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eVestment, a specialist in institutional investment data and analytics, is to offer Eurekahedge fund data and indices to clients of eVestment’s suite of Analytics solutions.
eVestment Analytics clients will now have access to Eurekahedge’s global hedge fund data and indices, which cover over 30,000 hedge funds and funds of hedge funds spanning North American, European, Asian, Latin American and emerging markets.
This expansion of data capabilities on the eVestment platform furthers eVestment’s focus on providing the most comprehensive institutional investment data to clients around the world across a wide variety of asset classes, including traditional investment strategies, hedge funds,
Dr Heath P Tarbert has officially begun his term today as the 14th Chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), succeeding J Christopher Giancarlo.
“America’s futures, swaps, and options markets are the global standard. Their integrity is essential to the economic security of every American, particularly our farmers and ranchers. I look forward to working with each Commissioner and the talented staff at the CFTC to ensure our derivatives markets remain vibrant and wrongdoers are held accountable,” says Tarbert. “At its core, the CFTC is a guardian of the American free-enterprise system. Opportunities and threats await us, and
Carmignac, a French independent asset manager, has added David Beacham and Edward Aram-Dixon to the UK business development team.
Beacham joins as Business Development Director, Head of Regional Sales, while Aram-Dixon joins as Business Development Manager. Both will report to David Robson, Head of UK Retail for Carmignac.
Beacham and Aram-Dixon will be responsible for developing Carmignac’s offering with UK and European investors, with a key focus on the newly launched range of UK-domiciled OEIC funds.
David joins from Goji Investments, where he was Head of Distribution. Prior to that he was a Business Development Director at Just Retirement. Edward
Hedge funds’ monthly results returned to the black in June with a 1.94 per cent return, a turnaround from May’s 1.66 per cent decline, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge.
By comparison, the S&P 500 Total Return Index was up 7.07 per cent in June.
With positive returns in five of the past six months, hedge funds have gained 7.06 per cent in the first half of the year, its best start since 2009 when the Index gained 10.93 per cent in H1.
“Declining interest rates in the US and Europe fuelled June’s rally in share
RedBird Capital Partners (RedBird) and Reverence Capital Partners are to acquire Vida Capital (Vida), an alternative asset management platform specialising in non-correlated investment strategies.
Vida’s President and CEO, Jeff Serra, along with members of the management team, will invest alongside RedBird and Reverence in the transaction. The proposed transaction, which is expected to close by the fourth quarter of 2019, is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Vida is positioned to benefit from sustainable life settlements market growth and further institutionalisation of the sector, as well as strong demand
Global funds transaction network Calastone has appointed James Donaldson as Chief Financial Officer.
Donaldson brings significant experience to Calastone having previously served as Chief Financial Officer of the Soros-backed digital solutions provider Ciklum, leading all aspects of finance, corporate development, legal and compliance.
Prior to this he worked for the Travelocity Group in numerous roles, including Global CFO, but also as COO for Europe and Asia, and CFO for lastminute.com, managing all aspects of financial control, planning, and compliance. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1995.
With the recent launch of Calastone’s blockchain-enabled Distributed Market Infrastructure for funds, Donaldson
TradingScreen (TS) an all-asset class order and execution management system (EMS) has announced a certified integration with thinkFolio, IHS Markit’s investment management platform.
The integration of TradingScreen with thinkFolio ensures that mutual clients benefit from a standardised and certified interface between the two platforms which will provide scalability and reduce costs. The certification offers thinkFolio clients access to TradingScreen’s EMS functionality that can be quickly adopted as a SaaS platform.
“We are excited to announce our certified integration with IHS Markit’s thinkFolio,” says Varghese Thomas (pictured), Chief Operating Officer at TradingScreen. “This development will allow thinkFolio clients to leverage
EDI has launched a newly designed website and refreshed branding, with the aim of creating a user-friendly browsing experience for users.
EDI says the website has a sleek, intuitive design and consistent site-wide navigation system with improved menu functionality that directs users to the most relevant information and product.
EDI has also introduced a search bar where users can browse products based on what data they are looking for by country and exchange or directly by product.
The website is designed to be fully responsive with mobile devices and tablets, making it easy to navigate on a wide range of
MJ Hudson, an asset management consultancy, has acquired Spring Associates Responsible Investment Service, an ESG (environmental, social and governance) consultancy and reporting business, based in Amsterdam.
This acquisition follows MJ Hudson’s establishment, in January, of a legal practice in Milan, and the acquisition of North American and European data & analytics and benchmarking specialist, Amaces, in December.
The deal is MJ Hudson’s first acquisition in the ESG sector, although it has been advising its clients on ESG factors for a number of years and recently produced a widely read guide on implementing ESG policies in private equity. The ‘MJ Hudson
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 1.62 per cent in June, barely outperforming the 1.61 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index.
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index family is a joint offering between Wilshire Funds Management, the global investment management business unit of Wilshire Associates, and Wilshire Analytics, creator of the Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index.
“Risk assets traded in a mixed manner during the second quarter as the market processed ongoing international trade relations, economic growth and th e Federal
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