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The Hedge Fund Association (HFA) has added prime brokerage firm Concept Capital Markets to its Thought Leadership Council.
Concept Capital Markets joins fellow council members McGladrey and KPMG to empower the HFA’s mission to advance transparency, development and trust in alternative investments.
“We are proud to join the HFA’s Thought Leadership Council in support of the organisation’s mission to unite and speak up for all hedge fund industry participants,” says Jack Seibald, managing member of Concept Capital Markets. “As the HFA continues to grow its regional chapters in the US, Europe, Asia, Australia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Concept
- 03/09/2014
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund industry body, has published an updated edition of its flagship due diligence questionnaire (DDQ), the AIMA DDQ for Hedge Fund Managers.
The AIMA DDQ is used by prospective investors when assessing hedge fund managers and is considered to be the industry-standard template. By having a standardised set of questions, the DDQ also helps managers respond efficiently to requests for information from multiple investors.
It was last revised in 2010.
While there are more than 90 new questions, many previous questions have been consolidated. AIMA is providing tools to
- 03/09/2014
AIMA Canada, the national group of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) in Canada, has appointed its board for 2014-2016.
Michael Burns assumes the role of chair, succeeding Gary Ostoich, a founding member of AIMA Canada who has served as chair since 2009.
The following members have been elected to the board for two year terms, effective 1 September 2014:
Chair: Michael Burns, partner, Borden Ladner Gervais
Deputy chair: Paul Patterson, vice president, private investment, Integrated Asset Management (IAM) Group

Legal counsel: Tim Baron, partner, Davies Ward Phillips and Vineberg
Treasurer: Derek Hatoum, partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Additional board members: Claude Perron,
- 03/09/2014
- 03/09/2014
Risk managers are increasingly viewing risk management as a strategic core competency rather than a regulatory obligation, according to a survey by the Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA) and SunGard.
The survey captured the views of more than 200 banking risk managers across the world about their collateral and exposure management priorities.


Stress testing capabilities ranked as a lower than expected priority, behind collateral consolidation and asset and exposure valuation. This is particularly surprising in light of the impending European Central Bank comprehensive assessment, due to be published in November 2014, which will disclose those under the baseline
- 03/09/2014
All six of Market Vectors Index Solutions’ (MVIS) investable long/short equity indices recorded a positive performance in August.
MV North America Long/Short Equity Index led the way with return of 2.29 per cent, followed by the MV Global Long/Short Equity Index (2.00 per cent) and the MV Emerging Markets Long/Short Equity Index (1.75 per cent).
The MV Asia (Developed) Long/Short Equity Index recorded the lowest return at 0.47 per cent, while the MV Global Event Long/Short Equity Index and the MV Western Europe Long/Short Equity Index recorded 1.47 per cent and 1.24 per cent respectively.
- 02/09/2014
For the second week in a row, hedge funds have posted a solid performance, lifting the Lyxor Hedge Fund Index (HFI) closer to new highs.
The index was up 0.6 per cent last week, bringing the year-to-date performance to +1.5 per cent.
All strategies benefited from the market rally, which saw the S&P 500 reaching 2000 and the 10y Bund yield falling below one per cent for the first time on record.
The dovish tone of central banks remains supportive for both equities and bonds. The ECB will likely announce additional expansionary measures this week as inflation in
- 02/09/2014
Specialist fund manager VAM has launched a Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS IV fund targeting the high growth potential of frontier market equities.
The VAM Frontier Markets Fund has an investable universe primarily consisting of companies domiciled or doing business in the 33 countries classified by MSCI as frontier markets.
The fund follows an all-cap strategy and will typically hold between 60 and 90 stocks to provide exposure to a diverse portfolio of underlying companies and economies.
The fund will be available to institutional fund buyers, including discretionary fund managers, wealth managers, funds of funds, private banks, pension funds and family
- 02/09/2014
- 02/09/2014
Castle Hall Alternatives, an operational due diligence specialist focused on hedge funds, private equity funds and long-only funds, has teamed up with ReportLab to launch the OpsDiligence platform.
The hosted platform provides clients with access to a detailed live database and in-depth PDF reports, often 50+ pages long. Reports can be generated directly from the database, allowing clients to pull down a publication-quality document seconds after updates to any of the content.
Castle Hall Alternatives specialises in operational due diligence on hedge funds, private equity and long only funds.
“We came to ReportLab for the document creation technology,
- 01/09/2014
Dr Vladimir Tikhomirov, Chief Economist at BCS Financial Group comments on the rouble’s recent fall to a new low…
Hopes that the Minsk summit and the first direct talks between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents would open the way for a peaceful resolution of the conflict were short-lived.
On 28 August, less than two days after the summit ended, Ukrainian authorities publicly stated that Russia intensified its support for the rebels and moved regular troops in to Ukraine numbering in the thousands. These statements provoked an escalation in Russia-West relations, which were accompanied by renewed discussions of sanctions against Russia.
- 01/09/2014
- 01/09/2014
Common Sense Investment Management (CSIM), an independent, privately-held investment manager, has appointed Marc Lorin as president.
Prior to joining Common Sense, Lorin was the deputy head of origination and structuring in the alternative investment solutions team at Newedge USA, a division of Société Générale.
In this role, Lorin and his team were responsible for the sales approach to hedge fund managers and institutional investors such as family offices, sovereign wealth funds, managed account platforms, pension funds, and fund of hedge funds.
Lorin started his career with Drexel Burnham Lambert in 1989 on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile
- 01/09/2014
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