Risk management has mutated under AIFMD, causing risk managers to become more involved in the portfolio management process from an ex ante risk perspective. As investors become more educated on the risk function, managers who can demonstrate an independent, robust
Tikehau Capital is to manage the investments of Lyxor’s European senior debt funds in a deal which expands Tikehau’s leveraged loans and CLO business from EUR1.9 billion in assets under management to EUR2.6 billion, raising its total AUM to EUR9.8
The Direxion Indexed Commodity Strategy Fund (DXCTX) has received a 5-star Morningstar Rating as of 30 September 2016. The fund tracks the performance of the Auspice Broad Commodity Index, a quantitative long/flat index that can be exposed to up to
One of the clear benefits to the increased proliferation of platforms, which offer infrastructure-as-a-solution, is that it is helping start-up and emerging fund managers compete on a level playing field with larger entities. In some ways this gives them a
RWC Partners, through its emerging and frontier markets team led by John Malloy and James Johnstone, has entered into an advisory relationship with RiceHadleyGates (RHG). Malloy (pictured) and Johnstone have had a long-standing relationship with the emerging markets oriented strategic
Capital Generation Partners (CapGen), a private investment group serving ultra-high net worth families and endowments, has appointed Alex Waters as global strategist. Reporting to CapGen’s founding partners, Waters (pictured) will be responsible for developing CapGen’s macroeconomic analysis, drawing on a
Financial management and technology consultancy Brickendon has appointed Hugh Whelan as a non-executive director. Brickendon is currently undergoing a growth plan to strengthen its international foothold, including opening an office in New York. Whelan has been working in the
North America-based hedge fund managers accounted for 76 per cent of the 118 new launches in the third quarter, a 12-month high, while both Europe and Asia Pacific-based managers accounted for smaller proportions. That’s according to Preqin’s latest quarterly update
Research and analytics firm MPI has published an assessment of Ivy League endowments’ 2016 FY Performance. The firm writes that asset allocation remains the largest determining factor in endowment performance. “Commodities and Emerging Markets, each of which suffered respective losses due
Pacific Fund Systems (PFS), the software company behind fund administration solution PFS-PAXUS, has opened its European operational headquarters in Douglas, Isle of Man. PFS’s chief operating officer Paul Kneen (pictured) says: “PFS is a global software development company providing a
