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Quantumrock, an AI-driven investment manager, has announced strong performance for its flagship strategy Volatility Special Opportunities Program (VSOP).
GAM Investments has appointed Stephanie Maier as Global Head of Sustainable and Impact Investment. Maier will report directly to Group Chief Executive Officer Peter Sanderson and will be a member of the Senior Leadership Team. She will join the firm on 4 January.
In this newly created global role, Maier will be responsible for leading GAM’s sustainable investment and ESG (environmental, social and governance) strategy and strengthening the firm’s ESG proposition for clients.
Maier brings 18 years’ experience in responsible investment and ESG strategy. She joins GAM from HSBC Global Asset Management, where she was Director for
Angel Oak Capital Advisors, (Angel Oak Capital) has completed AOMT 2020-SBC1, a USD164.3 million securitisation backed entirely by small-balance commercial loans originated by an affiliate of Angel Oak Capital. The securitisation was rated by DBRS and the senior AAA tranche was oversubscribed.
“The completion, and success, of this securitisation is a testament to our firm’s commitment and prudent approach to this specific area of the commercial real estate market, where we see great opportunity to provide value to both borrowers and investors,” says Ben Easterlin, managing director for Angel Oak Commercial Lending.
AOMT 2020-SBC1 consists of 236 loans across all asset
LFIS Capital (LFIS), a European quantitative asset management firm, has formed a strategic partnership with Walter Global Asset Management (Walter GAM), a private equity platform specialising in the asset management industry.With this transaction, Walter GAM acquires a significant minority stake in LFIS, its third European investment. Walter GAM’s expertise and proven track record in supporting high-growth asset management businesses will help drive LFIS’ internal development and external growth and expand its strong footprint with Canadian institutional clients to investors across North America.
“When forging Walter GAM’s long-term partnerships, we pay particular attention to a firm’s growth potential and the
Good Soil Investment Management has launched its first hedge fund – Accelerated Opportunities LP Concentrated Growth Fund — which is focused on investing in exchange-traded early-stage, US-based disruptive publicly traded companies while pioneering a fee structure that will divert half of all management fees to select charities. A 506(c) offering, Accelerated Opportunities LP is now raising investor capital. Since founder Emmett Peppers launched the fund in January with USD100,000 of his own money, it has generated just over a 10,000 per cent gross return from start date to 30 November. Peppers’ trading philosophy is based on his proprietary process, which includes
Hedge funds are storming into the final weeks of 2020, having notched up some of their biggest gains in decades on the back of the US presidential result and positive developments in the search for a coronavirus vaccine, with equity, event driven and cryptocurrency strategies all riding high last month.
Hedge Fund Research’s main Fund Weighted Composite Index grew 6.24 per cent last month, its best monthly return since December 1999, and its second biggest monthly rise since the index launched 30 years ago.
Since the start of 2020, the index – a global equal-weighted measure of more than 1,400
This is the final part in a series of four articles from the Waystone Client Solutions Team, bringing you a unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities presented by the shifting European regulatory landscape. Last week, David Morrissey offered his unique personal perspective on the evolution of the third party management company sector. This week, James Woodbridge, Associate Director in the firm’s Cayman office, and part of the Fund Governance Team, provides an update us on the history of SPACs, how they have evolved over the years, and their positioning for the future.
Hedge funds betting against FTSE 100 companies suffered losses of almost USD1.5 billion last month, as bearish equity positions were struck down amid November’s strong stock market rally.
Cocktail parties, oil markets, and why China resembles Bismarck’s Germany as it continues to exert its economic influence – in conversation with Massar Capital’s Marwan Younes…
Bittrex Global (Bermuda) Ltd (Bittrex Global) is to list tokenised stocks on its digital asset exchange in cooperation with DigitalAssets.AG. This product will allow traders and investors direct access to listed companies without having to use an external broker or pay additional fees. Shares can be purchased using either US dollars (USD), Tether (USDT) or Bitcoin (BTC), twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
The tokenised stocks available through Bittrex Global will allow customers to purchase a fraction of a stock without needing to purchase entire shares, where the underlying risk of the tokens is derived from the tokenised company.
