Funds
ValuAnalysis has launched the ValuFocus Fund, an actively managed fund which targets returns of two to three percentage points above global equity markets. Through its proprietary research, ValuAnalysis identifies stocks which create sustainable value for shareholders. Out of this universe, the ValuFocus Fund invests in those stocks whose competitive advantage is under-appreciated by the market. The fund is being launched with USD10 million of seed capital from the founders.
The investment team is led by Pascal Costantini and Christophe Bernard, who between them have 60 years combined equity research and portfolio management experience. At Deutsche Bank, Pascal led the CROCI (Cash
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) will extend its global power product suite by offering Trade Registration services for the Japanese Power Derivatives market. The Go-Live date (18 May 2020), was announced in Tokyo as part of the EEX Group Japan Power Conference which was attended by more than 200 industry stakeholders from Japan and around the globe.
The new product offering, which is subject to standard European regulatory approval, will be the first Asian market area on the EEX Power Derivatives platform and the first EEX Group product specifically built for the Asian market. The EEX Japan Power launch follows a
Banca Consulia has launched Dynamic Alternative, a new discretionary mandate in partnership with MDOTM, a fintech that develops AI-driven investment strategies.
The mandate studies the performance of a vast panel of hedge funds and applies a proprietary methodology to replicate them by investing in liquid instruments. Banca Consulia’s Dynamic Alternative allows its clients to invest in alternatives, a typical institutional investors asset class, thanks to a replication process that uses liquid ETFs.
“We launched with MDOTM a truly unique and innovative product for the Italian financial market” says Antonio Marangi, CEO of Banca Consulia. “The Dynamic Alternative makes hedge funds,
By A Paris – “A lack of clarity could put the brakes on any journey to success” – these words, uttered by behavioural scientist Steve Maraboli, offer concise advice for any aspiring hedge fund manager. Although the road to success is far from straightforward, startup hedge funds need to have clear objectives and a definite, coherent understanding of who they are as investors and more importantly, who they want to be.
Growth equity private investment firm FTV Capital has made a significant investment in hedge fund fund administrator and regulatory services provider Centaur Fund Services.
Canadian ETF investors can now access hedge fund investment including short-selling, leverage and derivatives, via a new suite of liquid alternatives funds from CI Investments.
Read the full story at ETF Express…
Hedge funds ended 2019 with four consecutive positive quartersHedge fund managers ended Q4 2019 up 2.72 per cent on an equal-weighted basis and 2.63 per cent on an asset-weighted basis, a fourth consecutive quarter of positive performance, according to the latest data released by Eurekahedge.
Eurekahedge says that tund managers benefited from the market rally following encouraging developments of the US-China trade negotiations toward the end of the year.
On an annual basis, returns were positive across geographic and strategic mandates, supported by the risk-on sentiment and accommodative central bank policies throughout the year. Approximately 42.9 per cent of the
Traditionally, allocators and investors often eschewed smaller, specialist hedge funds in favour of the firepower offered by larger brand-name managers. But as many smaller funds have posted outsized gains in recent years – while well-established marquee names experienced decidedly mixed performances – many at the forefront of the industry are detecting a potentially decisive shift in investor sentiment.
Japanese institutional investors now have access to a crypto-asset benchmark following the launch of the NRI/IU Crypto-Asset Index by MV Index Solutions (MVIS), and Intelligence Unit (IU), in partnership with Nomura Research Institute (NRI).
Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Last year provided some optimism for global macro hedge funds, ending the year up 6.50 per cent according to eVestment’s aggregated hedge fund performance data. And there are signs that 2020 could offer good opportunities to make upside, as macro traders position themselves for higher inflation in Europe and investor rotation out of US equities.
“We’re not constructive equities. We want to be on the front foot when bad things happen like the Iran incident. We had a good couple of weeks being short equities, long oil but for the last two weeks we’ve given back some of those gains
