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Probabilities Fund Management LLC, a San Diego-based registered investment advisor established in 2007 serves as manager of the Probabilities Fund (PROTX), a liquid alternative mutual fund.
The fund strategy and overall investment philosophy was developed by Joseph Childrey, the firm’s Founder & Chief Investment Officer, and incorporates the principles of behavioural finance and trend following.
Other key executives within the firm include: Jonathan Chatfield CFA, Chief Portfolio Manager; Jeffrey Hirsch, Chief Market Strategist; Christopher Mistal, Director of Research, Mary Gray, Chief Operating Officer, Allie Davari, Director of Training and Development, Robert Ausdal, CFA, Partner and Allen Shepard, PhD, Partner.
With
Sadis & Goldberg LLP is one of New York’s leading financial services-focused law firms. Known both domestically and internationally as a dominant force in the financial services sector, Sadis & Goldberg serves clients throughout the world. The Financial Services Group is headed up by partner Ron Geffner (pictured) and comprised of 15 attorneys that have each spent a significant amount of their career practicing in the private fund space, providing a compelling roster of seasoned legal advisers.
Many of the attorneys were trained at the world’s largest law firms, firms that specialise in the private fund space and/or have prior
Harneys operates through 14 international locations and its global funds practice advises on all aspects of offshore investment funds, from the establishment, to the ongoing maintenance and then the restructuring both in distressed and planned scenarios.
The firm’s investment funds practice has continued to grow, particularly in Cayman, where Harneys has rapidly closed the gap between it and other firms in the jurisdiction through a number of key hires, including Appleby’s former global head of investment funds, Ian Gobin, who joined at the start of 2016. This year, Harneys has continued to build on the back of what was a
With 1,500 professionals and 180 partners and over 250 employees dedicated to the financial services practice, EisnerAmper LLP has the breadth to handle global engagements and provide comprehensive guidance and support to its roster of hedge fund clients. It is one of the top 20 largest accounting firms in the United States and the fifth largest in the state of New York, after the Big 4.
EisnerAmper currently services over 1,300 hedge funds and 200 private equity/venture capital sponsors that have over 1,000 funds and special purpose vehicles. Whomever the client, the firm always strives to speak their language and
Multi-award-winning hedge fund administrator Opus Fund Services was established in Bermuda in 2006, subsequently expanding its footprint into the US with offices in Chicago (2008), San Francisco (2009), New York (2013) and Portland (2014). It serves over 250 fund managers and 425-plus funds with a combined AUM approaching USD14 billion.
2017 has been another strong period of year-on-year growth for Opus but of greater importance, says CEO Robin Bedford (pictured), is the establishment of a Dublin office (regulatory licence pending) to support Europe and a new overnight processing office based in Manila, Philippines.
“Those two developments have been real game
NuWave Investment Management was founded in 2000 by Troy Buckner and considers itself equal parts asset management company and technology company, as the firm has long been a pioneer in the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning concepts to financial modelling and trading.
“Technology has always been a key differentiator for NuWave with respect to financial modelling, signal generation, trade execution and risk management,” comments Craig Weynand (pictured), Chief Operating Officer. “The firm has long recognised that there exists an enormous amount of market data, all of which can be studied, tested and analysed with the aid of sophisticated
Tom Walek is a pioneer in hedge fund PR and communications, having established his first firm, Walek & Associates in 1998. Following the sale of that firm, Walek unveiled a new strategic communications firm, Peaks Strategies, in April 2016, for public and private market companies in capital markets, traditional and alternative asset managers, fintech firms and financial and professional services.
Over the last two decades, Walek has been a driving force behind substantial change in hedge fund PR and communications.
“Recently, I saw a list of PR firms operating in the hedge fund space and it must have been four
The one enduring quality of the hedge fund industry is its seemingly endless optimism and willingness to continually evolve, to meet the demanding (and sometimes unrealistic) expectations of institutional investors.
Nowhere is that entrepreneurial spirit more evident than in New York City, the global hub for hedge funds. The latest figures from Preqin show that 71 per cent of new fund launches in Q2 2017 originated out of New York. And there have been some substantial launches: Brandon Haley’s Holocene Advisors LP, for example, went live this April with USD1.5 billion in AUM, while Ben Melkman’s Light Sky Macro also
Independent trust, fund and corporate services provider Crestbridge has appointed Anke Jager (pictured), as Director with a particular remit to lead and develop its Corporate Services division in Luxembourg, and has promoted Ludivine Nicolai to Director.
In her new role, Jager will take on responsibility for overseeing and continuing to grow Crestbridge’s business in Luxembourg that offers a broad range of corporate, administration and company secretarial services to global institutions including funds, fund managers, corporates and banks.
With over 12 years’ experience in Luxembourg’s financial services industry, Jager has extensive knowledge of the multi-jurisdictional company secretarial and corporate governance
Red Deer, a next-generation financial technology company dedicated to enhancing the performance of active investment managers, has announced that alternative investment fund manager Cheyne Capital Management has selected Red Deer’s MiFID II solution to manage its research consumption, valuation and inducement requirements across its investment business, in advance of the 3 January 2018 MiFID II deadline.
“Red Deer demonstrated a fully flexible solution for MiFID II research unbundling that should allow us to manage all our inducement, research consumption and valuation requirements with minimum disruption to the front office. It should also allow us to attribute, forecast and manage budgets
