Managers
Jackson Square Partners is making each of its five investment strategies available in a mutual fund structure with the launch of the Jackson Square Partners Funds.
The funds include the Jackson Square Large-Cap Growth, Global Growth, SMID-Cap Growth, Select 20 Growth and All-Cap Growth Funds.
“The vast majority of our clients are institutions and these funds provide institutional clients and intermediaries with more flexibility and a broader menu of options to access Jackson Square’s strategies. The funds’ daily net asset value and lower investment minimums than a traditional separate account make the strategies accessible to a wider range of
Global macro investment manager Hathersage Capital Management, a specialist in G10 currencies and absolute returns, has been named Best Macro CTA Fund at Hedgeweek’s USA Awards 2016 ceremony in New York.
The awards were determined by the votes of Hedgeweek's subscribers, who include institutional investors, wealth managers, fund managers and other industry professionals at firms including fund administrators, prime brokers, law firms, custodians and advisers.
Established in 2003, Hedgeweek is the industry's leading digital publisher covering all facets of the global hedge fund industry.
Hathersage was founded by Bill Lipschutz, who leads a team of highly experienced FX
Nordea Asset Management has launched the Nordea 1 – Global Long Short Equity Fund (USD Hedged), which aims to deliver a consistent absolute return and low correlation to the returns of equity markets.
US-based investment boutique ClariVest Asset Management is the sub-manager of the fund, which is managed by a team of five portfolio managers, with Todd Wolter, the lead portfolio manager, in charge of overseeing the overall portfolio construction and risk profile.
“Building on the strength of our multi-boutique approach, we see this new liquid alternative product as an important complement to our range of solutions helping investors
The London Metal Exchange (LME) is to introduce caps on maximum rates charged by LME-registered warehouses following a market-wide consultation.
This is the final part of the three-year-long warehouse reform programme designed to enhance the LME’s warehouse network and to ensure that it fully serves the requirements of the global metals market.
“We would like to thank all those who took part in discussions and consultations over the last three years, which have been invaluable in ensuring that we took the most informed and balanced action in refining our physical delivery network,” says Garry Jones (pictured), LME chief executive.
Despite global bond investors being on edge at apparent central bank impotency, the probability of a sizeable bear market is low with a possibility that fiscal policy could prove effective, according to asset manager AlllianceBernstein (AB).
John Taylor (pictured), portfolio manager – AB Dynamic Global Fixed Income Fund, says the major driver of the recent risk-off trade was the use of historically low, and in some cases negative, interest rates by developed-world central banks as they to tried to revive global growth and inflation.
“The countries that have resorted to negative rates to date – Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland and
Polen Capital Management is to act as adviser to the Polen Global Growth Collective Investment Trust and the Polen Focus Growth Collective Investment Trust funds, which are established by SEI Trust Company, a subsidiary of SEI.
SEI is a supplier of customised operating infrastructure and services to investment organisations worldwide.
The new Polen Global Growth and Polen Focus Growth CITs will consist of large cap equity securities invested with Polen Capital’s investment philosophy and process, which have a 27-year track record.
“We have seen a growing client interest for our investment strategies within a CIT vehicle – particularly
Eden Rock Group has purchased Gottex’s stake in ERG Asset Management and now owns the firm outright.
Eden Rock and Gottex established the joint venture in 2011 to focus on providing cost effective solutions to funds holding illiquid investments, as well as funds in administration.
More recently, the business has diversified and won a number of broader mandates, including the monetisation of the illiquid assets of a bank, the sale of multiple operating companies across a variety of sectors as well as the disposal of several portfolios of real estate.
ERG Asset Management has experience of asset sales,
Crystal & Company, a strategic risk and insurance adviser, has been named Best North American Insurance Provider by Hedgeweek for the third consecutive year.
It has also been named Insurance Firm of the Year by Finance Monthly for the second consecutive year.
The Hedgeweek Awards were presented earlier this month at a ceremony in New York City to celebrate the achievements of the top performing service providers in the US hedge fund industry. Winners were selected based on a peer review system whereby institutional and high net worth investors, managers, and other industry professionals at fund administrators, prime brokers,
French asset management firm Amundi is launching a single platform designed to bring its real and alternative assets under one entity and drive its aim of becoming one of the leading alternative asset managers in Europe.
The firm writes that real estate, private debt, private equity, infrastructure and alternative multi-management are now all part of an integrated business, bringing together 200 investment professionals in origination, structuring and management, responsible for EUR34 billion in assets (as at 30th June 2016). Amundi aims to double its funds under management in real and alternative assets by 2020.
Amundi’s reports that its track
Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, has been named the Best North American Cloud Services Provider in the Hedgeweek USA Awards 2016.
The awards, which celebrate the achievements of the best performing managers and service providers in the US hedge funds industry, are unique in that they are based on a peer review system.
The winners were determined by the votes of Hedgeweek's subscribers, who include institutional investors, wealth managers, fund managers and other industry professionals at firms including fund administrators, prime brokers, custodians, law firms, custodians and advisers.
