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Artisan Partners Asset Management has recruited Lewis Kaufman to start a new autonomous investment team – the firm’s seventh in total.
At Artisan Partners Kaufman will manage a developing world strategy that the firm is targeting to launch in mid-2015. Kaufman will have the flexibility to build a team to assist him in the management of the strategy in a way that will support his unique investment beliefs.
Kaufman has 15 years of industry experience and 8 years of portfolio management experience including the last 5 overseeing a developing world strategy. Kaufman has a bachelor’s degree in English from Colgate
- 18/02/2015
- 18/02/2015
The Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index (the Broad Index) finished up 0.81% for the month of January with six of the ten sub-strategies ending the month in positive territory.
Managed Futures led the way with a return of 6.02%, followed by Global Macro (2.69%), Dedicated Short Bias (1.88%), Multi-Strategy (1.19%), Emerging Markets (0.66%) and Long/Short Equity (0.28%).
Event Driven was the month’s biggest loser, down 1.00%, while Fixed Income Arbitrage (-0.81%), Equity Market Neutral (-0.37%) and Convertible Arbitrage (-0.21%) also recorded negatives returns.
Performance for the Broad Index and its 10 sub-strategies is calculated monthly.
- 18/02/2015
Alceda has extended its strategic partnership with MM Warburg Group (Warburg). Moving forward, Warburg will act as preferred partner for the administration and custody of Alceda’s funds.
Alceda provides independent consulting and structuring services for traditional and alternative investment strategies and offers state-of-the-art consulting, financing and investment solutions for real asset investments. The spectrum of services for asset managers and institutional investors ranges from developing investment solutions for traditional investment strategies to complex strategies using alternative investments and the re-domiciling of funds.
Alceda is licensed as an alternative investment fund manager (AIFM) in Luxembourg and Germany and as a
- 18/02/2015
Societe Generale Prime Services – formerly Newedge – has acquired a minority stake in Global Markets Exchange Group International (GMEX Group).
Following the investment by Deutsche Börse Group AG, Societe Generale becomes the second minority investor in GMEX Group and plans to provide execution and clearing services for clients trading on the exchange.
“The GMEX Group offers genuinely new ways to trade Interest Rates via their unique and versatile Constant Maturity Futures product,” says David Escoffier, Deputy Head of Global Markets for Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking and CEO at Newedge. “That's exciting for our clients as they
- 17/02/2015
Franklin Templeton Investments has appointed Stephanie Ouwendijk as a vice president and portfolio manager.
Ouwendijk joined Franklin Templeton on 16 February 2015, as part of its Emerging Markets Debt Opportunities team which sits within the Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group. She is based in London and reports to William Ledward, senior vice president and portfolio manager, who leads the Emerging Markets Debt Opportunities team. The team currently manages over USD10bn for institutional investors.
Ouwendijk joins Franklin Templeton from Ashmore Group, a London-based emerging markets asset management firm, where she served as fund manager since June 2010. Most recently,
- 17/02/2015
The number of digital media teams with more than 10 employees jumped by 15.5% in 2014 compared with the previous year, according to Cerulli Associates.
This increase suggests that managers are reacting to the latest technological trends by hiring specialised people, rather than pre-empting the changes by training existing staff to deal with the advances.
A total of 79% of managers expect digital media headcount to climb further-an increase of more than 50% on those polled the previous year. Only 21% of managers expect to keep their resources at the same level.
Company websites are the top digital media channel
- 17/02/2015
Recent research by the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) has highlighted growing discontent with the implementation of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) within the European Union (EU). Though the legislation set out to enhance oversight and standardise regulation across the EU, a significant majority of Europe-based investors feel they have been directly disadvantaged as a result, citing reduced international competitiveness as a key concern. In November 2014, Preqin conducted similar research, surveying 260 private equity and venture capital fund managers; 27% of respondents believed regulation to be the biggest challenge they face in 2015.
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- 17/02/2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an annual report (Report) on its direct supervisory activities in 2014 regarding credit rating agencies (CRAs) and trade repositories (TR).
The report summarises the key actions taken during 2014 and outlines ESMA’s supervisory work plans for both sectors for 2015.
ESMA is now responsible for overseeing the activities of 27 registered and certified CRAs in the EU. As part of its supervisory work in 2014 ESMA concluded its investigation into the issue of structured finance ratings, completed a review of small and medium-sized CRAs and conducted work regarding sovereign ratings. In
- 17/02/2015
Euronext has signed a license agreement with the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) providing the JSE with the right to list the flagship Milling Wheat contract currently traded on Euronext.
The aim of the agreement is to extend access to the global benchmark Milling Wheat contract by broadening its international exposure to a wider audience.
In this context, through partnering with the largest exchange in the region, the agreement also extends Euronext’s reach into Africa, which according to International Monetary Fund forecasts, will be the world’s second fastest-growing region next year, expanding 5.75 per cent.
The license agreement
- 17/02/2015
Healthcare costs continue to spiral out of control and yet still achieve relatively poor outcomes, says Richard A Kimball Jr (pictured), CEO of HEXL…
It’s a dysfunctional system that I believe is primed for change. A new incentive paradigm is emerging. The era of preventive medicine and home health monitoring is on the rise. An interesting concept has come to light recently as telemedicine continues to improve and evolve. Due to the variety of ways technology can be utilised in patient care, now the traditional house call – which seems to have gone a little out of practice in recent
- 17/02/2015
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