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Arisaig Partners, the USD3.8 billion ultra long-term public equities investment boutique, has unveiled a new impact strategy, the Arisaig Next Generation Fund, which targets listed businesses in emerging and frontier markets that are generating positive social and environmental impacts for the world’s major underserved populations.Arisaig Partners, which has been responsibly investing in the growth of the emerging market consumer since 1996, formally integrated ESG into its investment process a decade ago. Through its on-the-ground presence, the team is able to conduct proprietary research and engage with companies in the developing world, where progress on ESG issues is slower, but the
Florence Barjou has been appointed as Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of Lyxor Asset Management. Based in Paris, she will report to Lionel Paquin, CEO of Lyxor. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Sudrania Fund Services (Sudrania) has established an office in Singapore making its end-to-end cloud-based fund administration platform available to clients looking to take advantage of the country’s recently enacted Variable Capital Company (VCC) fund structure legislation. Sudrania also has offices in Hong Kong, India, the USA, and the Cayman Islands.
“The combination of VCC legislation, plus our cloud-based fund admin model, helps accelerate fund launches for sophisticated, early-adopting managers,” says Ravindra Tailor, Director of Org Development (APAC) of Sudrania. “Our strategic goal has always been to help managers stay competitive and focus on generating alpha for their investors, so opening this
Bardin Hill Investment Partners, a credit-focused and event-driven investment management firm with more than USD8.5 billion in assets under management, has chosen SS&C Technologies’ Eze OMS to manage its fixed income strategies.
The Power Spot Intraday market as operated by EPEX SPOT, increased by 25 per cent to 9.2 TWh in August, with the Belgian market reporting a new record of 263.6 GWh (previous record in May 2020 with 256.6 GWh) and the Netherlands registering their second highest volume to date with 377.3 GWh.On the European Power Derivatives segment, the Dutch market reported a significant increase of 73 per cent to 3.7 TWh (August 2019: 2.1 TWh) while Hungary continued to cement its position as one of the key trading hubs of central Europe with 13.8 TWh traded, up 43 per cent
Fintech provider, Gold-i and digital asset settlement firm, Zero Hash have launched a partnership to provide Prime of Primes, retail FX brokers and hedge funds with a centrally settled crypto offering and a cost-effective, efficient means of accessing cryptocurrency Liquidity Providers.The partnership leverages Gold-i’s order routing and order matching technology through its Crypto Switch™ 2.0 – part of Gold-i’s Matrix product suite – and Zero Hash’s fully automated and customisable post-trade infrastructure, maximising capital efficiency.
Tom Higgins, CEO, Gold-i, says: “Partnering with Zero Hash adds a new dimension to our offering, providing a centrally settled digital assets solution. As
Up +39.53 per cent year to date and by +1.83 per cent for the month.Quantumrock, the Munich-based AI investment technology firm, has reported another month of strong performance for its flagship strategy Volatility Special Opportunities Program (VSOP), which gained 1.83 per cent In August and is now up 39.53 per cent YTD.
Michael Zeller, CIO, says: “August marked the end of the second-quarter of US stock market earnings season, which surprised on the upside relative to weak expectations .Even though earnings per share were down 33 per cent year-on-year, 84 per cent of companies beat analyst expectations and a
Brummer & Partners, the Stockholm-based multi-strategy hedge fund firm, has seen its flagship vehicle advance further on the back of strong stock market gains in August, with equity, credit and fixed income funds all in positive territory.
The Brummer Multi-Strategy (BMS) fund – which invests in a range of single-strategy hedge funds – made 0.4 per cent last month in its USD and SEK classes, bringing its year-to-date return to 4.2 per cent.
The Brummer Multi-Strategy 2xL twice-levered version meanwhile rose 0.7 per cent in its SEK class and 0.8 per cent in its USD class in August, and is now
Hedge funds have lost almost USD560 million after several hefty short bets on a range of FTSE 100 stocks turned sour as equity markets yielded solid gains.
New data from London-based equity research firm Ortex Analytics shows almost three-quarters of total short losses in August came from big wagers against just five names: Ocado Group, InterContinental Hotels, International Consolidated Airlines Group, BHP and Pearson.
Together, they accounted for a bruising GBP310 million loss out of a total hit of GBP420 million to hedge fund short sellers last month.
As UK equities gained ground towards the end of the summer, hedge
Volatility “most definitely on the menu”: Hedge fund industry reacts to Thursday’s shock sell-off
Volatility “most definitely on the menu”: Hedge fund industry reacts to Thursday’s shock sell-off