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BCA Research, a provider of independent global-macro research, has added Jing Sima and Chester Ntonifor to its team of senior strategists. Jing Sima will serve as Vice President, Managing Editor, China Investment Strategy (CIS), and Chester Ntonifor will serve as Vice President, Managing Editor, Foreign Exchange Strategy (FES).
BCA’s CIS and FES research are relied upon by the world’s leading hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, corporations and institutional investors to gain actionable insights into global economies. BCA employs the largest team of strategists in the independent global-macro research industry, with 19 managing editors and 33 supporting researchers. Both strategists will
Liontrust, the specialist fund management group, has expanded its Sustainable Advisory Committee through the appointment of Valborg Lie.
Lie has extensive experience and knowledge of Sustainable Investment, including through her previous role as Head of Responsible Investment (RI) with the Asset Management Team at the Norwegian Ministry of Finance, which holds the role of principal for the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global.
She is Founding Director of Borg Consulting, which advises investors on the development and implementation of RI policies and practices, including stewardship activities and ESG (Environmental, Social and governance) integration.
During the autumn of 2017, Lie
IDFC Asset Management Company (AMC) has launched the IDFC India Equity Hedge – Tactical Fund, an AIF Category III offering, which will follow a Tactical Long/Short Equity strategy.
The fund will have significantly higher net exposures, typically ranging between -40 per cent to +120 per cent, to have higher participation in equity market movements on both sides.
Vishal Kapoor (pictured), CEO, IDFC AMC, says: “With the current market volatility, investors are looking for a fund that can provide absolute returns irrespective of the market cycle or how the interest rates are moving. Also, as the fund’s return and risk
Managed futures stumbled out of the gate to start 2019, with the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, down 0.43 per cent for the month.
All but two of the Barclay Managed Futures indices were in negative territory for January, as CTA funds were generally unable to build on their modest gains of the final two months of 2018.
“After precipitous price declines in December, most CTAs found themselves on the wrong side of the street in January as energy and equity prices unexpectedly rose from the ashes of the previous month and rebounded sharply,” says Sol Waksman, president
Tax specialist William Jean-Baptiste has joined Ogier’s team in Luxembourg as a tax partner.
Jean-Baptiste (pictured), who joins Ogier’s eight-strong partnership in Luxembourg, focuses on tax structuring of international investment transactions, investment funds and on-going tax management.
His experience covers acquisitions and holding structures for real estate, private equity and private capital investment, financing, mergers, acquisitions and reorganisations of financial institutions, securitisation and structured financial products.
Jean-Baptiste’s corporate and funds tax advisory practice is supplemented by experience in wealth planning and family office services for private clients in the management of their cross-border legal and tax planning needs.
Axioma, a provider of enterprise risk management, portfolio management and regulatory reporting solutions, has launched its new APAC (AP4) and APAC ex-Japan (APexJP4) Risk Models – the most recent update to the firm’s next-generation Equity Factor Risk Model suite.
Axioma’s Asia Pacific models follow the recent releases of its Emerging Market (AXEM4) and China (AXCN4) Risk Models, providing equity investors with deep, actionable insights into how to best manage risk and returns across major global growth markets.
“2018 was a wake-up call for Asian-focussed investors, with the impact of risk-on/risk-off behaviour in an uncertain global environment a significant
SmartStream Technologies, a financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM) solutions provider, has partnered with Numerix, a provider of risk technology solutions to better support its end users in complying with ISDA’s margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives.
In order to facilitate the BCBS-IOSCO guidelines for margin requirements relating to OTC derivatives, ISDA has proposed a Standard Initial Margin Model (SIMM) to be used by market participants to provide transparency in the collateral management space.
TLM Collateral Management’s automated data management solution reduces operational risks associated with collateral management. Numerix’s advanced computational abilities make it possible to generate the risk sensitivities
Latham & Watkins has appointed Ivana K Rouse as a partner in the Corporate Department and a member of the Investment Funds Practice in the firm’s Houston office.
Rouse’s practice covers a broad range of private funds, including private equity-style energy, credit and mid-market funds, cryptocurrency funds and hedge funds.
“We are excited to welcome Ivana to the Corporate Department and to the firm. She has an excellent track record in the investment funds space and will be be an incredible anchor for the group here in Houston. Her sophisticated experience and legal skills will help clients take
OKEx, a Malta-based digital asset exchange, recorded 223 per cent growth in monthly trading volume in the two months following its launch.
Perpetual Swap is the latest product in OKEx’s derivatives lineup, with nine types of contracts available for trading at the moment. BTC, ETH, and EOS perpetual swaps have a contract face value of USD100-equivalent and feature a leverage level of 1-100x. While for BCH, BSV, ETC, LTC, and XRP perpetual swaps, the contract face value is USD10-equivalent and they feature a leverage level of 1-40x. The TRX perpetual swap has a contract face value of USD10 with a
FundsLibrary, a provider of digital fund data and regulatory solutions, has entered into a strategic partnership with 360 Fund Insight, which focuses on providing independent advice and facilitating best execution that is transparent and cost effective.
FundsLibrary is recognised for the breadth and depth of its fund data and documents, working with over 700 fund groups and the ability to provide both digital and regulatory solutions across the investment industry. The extensive experience with regulation encompasses industry leading services for Solvency II reporting and distribution across the investment industry of MiFID II data, KIIDs and PRIIP KIDs.
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