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Tax transparency and cooperation with international regulators and governments to guard against tax evasion is something that the Cayman Islands takes seriously. It has, after all, Tax Information Exchange Agreements with all major developed countries and shares information with over 100 countries under the OECD’s Common Reporting Standard framework.
Specifically, Cayman has had a TIEA in place with The Netherlands since 2009. That The Netherlands has just decided to blacklist the Cayman Islands (along with 20 other jurisdictions) has understandably surprised people and one wonders what the problem is, given the island’s commitment to adhering to the OECD’s BEPS Inclusive
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) and Global Dairy Trade (GDT) have successfully concluded the initial consultation period regarding the establishment of a joint venture to operate a European-based auction mechanism for European dairy products.
The initiative between EEX and GDT received a high level of interest in the market during the evaluation process. To date, EEX and GDT have met with more than 50 key participants of the dairy value chain. Sellers and buyers across France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, as well as buyers from Asia.
Following the completion of the market consultation and
The Mizuho-Eurekahedge Index (USD), an asset-weighted index representing the global hedge fund industry performance was down 0.39 per cent in December, bringing its year-to-date loss to 4.09 per cent amidst the global equity market sell-off.
Despite ending the year in the red, hedge fund managers recorded their best outperformance over the global equity markets since 2011, as they returned 7.70 per cent more than the MSCI ACWI IMI (USD) throughout 2018.
Historically, the Mizuho-Eurekahedge Index (USD) has outperformed underlying equity markets during periods of market distress, such as the years 2008 and 2011, during which the index outperformed global
Shelton Capital Management has acquired Cedar Ridge, effective 25 January 2019, and is now the investment advisor to the Cedar Ridge Unconstrained Credit Fund (CRUMX/CRUPX).
Cedar Ridge, founded in 2004, manages unique alternative investment products through a variety of credit-focussed, long/short and long-only portfolios. Consistent with Shelton Capital Management’s client base, Cedar Ridge has focussed on serving the distinct needs of high net worth individuals, RIAs, Institutional Investors and Family Offices.
“As an independent investment management firm, we are continuously seeking opportunities to strategically grow our business and enhance our investment services for the benefit of our investors,” says Steve
Bipsync, a research platform provider for investment management firms, has secured USD7 million in a growth investment round led by Edison Partners. FINTOP Capital also participated in the round.
Proceeds will be used to expand Bipsync’s global footprint and accelerate product innovation, customer success initiatives, and sales and marketing operations.
The funding builds on an exceptional growth period at Bipsync, which has seen three-times year-over-year growth in bookings, over 100 per cent net revenue retention and expansion into new client markets of Limited Partners and allocators. Bipsync’s global client roster now spans the entire investment management industry in asset
Hedge fund redemptions picked up speed in November, falling short of September’s five-year high but outpacing October’s level, according to the Barclay Fund Flow Indicator, published by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions.
The Barclay Fund Flow Indicator is a comprehensive monthly report tracking the health of the alternative investments industry.
Data from the nearly 6,000 funds included in the BarclayHedge database showed hedge fund investors worldwide (excluding CTAs) redeemed USD29.1 billion, 1.0 per cent of assets, in November. It was the third straight month of redemptions, and, while November redemptions fell short of September’s five-year high of USD39.1
Liquidnet, a global institutional investment network, reached a new record for volume traded in the Australian market in 2018. Local and international asset managers exchanged via Liquidnet a total of AUD11.8 billion in Australian Equities, up 20 per cent from the volume traded the previous year.
The strong block-trading activity on Liquidnet was pushed by an uptick in the use of algo trading solutions by Australian members, with an increased focus on improving execution quality following the introduction of MiFID II in January 2018.
Liquidnet Head of Australia, Kate Weidenhofer (pictured), says: “We’ve had great success in helping asset
The market rebound started at the end of December fuelled strategies that were most exposed to risk assets, such as L/S Equity and Special Situations. This is in sharp contrast to performance in Q4-18, which was dreadful.
That’s according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team which says: “Our preferred strategies are those that can navigate fast changing market conditions like those experienced recently. Merger Arbitrage and Fixed Income Arbitrage have met expectations in that respect.”
“CTAs did well in December but are under pressure in January, due to the rebound in equities. The
The Citco Group of Companies (Citco), a provider of asset servicing solutions to the global alternative investment industry, has passed the USD1 trillion mark for assets under management.
Citco says the milestone was reached purely through organic growth, an industry first amongst alternative asset service providers.
The growing drive to streamline operations is leading managers to outsource more functions, including: front office risk reporting, middle office treasury and collateral management, back office financial statements, and tax and regulatory reporting. Simultaneously, growing diversification across asset classes, moves into hybrid strategies and the launch of a wide range of investment vehicles
American credit specialist CIFC has launched a UCITS fund as it builds its presence in Europe. The CIFC Global Floating Rate Credit Fund opens up access to the firm’s structured credit expertise for the first time in a UCITS format.
The fund will invest in some of the more liquid tranches of collateralised loan obligation (CLO) bonds, investing at least half of its funds in BBB-rated bonds.
The fund, which has launched with commitments of over GBP50 million, is managed by structured credit veteran Jay Huang and is targeting a return of 7-8 per cent pa.
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