Interview with Jonathan Planté, Director of Business Development, Innocap… What have been the key business developments at Innocap over the last 18 months? An important development we are seeing is that the mandates on our platform are increasingly larger in scale.
By Abali Hoilett & Benoit Sansoucy​​​​​​​, Maples – Canadian institutional investors have been at the forefront of investing in the alternative investment space, utilising innovative bespoke structures that reduce operational and investment risk and enhance returns. The widespread adoption of
By Joshua D Kestler, Global Head of HedgeMark, BNY Mellon – In the 12 years since the 2008 financial crisis, many large institutional investors have adopted Dedicated Managed Account (DMA) structures in order to address the challenges in commingled hedge
BNY Mellon HedgeMark is a dedicated managed account provider, solely focused on creating and operating managed account platforms for institutional investors. Launched in 2012, the business today has more than USD23 billion in assets across more than 100 funds spanning
Innocap, the Montréal-based structuring and operating managed account platform unit co-owned by BNP Paribas and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, was originally established in 1996 as the internal managed accounts-based fund of hedge funds within National Bank of
For all the attendant challenges facing hedge funds – from greater fee pressures and more onerous compliance burdens to lacklustre performance and investor aversion – the industry has time and again demonstrated its ability to continually innovate and reshape the
Beam Capital Management has launched the Blockchain Leaders SMA, a separately managed account strategy focused on investing in the publicly traded securities of companies utilising, developing, facilitating or investing in Blockchain technology. Mohannad Aama, CFP, FRM, Beam Capital Management’s Chief
It has been a watershed year for Gemini Alternative Funds, LLC (Gemini Alt), as it continues to see interest among large allocators – pensions, endowments – that look at the managed account platform, and specifically Gemini’s Dedicated Managed Account (DMA)
Hedge fund managers often argue that taking on separately managed accounts can place an additional operational burden on their teams. As a result, many managers may resist investor requests for managed accounts. A new breed of outsourced managed account solutions
There are a number of different reasons for why investors wish to allocate to emerging managers. They might be looking for more performance from emerging managers because they are less constrained by overcrowded trades in the markets, or simply wish
