently administers USD30bn of alternative assets and as
David Morrissey (pictured), New Business Development, Europe and the Middle East, SEI’s investment manager services division, looks back on 2009, ‘the era of the investor’, and what’s next for 2010. Managers are being driven by their investors to have a
CACEIS has put in place its Prime MO Middle office service for TOBAM’s management company, to provide support through the various stages of its international expansion. The Prime MO offer has been designed with an open architecture, and connects
The Salus Alpha Equity Hedged had a performance of +2.57% for the month to date, outperforming the S&P 500 Index by +3.92%. The 12 month rolling alpha of Salus Alpha Equity Hedged to the S&P500 is 9% p.a., the 12
The PIMCO Multi-Asset Volatility Fund treats volatility as an asset class and targets net annualised returns of 10 to 15 per cent with equivalent volatility, independent of broad measures of market return. Positions span interest rates, equities, commodities and currencies,
Ten of Oyster’s flagship sub-funds have been registered in the UK and are now approved for public distribution. OYSTER is the investment fund family of the Swiss banking group SYZ & CO. This move underlines the expansion of the
London-based Peregrine Communications is one of Europe’s most successful specialist financial public relations agencies. Established in 2003 by partner and chief executive Anthony Payne (pictured), Peregrine has built an award-winning reputation based on proven results and first-class client service. Reflecting
Managed futures gained 2.15 per cent in November, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. “Fears of a default by Dubai World coupled with growing confidence that central bankers would keep interest rates low provided excellent profits for
The Kenmar Group, a Rye Brook-based USD1.5 billion global alternative investment firm, has selected GlobeOp Financial Services to provide an extensive range of fund administration, risk and data centre-related services. Kenmar invests in managed accounts and funds across a wide
EXQIM has launched Exqim Blue Fund, a multi-asset fund whose investment process is based on quantitative strategies and allocation. EXQIM is a French asset management company based in Paris, approved by the AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers), founded by
