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The Gemini Companies (Gemini) has shared insights from a recent event the company hosted in Chicago, featuring users of Managed Account Platforms (MAP).
The panel, “Right-Sizing Managed Account Platforms for Institutional Investors,” was moderated by Susan Barreto, Editor at Large for HFM Global.
This panel featured perspectives from Anthony Festa, Managing Principal/Head of Portfolio Strategy, Fund Evaluation Group, LLC; Jacob Walthour, CEO, Blueprint Capital Advisors; John Fidler, Senior VP and Director of Alternative Investments, Commonwealth Bank & Trust Company; and Jon Reiners, SVP Institutional Sales, Gemini—Solutions for Managed Account Platforms.
During the panel conversation, it
IBV Capital’s IBV Capital Global Value Canadian Feeder Fund is now available on the Royal Bank of Canada retail investment platform.
The Fund invests according to IBV Capital’s disciplined value investment philosophy, which relies on deep, global research and analysis to identify mis-priced opportunities.
“We’re excited to be a part of the RBC retail platform,” says IBV Capital President and CEO Talbot Babineau (pictured). “We believe our Global Value Canadian Feeder Fund’s flexible, global investment mandate will greatly appeal to RBC advisors and their clients.”
IBV Capital focuses on producing attractive long-term rates of return, while preserving
Pacific View Asset Management (Pacific View) has marked the five-year anniversary of its US Small Cap Growth Strategy, which utilises a Momentum At a Reasonable Price approach to portfolio construction.
Over the five years up to the end of June 2018, the strategy performed in the top 15 per cent of its peer group with less volatility than the Russell 2000 Growth Index.
“We believe our Momentum At a Reasonable Price investment process represents a differentiated approach. It has shown that it is possible to generate excess returns with momentum factor exposure while exercising strong valuation discipline,” says Mike
In July 2018, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) increased volumes on its power derivatives markets by 46 per cent to 213.8 TWh (July 2017: 146,2 TWh).
On the Spanish power market, volumes exceeded the mark of 10 TWh for the first time, doubling last year’s volume (10.6 TWh, July 2017: 4.3 TWh). Furthermore, the markets for France (18.2 TWh, +18 per cent) and Italy (37.3 TWh, +70 per cent), in particular, developed positively.
In Phelix-DE Futures, trading volumes amounted to 128.7 TWh which is clearly above the total July volume in 2017 in the products for the German market
Crawford Lake Capital Management (Crawford Lake), a private investment management firm that specialises in trading-oriented long/short equity strategies, has appointed Dov Lando as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer.
Lando joins from MKP Capital Management where he spent six years as General Counsel with responsibility for managing global legal and compliance operations. At Crawford Lake, Lando will oversee all legal, regulatory and compliance matters, while also working with the firm’s executive committee on strategic initiatives.
“Dov is the perfect person to lead Crawford Lake’s legal and compliance functions as we continue to grow and evolve,” says Jeff Schachter, President
The London Metal Exchange and LME Clear have launched a consultation on proposed rule changes to enable the progression of their Strategic Pathway.
To facilitate the introduction of a broader range of contracts, the LME is proposing rule changes to enable a new streamlined approach to selected contract launches where the LME sees potential future success.
As such, following the technical deployment of “dynamic instrumentation” towards the end of 2018 and in response to specific requests from market participants, the LME proposes to launch eight new cash-settled futures contracts from January 2019, to include: three regional hot-rolled coil contracts
Exchange Data International (EDI), a provider of global security corporate actions, pricing and reference data, has launched US Bankruptcy Data developed in partnership with New Generation Research (NGR).
EDI, through this collaboration, now offers comprehensive data on US Bankruptcy Data for businesses with over USD50 million in assets. Historical data goes back to 2001.
The Bankruptcy Data allows subscribers to spend less time looking for business bankruptcy information and more time using it.
Jonathan Bloch (pictured), CEO of Exchange Data International says: “We are pleased to launch NGR’s US Bankruptcy Data service into our suite of products as
Fund administrator Apex Group (Apex) has expanded its US team with the addition of several new senior hires in the firm’s New York office.
Apex continues to grow rapidly in markets across North America, expanding its global footprint following a series of successful acquisitions teamed with organic growth.
The Group now has a strong presence across the Americas region with offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, New York, Santa Ana and San Francisco, in addition to Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Toronto and Uruguay. Apex’s focus on expanding its brand and service capabilities across North America sees the addition of seven new senior
The State Street Investor Confidence Index (ICI) increased to 101.8 for July 2018, up 1.0 point from June’s revised reading of 100.8.
Confidence among North American investors declined, with the North American ICI decreasing from 104.2 to 103.4. Meanwhile, the European ICI rose by 0.7 points to 91.5 and the Asia ICI increased by 0.5 points to 103.3.
“Despite the recent rebound in equity markets, we haven’t seen significant traction in risk appetite globally over the past couple of months,” says Rajeev Bhargava, managing director and head of Investor Behavior Research at State Street Associates. “It appears that geopolitical
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has successfully conducted its 1,500th primary market auction for emission allowances.
The auction, which was held on behalf of Poland, comprised a volume of 1,773,500 EUA and cleared at a price of 17.38 EUR/EUA. In total, 26 bidders took part in the auction.
Peter Reitz (pictured), CEO of EEX, says: “Over the years, EEX has decisively contributed to establishing large-scale emissions auctions in the EU ETS. Auctions have become a well-accepted and common market practice in Europe today. We support the further strengthening of auctions for emission allowances in the future, also with
