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The Lyxor MAP has north of USD8 billion in assets under management and has approximately 80 funds available in a hedge fund managed account format.
But it's not only offshore hedge fund managed accounts that investors are looking for today.
According to Daniele Spada (pictured), Head of Lyxor MAP, there is a strong trend in Europe for UCITS funds.
The Lyxor Alternative UCITS platform has seen its stable of funds grow to eight in total – six external single manager funds and two internal single manager funds.
The latest fund, which launched 19th June, is the Lyxor/Chenavari Credit Fund, a
- 13/10/2015
By Marianne Scordel – For the third year running, Bougeville Consulting has been asked by Hedgeweek to look at the US hedge fund landscape, particularly as it relates to its European counterpart.
At a time when the global financial markets are integrated in many ways, we had previously highlighted some differences between, and idiosyncrasies relevant to, hedge funds in the US and in Europe. We had explained why the gap was not surprising given the sector's histories, investor's landscape and regulations on either side of the Atlantic.
This report follows on from what we wrote for Hedgeweek in 2014 and
- 13/10/2015
The Portfolio Amalfi™ platform by Nedelma Inc offers multi-asset, multi-language and multi-currency dynamic reporting and data visualisation and analysis capabilities to the asset management industry. The platform also offers data aggregation tools as well as portfolio management solutions and a calculation engine.
In addition to Portfolio Amalfi, Nedelma has an online investor document repository with document approval workflow and interactive reporting.
"The platform can be added to existing in-house and third-party products," says CEO Michael Medvinsky (pictured), who founded Nedelma after previously holding senior technology positions at Goldman Sachs and UBS. "Integration is quick and requires minimal input from
- 13/10/2015
With over 1,300 employees in international locations, over 250 employees and 40 partners dedicated to the financial services practice, EisnerAmper LLP has the breadth to handle global enga
- 13/10/2015
Agecroft Partners was founded by Don Steinbrugge (pictured), who has 30 years of experience in the institutional investment management industry. Agecroft specialises in consulting and third party marketing for hedge funds.
"Agecroft has changed the model of hedge fund third party marketing," says Steinbrugge. "Most third party marketing models are based on leveraging personal relationships and doing extensive entertaining. Ours has been to build a global brand with a reputation as an industry thought leader, strong institutional investment knowledge and representing very high quality managers.”
Steinbrugge has been a prolific writer of industry thought pieces and white papers, having written
- 13/10/2015
State Street's liquid alternatives financing and servicing capability is well positioned to support asset managers, both traditional and alternative, who are looking to diversify their product range. It has built a state-of-the-art global platform that provides fully integrated reporting, compliance, accounting, custody, settlements and investment analytics.
"Our perspective is that the liquid alternatives opportunity is huge, both for our clients and ourselves. Assets are now over USD700bn, asset levels have doubled over the last five years and projections are that liquid alternatives could become 10 to 15 per cent of total global mutual fund assets.
"Strategically, our goal is to
- 13/10/2015
Eighteen was the number. Not of attendees at this year's Hedgeweek US Fund Awards event in New York, but rather the number of basis points that the average global hedge fund had generated for the year (through August).
The point was made by Kenneth J Heinz, President of Hedge Fund Research, in his opening address that rather than be disillusioned by this moderate number, investors should take stock of the fact that amidst recent market volatility, hedge funds are actually doing exactly what they should be doing. In August, the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index fell -1.87 per cent; the
- 13/10/2015
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for September 2015 measured -1.56 per cent, while edge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index were down 1.13 per cent in October.
"SS&C GlobeOp's Capital Movement Index for October 2015 was -1.13 per cent, down from the previous month's 0.62 per cent, reflecting primarily seasonal factors," says Bill Stone (pictured), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, SS&C Technologies. "Comparing year-over-year flows, the -1.13 per cent for October 2015 was virtually identical to the October 2014 reading of -1.12 per cent, with both inflows and outflows
- 13/10/2015
The saying goes that ‘familiarity breeds contempt’ but when it comes to staying cyber secure, nothing could be further from the truth. Fact is, investment managers should be integrating cybersecurity issues, be they regulatory updates, software updates from their IT vendors, into their weekly meetings.
Even if it takes up just a few minutes of the agenda, getting into the habit of keeping staff aware of cybersecurity developments will allow it to become part of a firm’s broader risk management program and potentially mitigate human error; often the cause of so many internal data breaches.
In other words, cybersecurity should
- 13/10/2015
The fourth quarter of 2015 started on a strong footing, reversing the previous market downturn. During the first week of October, risk assets rallied, with the MSCI World up 5.8 per cent, following expectations that the Fed will postpone its first rate hike well into 2016. Implied equity volatility fell, the USD depreciated against major currencies, high yield spreads tightened, in particular in Europe, and commodities rallied. Finally, emerging markets received a breath of fresh air with the upturn in commodity prices.
- 13/10/2015
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