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Markov Processes International (MPI), a provider of investment research, technology, analytics and indices for the global investment management industry, has added new target volatility indices to its growing roster of hedge fund indices.
MPI Hedge Fund Indices are designed to pair monthly hedge fund indices with daily tracker indices comprised of liquid securities that enable daily monitoring of hedge fund performance and risk. MPI will now provide target volatility indices for each tracker, enabling benchmarks to be tailored to a specific investor, allocation or product’s desired risk level.
The MPI Eurekahedge 50 Tracker Index (EHFI401), which is a daily tracker
A London-based company has unveiled a new web-based marketing compliance tool that it says is aiming to transform marketing compliance for the alternative investment fund management (AIFM) industry.
Sales Road Maps Online (SRMO) provides AIFMs with key marketing compliance “rules of the road” for 50 jurisdictions when AIFMs are fundraising worldwide.
SRMO Founder & CEO Cathy Brand says: “We have had so many clients over the years asking us to develop this product. By way of background, all AIFMs must comply with local rules (which differ country-by-country) on marketing their AIFs. To investigate numerous, complex country regulations is a time-consuming
Fulcrum Asset Management has appointed Akio Ohtsuka as Senior Adviser. He is currently Executive Advisor of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd.
Ohtsuka will provide Fulcrum with strategic insight into the Japanese asset management landscape.
Ohtsuka has worked in many of the most senior roles at Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co Ltd and latterly, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd, since joining the firm in April 1976. He is widely recognised as a key figure in the financial services and pension market in Japan, where he has spearheaded a drive to increase uptake of alternatives and multi strategy products. From 2012 to
The latest figures on the size of the finance industry in Jersey show banking deposits are rising and the value of the funds industry is at a record high.
The net asset value of regulated funds under administration grew by GBP15 billion during the second quarter of 2018 to stand at GBP296 billion at 30 June 2018, the highest recorded figure to date, while banking deposits are also higher at GBP121.2 billion, the most since March 2016 and GBP5.7 billion higher than in March 2018.
The statistics, collated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) and published by Jersey Finance,
NewCity Digital Limited, in partnership with Forbes Media, NewCity Capital and trade.io, has launched Forbes CryptoMarkets, a new data-driven portal that offers comprehensive tracking of cryptocurrencies worldwide that licenses the Forbes brand name.
Forbes CryptoMarkets, which has gone live in beta form, features real-time pricing and volume information on several thousand cryptocurrencies and an initial five cryptocurrency indices worldwide.
The comprehensive site also provides: insights and information on worldwide exchanges such as listed cryptocurrencies, trading pairs, pricing and volumes; a real-time newsfeed aggregating content from leading news organisations and companies, including content from Forbes’ family of sites worldwide; indices tracking
Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed Julie Flack as General Manager of its Australia business, responsible for driving growth of Broadridge’s sell-side and buy-side businesses in Australia and New Zealand.
Flack will directly manage all Broadridge associates in Australia and she will report to David Becker, Head of Asia Pacific. Her remit will also include product management across Asia Pacific, including defining product strategy and planning and in this role will report to Nidhi Singh, Vice President, Global Product Management.
Flack comes to Broadridge with more than 20 years of financial services industry experience encompassing roles across futures & options,
Hedge funds were slightly down last week, still dragged lower by CTA strategies, according to the latest Weekly Bried from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team.
The company writes: “Last week we downgraded CTAs to Neutral from Overweight, on the back of the assumption that a market rebound is likely in the short term and the strategy will not benefit from it. When volatility rises, CTAs deleverage.
“L/S Equity strategies outperformed as they do not appear to have cut their net exposure during the selloff, anticipating a short-lived market event. We are neutral on L/S Equity strategies, with a preference for
It’s a big question that this webinar – A realist’s view: What you need to know about launching a fund – will aim to answer with the help of a panel of industry experts.
Topics to be discussed by funds specialists inlcuding independent trustee Anita Krug, and Gemini Senior Vice Presidents James Ash and Kyle Thorberg, include –
• How to determine if launching a mutual fund or ETF is right for your business
• Trust models: series or proprietary
• Timeline: what to expect from the launch process
• Understanding the initial costs to launching a fund
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Investors removed an estimated USD14.72 billion from hedge funds in September pushing Q3 net flows into negative territory with an estimated USD5.71 billion leaving the industry in Q3, according to the September 2018 eVestment Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report.
Year-to-date net flows are essentially now flat with a very slight net USD70 million inflow. Total industry assets sit at USD3.310 trillion.
Among primary strategies Event Driven funds were a bright spot, with asset flows of +USD1.73 billion in September and +USD4.10 billion for Q3. Event Driven funds, however, are still negative for the year, with year-to-date (YTD) flows at
Online trading and multi-asset specialist Saxo Bank is to offer CFD Options on a range of option roots, covering puts and calls on 15 of the world’s largest stock indices.
CFD Options are OTC instruments based on Exchange Traded Index Options. They can help diversify a portfolio, as not only do they enable clients to take a position, they can be used for portfolio hedging purposes too.
Magnus Sundby (pictured), Product Manager – CFD & Equities, says: “This new product range will lower the entry barrier for clients looking to trade options, as CFD options reduce the cost of
