100 Women in Hedge Funds (100WHF) has selected The Women’s Foundation (TWF) as its 2016 philanthropic beneficiary in Hong Kong. 100WHF is a global, practitioner-driven non-profit organisation which serves more than 13,000 alternative investment management investors and professionals through educational,
The attraction for private equity as an alternative asset class is as strong as perhaps it has ever been. As the results of a recent E&Y survey reveal (Positioning to win: 2015 global private equity survey), 19 per cent of
Quod Financial has partnered with SR Labs to use the firm’s SuperFeed product to enhance its turnkey low latency solutions in smart order routing, algorithmic and automated trading. SR Labs delivers the widest range of normalised market data solutions via
Increased confidence in the Channel Islands’ funds sector is reflected in positive year-end figures from both Guernsey and Jersey, says Ogier funds partner Simon Schilder. The year-end figures for Guernsey funds under management and administration increased by 1.2 per cent
Eurex Clearing is to launch a new membership type that allows buy-side participants to have a direct contractual relationship with the clearinghouse facilitated by a clearing agent. The so-called ISA Direct service addresses changes in the regulatory landscape and will
Specialist equity boutique Ardevora Asset Management has passed the five-year anniversary for its fund range, with each of its distinctive strategies significantly outperforming its respective benchmark since inception. Ardevora’s investment team, which now manages in excess of GBP3 billion of
Omni Partners (Omni) has launched the Omni Macro UCITS Fund (UCITS Fund) on the IAM Investments ICAV platform. It will follow a similar strategy to Omni’s existing commingled offshore fund, the Omni Macro Fund. Omni Macro is a trading-orientated discretionary
Carrhae Capital, a London-based long/short asset manager, has expanded its use of EzeSoft Investment Suite with portfolio accounting capabilities. Already a long-time user of Eze Software’s OMS, the hedge fund manager now uses Eze Portfolio Accounting (formerly Tradar) to manage
ABR Dynamic Funds, a New York-based asset management firm, is introducing its Smart Volatility mutual fund, the ABR Dynamic Blend Equity and Volatility Fund (ABRVX). The fund, driven by algorithms designed to anticipate and dynamically rebalance during market volatility,
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and Digital Asset Holdings (Digital Asset) are planning to develop and test a distributed ledger based solution to manage the clearing and settlement of US Treasury, Agency, and Agency Mortgage-Backed repurchase agreement (repo)
