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Almost two-thirds (63 per cent) of asset managers regard content marketing as their most effective marketing tool with 65 per cent planning to increase their investment in the content marketing space in the coming year.
That’s according to the latest annual survey by Kurtosys which seeks to find out how marketers at asset management firms are reacting to changes in the digital landscape. The survey reveals that social media is considered equal in importance with email campaigns, both, at 42 per cent.
Despite the rise of social media, ‘traditional’ web presence remains a top priority too, with an overwhelming 70
Hedge funds gained 0.40 per cent in September, according to Lyxor, with underlying markets, as represented by the MSCI AC World Index (Local), up 2.17 per cent over the same period.
On a year-to-date basis, managers gained 5.50 per cent while underlying markets were up 11.97 per cent.
Among developed mandates, Japanese hedge funds posted a return of 2.01 per cent, followed by North American and European counterparts which were up 0.89 per cent and 0.85 per cent for the month respectively. On a year-to-date basis, Japanese managers were up 9.13 per cent followed by European and North American
JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) is planning to list its first two European ETFs on the London Stock Exchange. The two actively managed liquid alternative strategies, JPM Equity Long-Short UCITS ETF and JPM Managed Futures UCITs ETF, will also be made available to investors across key markets in Europe in due course.
As part of the “democratisation” of hedge fund investing, both ETFs will offer investors exposure to the investment characteristics typical of hedge funds by using alternative beta which extends the concept of beta investing from long-only traditional strategies to include both long and short investing. Alternative beta strategies
Fintech company NEX Group (NEX) has launched PIVOT, a new cash and collateral movement workflow tool which enables clients to make cash movements and money market sweeps.
Through the partnership between NEX Optimisation and NEX Markets, PIVOT connects the ENSO Core platform with NEX Treasury, a cash and FX liquidity management centre for the corporate and bank community. The new service helps buy-side institutions act on cash insights identified within ENSO Core, an award-winning treasury, counterparty risk and portfolio financing workflow platform, to help clients make timely decisions to optimise their overall counterparty relationships.
This new partnership is a
SandPointe Asset Management has selected NAV Fund Administration Group (NAV) to provide full service fund administration to six SandPointe private funds.
With firm assets over USD100 million, SandPointe chose to move their funds to NAV after learning of their flexible, highly accurate and cost effective fund administration solution.
“We feel like we’ve found a true partner in NAV Fund Administration,” says Jamie Grossman (pictured), Director of Investment Operations at SandPointe. “Our transition to their platform was seamless and NAV’s capabilities have opened our eyes to solutions not previously thought possible. Their proprietary system truly gives them an edge over
The Lyxor Hedge Fund index was up 1.0 per cent last week, fuelled by the recovery of Global Macro managers, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team.
Lyxor writes that: “Global Macro funds continued to extend their winning streak, supported by their constructive views on Europe through long equities and short bonds. Short EUR versus USD was rewarding.
“L/S Equity managers also delivered solid returns last week. US managers thrived form their exposures to technology and consumer non-cyclical. European funds benefitted from their tilt toward cyclical.
“Special Situations outperformed on the back of
Tradition, one of the world’s largest interdealer brokers in over-the-counter commodity and financial products, and Starfuels, the international oil, biofuels and grain broker, will be working together to launch a Grain Derivatives Broking service.
This collaboration will leverage the global resources and expertise of Tradition as well as the in-depth market knowledge of Starfuels to provide an unmatched offering in the commodities market.
David Jenkins (pictured), project manager for Tradition in London, says: “By combining the international coverage, commodity derivative experience and electronic systems of Tradition with physical grains knowledge, expertise and contacts of Starfuels, we feel we will
Wedbush Securities was founded in 1955, and is one of the largest providers of small and midcap equity research in the US.
The research team sits within Wedbush Capital Markets group and has particular expertise in market sectors that include: retail, building products, homebuilders, footwear and apparel, leisure, specialty retail, restaurants, technology, IT services and payments, enterprise software, Internet and media; healthcare, and financial institutions.
“We are very focused on the emerging manager space,” says Sean Trager, who heads up Prime Brokerage Services. “The landscape of the hedge fund industry has changed dramatically over the last decade. When you heard
Lightkeeper LLC is the leading provider of portfolio intelligence tools to the hedge fund community. Its lightweight, mobile and cost effective software solution allows users to manage and manipulate large portfolio data sets. With Lightkeeper, investment professionals can analyse important information with the click of a mouse or the touch of a screen.
The founders of Lightkeeper are seasoned software innovators, having previously conceived, built and sold Tamale Software, the industry standard Research Management Software (RMS) solution acquired by Advent Software in 2008.
Complementing the pedigree of Lightkeeper’s founders is a team of experienced development professionals, PhDs and specialists in
By Mary Beth Hamilton – There has been discussion for years about whether public or private cloud platforms were more suitable to financial and investment management firms. And that debate continues, but with the addition of a new player – the hybrid cloud.
While the public cloud receives praise for its flexibility and potential cost savings and the private cloud for its robust security and reliable performance, the hybrid iteration essentially marries these features to create a compelling package for firms who don’t fit naturally into the previous two categories.
Take a closer look at how public, private and hybrid
