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Bob Baur, Chief Global Economist, Principal Global Investors, comments on the latest FOMC statement…
The FOMC statement confirms our expectation that there would be no rate hikes in 2019.
A key takeaway from the FOMC statement is that the Fed doesn’t want to raise rates above neutral. The potential for no further rate hikes in 2019 suggests the Fed doesn’t have to slow the current growth rate of the economy.
With a big change in direction in January’s meeting and a roaring market, I’m surprised at how dovish a position the Fed took. The jobs market is hot with
Managed futures posted positive results overall in February with a 0.32 per cent return for the month according to the Barclay CTA Index. Despite February’s positive results, however, the index is down 0.16 per cent year to date.
Five of eight of the CTA sectors tracked in the Barclay CTA indices were in positive territory for February, though the agriculture and currency sectors were a drag on performance.
“CTA funds got in step with equity markets in February, and those able to sit out a week-long energy reversal at the beginning of the month were rewarded by month-end,” says Sol
Platinum Asset Management, an equity-focused global investment manager based in Australia, has gone live using Catena technology’s TRACE Reporting solution to meet its OTC derivatives transaction reporting requirements for European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).
Platinum will also be taking advantage of enhancements to TRACE Reporting that support Australian lifecycle reporting, which is required by Australian regulators beginning in July 2019. TRACE Reporting is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that manages a wide range of functional requirements for trade reporting, including cross-asset coverage, valuation and collateral reporting, reconciliation, and multi-jurisdiction support, including ASIC, CFTC, EMIR, HKMA, MAS, MiFID II, and Securities
Eze Castle Integration has added new features to the Eze Client Portal allowing clients to visually explore and analyse data associated with their IT environment and operations and create interactive dashboards and reports.
By incorporating Microsoft Power BI business analytics into the platform, the Eze Client Portal is more valuable than ever. Clients can easily customise interactive dashboards and drill-down to explore and analyse data and information. Modern visualisation capabilities, such as word clouds, allow clients to easily identify trends within their service ticket activity and technology environments.
The newest features complement existing Eze Client Portal capabilities including creating and
Morgan Creek Digital is to be the lead anchor investor in Ikigai Asset Management’s flagship fund focused on executing systematic and fundamental liquid hedge fund strategies as well as opportunistic venture-stage crypto asset investments.
Ikigai is a crypto asset management firm launched in December 2018 by former Point72 Portfolio Manager Travis Kling and partners Timothy Lewis, and Anthony Emtman.
Morgan Creek Digital, founded by Mark Yusko (pictured), Jason A Williams, and Anthony Pompliano raised USD40 million and is the only blockchain venture fund to-date to have publicly received investments from public pension funds. Alongside Ikigai, Morgan Creek Digital has previously
Former US Congressman Richard H Baker, the President and CEO of Managed Funds Association (MFA), is to step down from his positions, effective 31 December, 2019.
In a speech to the Exchequer Club of Washington DC, Baker (pictured) reflected on MFA’s decade of progress since the financial crisis – a time of transformative change for the global hedge fund industry – and shared policy recommendations to strengthen capital markets and help facilitate continued growth.
“The financial crisis dominated my first year at MFA. It also set the stage for a sweeping revamp of our financial regulatory structure. From the
genesis, an international capital markets software firm, has worked with Linear Investments, a specialist prime broker and hedge fund incubator, to launch Real-time Portfolio Margin (RPM), a new scalable solution for cash & margin management in real-time.
RPM delivers interoperable technology, with the flexibility to meet the varying requirements of Linear Investment’s clients. Designed for prime brokers who need to be able to better assess the risk of clients and prospects whilst managing their holistic relationships with their own brokers.
It comes in response to Linear not being able to find an off-the-shelf solution to meet their needs for asset
A new survey by Eze Castle Integration has highlighted the current technology and cybersecurity priorities for investment management firms.
The 2019 Global Investment Management Survey, conducted in partnership with Microsoft and IDG Research, canvassed the views of 150 senior-level executives from the United States and United Kingdom, and its findings cover technology priorities, cybersecurity plans and concerns, outsourcing attitudes and trends, and IT budgeting.
The study shows that small and midsized investment firms worldwide are focused on building out their IT infrastructures. Seventy percent of respondents surveyed indicated IT investment as their top organisational aim (24 per cent) or ranked
The Supervisory Board of La Française AM (formerly Veritas Investment) has appointed Aurélie Fouilleron Masson as Managing Director, effective as 18 March.
The Executive Board of La Française AM is now composed of Fouilleron Masson, Hauke Hess, and Hosnia Said.
Dr Dirk Rogowski, former Managing Director of Veritas Investment, will continue to serve as Managing Director of Veritas Institutional.
Fouilleron Masson joined La Française in 2007 and has held various positions within the group including her current role as Head of Central Europe (covering Germany, Switzerland and Austria) and Global Accounts Business Manager. Aurélie Fouilleron Masson holds a Master’s degree
Ogier has added three senior lawyers to its Luxembourg team, which has grown by 16 in the past six months.
Head of Ogier in Luxembourg, Daniel Richards, says the appointments of Hélène Arvis, Walid Sharara and Anneleen Hofkens demonstrate the focus of the international law firm on its Luxembourg office, a full-service business law team acting for leading investment fund managers, banks, corporate and institutional clients.
“We are seeing strong growth in a number of areas in Luxembourg – including in private equity and real estate, with an increasing focus on regulatory matters – and these appointments further deepen our
