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Dominic Lawton-Smith (pictured) is head of Private Client & Private Equity at Cayman-based boutique fund administrator, trustee and corporate services firm JP Integra Group. The company is 11 years old, has Cayman trust, fund administration and corporate services licences, enabling it to work with private, institutional and sovereign clients and has over USD6 billion under administration.
It specialises in the provision of administrative and fiduciary services to clients with international investment, offering and estate planning projects in the long or short term. JP Integra leverages its offering and its legal and accounting skills with Cayman’s position as a key global
A brand-new social impact offset token has come out of a 25-year history of creating sustainable solutions for corporations, explains Todd Lemons (pictured), chairman of the Veridium Foundation.
Veridium is a collaborative initiative between a coalition of industry leaders including IBM, Stellar, Brian Kelly Capital Management, EnVision Corporation, and IDEAcarbon (a division of IDEAglobal),
Some 10 years ago, InfiniteEARTH (also part of the EnVision group of companies), authored the first forest carbon accounting methodology, now known as REDD+ (reducing emissions from avoided deforestation and degradation), which is now embodied in the Paris agreement.
The company developed the first internationally recognised
Q&A with Manuel Anguita (pictured), co-founder of top-performing blockchain- and crypto-focused hedge fund Silver 8…
How did Silver 8 come to invest in crypto assets in 2015?
Much of the credit must go to my business partner and Silver 8’s other co-founder, Jose Suarez, who is responsible for the vision. Jose has been a serial entrepreneur and tech investor for the best part of 25 years, experiencing first-hand the development of the internet. I have a very different background as I’m a financial markets professional, mainly in the hedge fund arena. We met 20 years ago when I was starting
It’s a true sign of the times. The two top performing hedge funds of 2018, according to data providers Preqin, are both focused on cryptocurrencies and blockchain.
Silver 8 Capital – read about them further on in this report – managed the highest returning hedge fund last year focusing on financial technology, with a particular focus on blockchain and the crypto world, returning 770.74 per cent, while Global Advisors’ Bitcoin Investment Fund came in second with returns of 330.08, according to Preqin.
Further evidence comes from HFR, whose Cryptocurrency Index was up 155.70 per cent for the last 12 months to
The Investment Management Due Diligence Association (IMDDA), an investor-based organisation dedicated to the professionals who investigate facts concerning investment programs, is to launch a professional due diligence designation program later this year.
The Chartered Due Diligence Analyst (CDDA) will be an internationally recognised designation developed to ISO 17024 and ANSI accreditation standards that rigorously tests for aptitude and expertise in due diligence. Each person who passes the exam becomes a Chartered Due Diligence Analyst® (CDDA), a designation that denotes one as an authority in the due diligence field.
“Understanding how money is invested and all the business and operational
Abi Oladimeji, Chief Investment Officer at Thomas Miller Investment, provides his current views on the major asset classes, and the possible impact of ongoing uncertainty on sterling…
We continue to believe the balance of macro risks and opportunities warrants a neutral stance on the major asset classes relative to longer term strategic allocation and, therefore, we are maintaining broadly neutral asset allocation positions.
Equity markets are caught between the positive effects of robust growth and strong earnings and the negative influence of uncertainties about interest rate outlook and trade policy. Despite providing short term support, the strength in recent
2016 was an interesting year for those interested in the impact of cyber security incidents on asset valuations. USD350 million (7.2 per cent) was wiped off Yahoo’s purchase price after it disclosed several cyber security incidents during its acquisition by Verizon.
And Muddy Waters Capital shorted the medical implant manufacturer St Jude Medical (STJ) before releasing information about several serious security vulnerabilities in its core pacemaker products. The St Jude stock dropped over 10 per cent intraday, and Muddy Waters Capital ended the year with a 16 per cent gain.
The impact of cyber security incidents on asset valuation is
Charles River Development and Broadridge Financial Solutions have formalised a business alliance to enable better integration with the SWIFT network in the Charles River Investment Management Solution (Charles River IMS).
The recent SEC mandate to decrease settlement times from T+3 to T+2 is designed to enhance efficiency, reduce risk, and ensure a coordinated and expeditious transition to a shortened settlement cycle. With the migration to T+2, asset managers are challenged to manage settlement risk and ensure accurate records with custodians and prime brokers. Broadridge’s SWIFT solution, which is used by more than 100 clients globally, accelerates the adoption of industry
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 0.71 per cent in July, outperforming the -0.15 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 Incorporated, and Wilshire Analytics, creator of the Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index.
“Risk assets gained on the continued economic momentum provided by corporate tax reform and reduced trade tensions between US and Europe,” says Jason Schwarz
The flash estimate for the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, indicates a 0.21 per cent gain in July. Year to date, the Index has lost 1.98 per cent.
“Although Managed Futures were able to register a small gain in July with 57 per cent of the underlying index constituents reporting profits, the dispersion of monthly returns was quite high, ranging from a 41 per cent gain down to a 15 per cent loss,” says Sol Waksman, founder and president of BarclayHedge.
Four of Barclay’s managed futures indices had gains in July, while six had losses. The Cryptocurrency Traders
