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Grey, a global advertising and marketing organisations, has partnered with Meyler, a marketing/placement agency focused exclusively on the alternative investment sector.
“The alternative investment sector really is one of the few remaining industries that has not fully embraced marketing, which is remarkable when you consider the level of competition that exists. It’s a proven fact that powerful marketing can open doors and influence outcomes,” says Alex Morrison, President of Grey West.
“Fund managers have known for a long time that raising capital isn’t just about performance,” says Kyle Dunn, President & CEO of Meyler. “The industry has only recently looked
Fiera Capital Corporation (Fiera Capital) is to acquire acquire all of the outstanding shares of Foresters Asset Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Foresters Financial.
Foresters Asset Management is an Ontario-based investment management firm focused on institutional and insurance liability-driven investment (LDI) with approximately CAD10.5 billion in assets under management (AUM) as of 30 April, 2019. Following closing of the transaction, Fiera Capital’s total liability-driven investment (LDI) AUM will exceed USD25 billion.
“The combination of Foresters Asset Management with Fiera Capital will enhance our leading Canadian institutional fixed income and LDI capabilities. This transaction will provide Fiera Capital with an
Kempen Capital Management (Kempen) has appointed Eszter Vitorino Fuleky to the position of Senior Responsible Investment Advisor. Within the Responsible Investment team, she will focus predominantly on corporate governance.
Since 2010, Eszter Vitorino Fuleky (38) has worked for the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), an international, independent organisation that establishes sustainability reporting guidelines for organisations and government agencies, where she held several positions. In the past few years, in the position of Head of Capital Markets Engagement, she was responsible for the relationships with stakeholders on the capital markets, ranging from stock exchanges to shareholders and asset managers.
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The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index gained 1.06 per cent in April, after recording one of its strongest Q1 returns post-crisis, according to the May 2019 Eurekahedge Report. On a year-to-date basis, the index was up 5.15 per cent, and roughly 21.8 per cent of the hedge fund managers comprising it have recorded double-digit gains over the first four months of the year.
The global hedge fund industry AUM has grown by USD27.0 billion as of April 2019 year-to-date. Final Q1 2019 net outflows figure stood at USD46.4 billion, just under half of the investor redemptions totalling USD94.7 billion seen in
Hedge funds proved unable to turn February’s net inflows into a two-month trend, as March saw USD11.0 billion in hedge fund redemptions worldwide, a dramatic shift from February’s USD12.1 billion in inflows.
Hedge funds’ March outflows represented 0.4 per cent of hedge fund assets, according to the Barclay Fund Flow Indicator, published by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions.
March redemptions were fuelled by investor fears of a global recession, but also by local factors that made the bulk of redemptions a regional affair.
Data from the nearly 7,000 funds included in the BarclayHedge database showed hedge funds in most
GSR, a specialist in market making and algorithmic crypto assets trading, has launched a new structured product called the Bitcoin Halo Option aimed at allowing investors to manage and limit some of the risk of their cryptocurrency trades.
The GSR Bitcoin Halo is an option on the value of a trading account once the derivative reaches its maturation date. The holder of this derivative pays an initial premium to purchase the Bitcoin Halo Option, which begins the maturation period with a value of zero. Each trader is allowed to place 10 trades per day in the BTC/USD markets through GSR,
PIMCO has launched the PIMCO GIS StocksPLUS Absolute Return Fund which aims to deliver consistent excess returns and diversification by combining passive exposure to the S&P 500 index with a complementary, actively-managed bond alpha strategy.
The fund’s bond alpha strategy is designed to outperform over a very broad range of overall bond market environments.
The fund replicates S&P 500 performance using equity index futures or total return swaps, and intends to deliver outperformance through a global, high-quality bond alpha strategy. Fixed income represents a large and historically reliable opportunity set from which to extract potential alpha, offering the potential
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for April 2019 measured 0.90 per cent.
Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 0.33 per cent in May.
“SS&C GlobeOp’s Capital Movement Index for May 2019 rose 0.33 per cent reflecting positive net flows. his increase was closely in line with the 0.41 per cent gain in net flows reported for the same period a year ago,” says Bill Stone (pictured), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, SS&C Technologies. “Hedge fund capital flows continue to trend at favorable levels, indicating investors have confidence hedge managers can
Liquidnet, a global institutional investment network, has acquired RSRCHXchange, a marketplace and aggregator for institutional research. Liquidnet will now be able to deliver relevant, actionable insights directly to investment teams through the Liquidnet platform.
Following its acquisition of OTAS Technologies in 2017, Liquidnet has focused on integrating AI-powered decision support and analytics into its institutional execution technology. By combining RSRCHXchange’s technology, research, and distribution with Liquidnet’s AI-based analytics platform, Liquidnet can help its global network of asset managers revolutionise the way they source, access, evaluate, and act on data and insights to enhance investment decisions and generate alpha.
“This acquisition
The global hedge fund practice of Citigate Dewe Rogerson, an international financial and corporate communications consultancy, has now added more than 50 new clients since it was launched in 2016.
Client strategies covered include equity long/short, credit, quant, event-driven, activist, distressed, global macro, FX, crypto, emerging markets, biotech, disruptive tech and ESG.
The practice, centred on London, New York, Paris, Hong Kong and Singapore, is led by Senior Director Christen Thomson, a former Deputy CEO of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global representative of the alternative investment industry. During his six years with AIMA, Christen worked closely with
