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Aquila Capital has appointed of industry expert Manfred Schraepler as Managing Director and Business Unit Head, Financial Assets and Liquid Private Markets.
In the newly created role, Schraepler will be responsible for the strategic direction and further growth of Aquila Capital’s financial asset business.
Schraepler joins Aquila Capital from Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Fund Solutions Group, having previously worked in a senior capacity at a number of firms, including as Director of Marketing at IKOS CIF Limited and Head of Structured Funds at Deutsche Bank AG, London.
Roman Rosslenbroich, CEO and Co-Founder of Aquila Capital, says: ”I
Agile Fund Solutions has appointed industry veteran David Proskin as Chief Financial Officer in the firm’s New York office.
"This is another huge win for us in the New York market," says Vincent Calcagno, CEO. "David brings a tremendous wealth of knowledge and operating experience in the hedge fund and broader alternative investment industry. He will undoubtedly aid in delivering on our mission to enable managers to scale their business by having them focus on the portfolio while we focus on the middle and back office."
"Joining Agile is truly exciting. Vince and I worked together 20 years ago and it
Crestline Investors has hire an experienced European Opportunistic Credit team and opened its first European office in London. This move represents an expansion of the firm's well-established US Opportunistic Credit Platform.
Michael Guy, Crestline's Chief Investment Officer of Europe, will lead the London office.
"The opening of our London office extends our geographic capabilities and complements our U.S. Opportunistic and Credit efforts," says Douglas Bratton, Chief Executive Officer of Crestline. "Crestline is committed to growing its Opportunistic Credit platform and establishing on-the-ground resources in locations that support our investor base and where we see attractive investment opportunities."
Guy has
Beechbrook Capital has launched the fundraising for its third private debt fund, Private Debt III, with a target of EUR200m-plus. First close is targeted for the second quarter of 2016, with a final close planned for later in the year.
The third fund will follow the same successful investment strategy as the previous funds by providing private debt, including mezzanine and unitranche, to lower mid-market buyouts in northern Europe. The Fund aims to deliver a low volatility running yield with attractive risk-adjusted returns. There is already a growing pipeline of investment opportunities for the new fund.
Fund II, which
EFG Asset Management (EFGAM) – an international provider of actively-managed investment solutions – has brought the management of its top-performing, award-winning New Capital US Growth Fund in-house.
The strategy underpinning the New Capital US Growth Fund was launched for EFGAM in July 2010; based on the firm’s convictions of multi-year growth across the Atlantic, and has since successfully delivered long-term performance for clients.
Core members of the existing investment team have officially joined EFGAM as part of the transition. Citywire A rated Joel Rubenstein, who has been co-lead on the Fund since inception will continue as lead manager, working
Stradley Ronon has opened an office in Chicago with the hiring of former K&L Gates Partners David P Glatz and Alan P Goldberg, both of whom join the firm as partners in the investment management group.
In addition to the Chicago-based partners, Eric S Purple and Nicole Trudeau, both previously partners at K&L Gates, have joined Stradley Ronon’s Washington DC office as partners in the investment management group.
With these additions, Stradley Ronon’s investment management practice now has 60 dedicated professionals representing registered investment companies, including open-end funds, closed-end funds, interval funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and unit investment trusts
CME Group is expanding its base metals offering with the introduction of a new Aluminium European Premium Duty-Paid (Metal Bulletin) futures contract to begin trading on 21 March, 2016.
Pending relevant regulatory review periods, the new contract will be available for trading on CME Globex, for submission for clearing through CME ClearPort, and will be listed with and subject to the rules and regulations of COMEX.
"This new contract complements our existing regional aluminium premium futures contracts, and will enable a broader and more diverse set of our European customers to hedge their exposure to the aluminium premium," says Young-Jin
Standish Mellon Asset Management Company, the fixed income specialist for BNY Mellon Investment Management, has appointed Vincent Reinhart (pictured) as Chief Economist.
Reinhart, who will report to David Leduc, Standish's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, will serve as a key resource for Standish's investment team and support developing the firm's macro framework which is a key part of Standish's investment process across all strategies.
"We are delighted to have someone of Vincent's caliber and expertise to further strengthen our global macroeconomic research platform. He will provide additional scope to our team based investment process and will support
100 Women in Hedge Funds (100WHF) has announced that Big Brothers Big Sisters Cayman (BBBS) has been designated as its 2016 Cayman Beneficiary.
100WHF Cayman aligns its yearly objectives to a global theme that rotates on an annual basis to ensure the greatest impact on the local community; for 2016, the theme is Mentoring. BBBS is a local charity that promotes its mentoring objectives by pairing dedicated adult volunteers with those children in the community that could most benefit from an enriching one-to-one mentoring relationship.
Commenting on the selection, Pilar Bush, Chair of BBBS, says: “Big Brothers Big Sisters Cayman
After a strong start to the year in January, Societe Generala Prime Services’ managed futures strategies continued to deliver positive performance across the board, with all CTA indices posting gains in February,
The SG Short-Term Traders Index posted the highest monthly return of all the indices at 3.16 per cent, whilst the more broad-based SG CTA Index is the leader year-to-date, up 7.20 per cent. February’s 2.90 per cent return sets a new monthly high watermark for the CTA Index, surpassing the previous equity high set at the beginning of 2015.
Attribution data from the SG Trend Indicator, which
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