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Dominic Wheatley (pictured), Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance, explains why issues of substance are driving up interest among fund managers in the potential upside of relocating to Guernsey.
During the last year we have seen increased interest among fund managers in the potential upside of relocating operations to Guernsey. A contributing catalyst has been the introduction of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), including the end of the transitional provisions in jurisdictions such as the UK.
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AIFMD has introduced some potentially onerous requirements but managers can put themselves out of scope by establishing their funds in non-EU jurisdictions, such
- 03/03/2015
- 03/03/2015
RS Investments has launched two new long/short alternative mutual funds: the RS Focused Opportunity Fund (RSFOX) and the RS Focused Growth Opportunity Fund (RSFGX).
Both funds will be available to retail and institutional investors.
“We’re focused on providing our clients with outcome-oriented solutions that are designed to limit downside risk across unpredictable markets,” says Matthew Scanlan, CEO of RS Investments. “These alternative strategies leverage our demonstrated Growth and Value alpha generation capabilities, across market caps, to construct long/short portfolios that seek to balance alpha and beta.”
The RS Focused Opportunity Fund looks to invest in companies that demonstrate attractive relative
- 03/03/2015
Automated trading specialist Alistair Brown – co-founder of Lime Brokerage – is turning his attention to fixed income with the launch of OpenBondX, an electronic “all-to-all” trading platform for US corporate bonds.
The ATS aims to attract new liquidity from non-traditional providers frustrated by the current antiquated market structure.
Just as Lime revolutionised quantitative and automated trading, Brown’s recipe for OBX incorporates uniquely sophisticated trading and risk management functionality into a transformative business model that sets it apart in a sea of bond-trading platforms.
For example, existing systems have been created by fixed income institutions and traders with domain
- 03/03/2015
Prosek has been named Best North American Public Relations Company in the annual Hedgeweek Global Awards.
The Hedgeweek Awards recognise the best hedge fund managers and service providers around the world. Winners are determined by votes from Hedgeweek’s more than 40,000 subscribers. The award was received by Andrew Waterworth, the head of Prosek's UK office at a ceremony in London on 27 February.
"We thank our clients and the readers of Hedgeweek for this remarkable award," says Jennifer Prosek, CEO, Prosek Partners. "It is an honour to be recognised by the industry for our work in building and protecting the
- 03/03/2015
The D E Shaw group has launched Arcesium, a new, independently operated technology and service company that will provide asset managers with software and service solutions for their post-trade activities.
Arcesium’s fully hosted technology platform offers asset managers sophisticated post-trade support for the various activities of the trade lifecycle—including security master maintenance, trade capture, asset servicing, treasury functions, pricing-related services, and portfolio data warehousing – in a highly automated and secure manner. Arcesium’s service offering complements its technology platform with robust, exception-driven processes that effectively balance efficiency and control. The platform, which was refined by the D E Shaw group
- 03/03/2015
TOBAM, the Paris-based asset manager, has secured USD2.1 billion in net new inflows across its Anti-Benchmark strategies, since 1 December, 2014.
In all, the company has recorded total net inflows of USD2.6 billion since the start of 2014, which contributed to a 56% increase in the firm’s assets under management in that time. TOBAM has now crossed the USD8 billion milestone of assets under management at USD8.7 billion from USD2.79 billion at the end of 2012.
Since the start of 2014, allocations have come from over 20 international institutional investors spread across Europe, North America, Asia, and most recently, the
- 03/03/2015
- 03/03/2015
London-based alternative investment manager Astellon Capital Partners has selected the Eze Private Cloud for all of its IT needs.
Established in 2011, Astellon focuses on European event-driven value-investing with a particular focus on German-speaking countries.
Davi Vieira, head of operations at Astellon Capital Partners, says: "Our move to the Eze Private Cloud was born out of the need to have a secure, reliable and institutional-grade IT platform that matches our focus on implementing strong financial, operational and infrastructure controls. Eze Castle Integration is the driving force behind the adoption of cloud services in the hedge fund industry and the optimal
- 02/03/2015
Hedge Funds ended February on a good note (+0.8%), confirming the positive momentum witnessed since the start of the year. As of the end of February, the Lyxor Hedge Fund Index is up 2.2% year to date, with 80% of the funds in positive territory.
- 02/03/2015
Capita Asset Services has extended its range of services for UCITS and alternative investment funds with the introduction of fully automated Annex IV reporting to both the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Central Bank of Ireland.
Capita currently provides services to around 50 funds across the UK and Ireland. The development of the Annex IV report has been a complex process requiring extensive data extraction and analysis. As a result Capita is able to provide an automated and verified population of 100% of the Annex IV schema, without any dependence on additional information from portfolio managers.
This has
- 02/03/2015
Sub-Saharan Africa is a rapidly growing investment theme and its dynamics will increasingly impact on both Developed and other Emerging Markets. The region is particularly interesting to investors on account of both the demographics, the rate of change of the markets and the low correlation with Developed and Emerging Markets.
The May 2000 cover of The Economist carried a picture of Africa titled 'The Hopelesss Continent'. In March 2013 that changed to 'Africa Rising' with a feature concluding that the reforms and investment would soon bear fruit. The time is now as the investment is increasingly coming from International investors
- 02/03/2015
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