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Total assets managed by the Top 100 alternative investment managers globally reached USD3.5 trillion in 2014 (USD3.3 trillion in 2013), according to research produced by Towers Watson.
The Global Alternatives Survey, which covers nine asset classes and seven investor types, shows that of the Top 100 alternative investment managers, real estate managers have the largest share of assets (33 per cent and over USD1 trillion), followed by hedge funds (23 per cent and USD791bn), private equity fund managers (22 per cent and USD767bn), private equity funds of funds (PEFoFs) (10 per cent and USD342bn), funds of hedge funds (FoHFs) (5
- 13/07/2015
A recent survey of more than 290 investment professionals by the CFA Society of the UK (CFA UK), found most respondents (60 per cent) believe that financial reports contain too much irrelevant information, while 55 per cent feel they omit important information.
However, most (71 per cent) agreed that the quality of financial reporting has improved over the last 10 years.
The frequency of reporting has become an issue of debate with many (including John Kay) arguing that quarterly reporting drives short-termism. Our survey respondents were evenly split between those who favoured quarterly reporting and those happy with just
- 13/07/2015
The Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) is to launch two RMB FX futures contracts, the USD/CNT FX futures (RTF) and the USD/CNH FX futures (RHF) on 20 July, 2015.
RTF and RHF are with contract sizes of USD 20,000 and USD 100,000 respectively. Trading hours for both contracts will be from 8:45am to 4:15pm to cover the trading hours of Taiwanese interbank spot FX market.
In addition, TAIFEX launched two new ETF Futures associated with China’s stock indices (FTSE China A50 Index and SZSE 100 Index) on 8 July, 2015. They added to TAIFEX current ETF Futures suite, and made it
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La Française Inflection Point (LFIP) has launched an innovative, climate-themed global equities fund, just six months ahead of a pivotal United Nations climate change summit to be convened in the French capital.
La Française Lux-Inflection Point Zero Carbon (ZC), a long only Luxembourg SICAV sub-fund, was launched in mid-June with EUR25 million in seed capital provided by La Française.
Working with Paris head-quartered La Française, a multi-class asset manager with over EUR50 billion in assets under management, IPCM provided the in-depth carbon finance research underpinning the ZC fund, which is managed by LFIP. LFIP is now running close to
- 13/07/2015
June proved another difficult month for managed futures hedge funds, with the strategy declining an additional -2.64 per cent during the month, the universe’s third consecutive monthly decline, according to eVestment’s latest hedge fund performance report.
Losses dropped the average Q2 return to -3.99 per cent and dragged returns for the first six months of 2015 into negative territory, -1.11 per cent.
Large managed futures funds, those with greater than USD 1 billion in AUM, experienced elevated losses in June, declining an average of -4.79 per cent. The decline surpasses the magnitude of early 2015 gains and pushed large managed
- 13/07/2015
It was once again a decisive week for the EU with market participants granting an ever rising probability of Grexit. European assets experienced sizeable pressure during the period under review, though there has been a respite towards the end of the week following the conciliatory tone of the Greek government.
- 13/07/2015
Salman Ahmed (pictured), Global strategist & Portfolio Manager at Lombard Odier Investment Managers, comments on the latest Greek bailout deal…
After numerous last-minute deadlines and several twist and turns including the missed IMF payment, we finally seem to be heading towards a resolution to the latest episode in the EZ debt crisis (once again centred around Greece). There is still some lingering uncertainty as the reforms agreed by Tsipras have yet to be put to parliamentary vote but indications are that after the referendum Tsipras is enjoying a stronger domestic position than just a couple of weeks ago.
Overall, we think
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- 13/07/2015
Burr Pilger Mayer has expanded its alternative investment practice with the opening of an office in the Cayman Islands.
“We opened the Cayman Islands Office to meet the demands of our growing Hedge Fund and Alternative Investment Group,” says Brian Finnegan, Leader of the Firm’s Assurance Practice Group and Financial Services Industry Group. “The Cayman Islands is the world leader as a domicile for hedge fund managers, institutional sponsors, financial service firms and private equity investors.”
Finnegan and his team help clients manage the full range of issues that affect global businesses and investors, including:
• Annual audits of financial
- 13/07/2015
Flow Traders, a global technology-enabled liquidity provider that specialises in exchange traded products (ETPs), has listed on Euronext Amsterdam.
Flow Traders quotes bid and ask prices, enabling market participants to buy and sell ETPs efficiently and provides liquidity in over 4,000 ETP listings across the globe, tracking all underlying asset classes including equities, fixed income, commodities and currencies. Flow Traders is headquartered in Amsterdam with trading offices in Asia and the US covering all time zones.
The total offering of Flow Traders was valued at EUR521 million. After opening, the market price was EUR34.00 per share. Based on the
- 13/07/2015
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Ryan Caldwell, former Ivy Funds Portfolio Manager, has launched Chiron Investment Management, a boutique, actively managed investment management firm that will seek to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for its investors.
The firm will seek to utilise Caldwell’s proven, highly transparent approach to developing investment themes and positioning client portfolios. Chiron will have offices in Mission Woods, Kansas and New York City.
Caldwell will be the Chief Investment Officer of Chiron. He was most recently Co-Portfolio Manager of the Ivy Asset Strategy and Waddell & Reed Asset Strategy funds. These funds had generated top-tier investment performance versus their peers during his
- 10/07/2015
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