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ClearBridge Investments, a specialist in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investment, has launched the ClearBridge Sustainability Leaders Fund, the first ClearBridge ESG equity strategy to be offered in a mutual fund format.
The new fund enables shareholders to make an impact through responsible investments and access the ClearBridge team's more than two decades of ESG experience.
The ClearBridge Sustainability Leaders Fund takes a multi-cap approach that seeks financially attractive companies with demonstrated ESG leadership, as well as emerging opportunities. Reflecting ClearBridge's position on the forefront of ESG investing and commitment to long-term results through active management, the fund aims to
Managed futures traders lost 0.17 per cent in May according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The Index is up 1.83 per cent year to date.
“Global interest rates pushed higher and created losses for managers that were positioned for lower rates, particularly in the European and Japanese markets,” says a spokesman for BarclayHedge.
Four of Barclay’s eight CTA indices lost ground in May. The Diversified Traders Index was down 0.62 per cent, and Systematic Traders gave up 0.42 per cent.
“Most managers continued to profit from the strength of the US Dollar against the Yen,
McKay Brothers International has chosen Interxion’s Central London data centre campus to deploy the lowest known latency connections between the City of London & Slough and the City of London & Frankfurt.
By colocating at the Interxion London Campus and cross connecting to McKay Brothers European network, trading firms and market makers can all equally benefit from microwave and millimetre wave links to key European Financial centres and thereby achieve better risk management and trading.
McKay Brothers is the leading low latency microwave network provider and already runs well-established US microwave networks between Illinois and New Jersey, as well
According to a survey released by Deutsche Bank in September 2014, ‘From Alternatives to Mainstream Part Two’, total assets managed by ’40 Act mutual funds reached a record high of USD257 billion by end-2013, representing over 60 per cent growth for the year. Through May 2014, that figure had grown a further 18 per cent to over USD300 billion.
There is no doubt that interest is building among European managers – traditional and alternative alike – to tap in to the massive USD17 trillion US regulated investment company market, but there are a number of considerations that need to be taken
How investors are turning to non-traditional sectors for income streams – By Craig Reeves, Founder, Prestige Asset Management/Prestige Capital Management…
Since the financial crisis of 2008, many of the economic factors that have been taken for granted in global investment simply no longer apply. We are living in a new world of risk and opportunity. Austerity and a change in the regulation of the banking sector are having unanticipated consequences on the way businesses are financed and the role banks play in the economy.
The printing of money by central banks is also changing the complexion of global financial markets,
Australia has taken a decisive step towards its advancement as a global investment market, with the smooth passage of the Investment Manager Regime (IMR) legislation through the Australian Parliament.
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund industry association, notes that the legislation, which contains a number of favourable amendments to its earlier draft form, marks a new chapter for Australia to grow as an attractive destination for foreign capital and fund trading operations.
Michael Gallagher, General Manager of AIMA Australia, said the IMR is the culmination of meaningful consultations between the financial services industry and Australian
Trading in Euronext’s CAC40 Mini Futures achieved record daily and weekly volumes last week with a total of 8427 contracts traded during the week of 15 June. On 18 June a new total daily volume record was reached with 3189 contracts traded.
CAC40 Mini Futures are part of Euronext’s Mini Index Derivatives franchise on its flagship indices. Mini Index Derivatives are exactly the same as the standard index derivatives, only the contract size is 10 times smaller. This provides investors with the opportunity to trade European blue chip index derivatives with a smaller investment: paying less for options and depositing
The Fed confirmed its dovish stance at the latest FOMC meeting, significantly decreasing monetary policy uncertainty over the course of the summer. Markets responded positively with US equities and Treasuries posting gains. In the Eurozone, uncertainties associated with Greece materially stepped-up.
Ayaltis has launched a new fund, Narrapuno SPC Convergence, which aims to leverage the firm's experience and insight in the multifaceted strategies of the credit market.
This fund of fund concept focuses on the singular opportunity set, which has evolved through the bank disintermediation process, currently taking place in the direct lending market globally. As a consequence of the more restrictive regulatory environment, banks withdraw more and more from traditional lending to medium and small sized companies. This gap, which Ayaltis expects to widen in the coming years, creates rewarding investment opportunities for non-financial market participants in the private debt sector. The carefully selected,
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for June 2015 measured 4.72 per cent, up from 4.68 per cent in May.
“SS&C GlobeOp’s Forward Redemption Indicator for June 2015 of 4.72% reflects normal seasonally-elevated redemption requests, but viewed year-over-year it is an improvement from last June when the same indicator was 4.80%,” says Bill Stone, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, SS&C Technologies. “Though this represents only a small gain, it is the first positive monthly comparison since January and suggests that investor sentiment may be turning more optimistic regarding prospects for hedge fund performance.”
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator represents
