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Global advisory, corporate development and executive search firm Jensen Partners has aligned with Context Capital Partners LP to launch Context Jensen Partners.
The new company will strategically address the obstacles faced by alternative asset managers who are focused on growing assets in an increasingly competitive fundraising environment.
Context Capital Partners (Context), a seeding firm focused on alternative investment strategies, is now a stakeholder in Jensen Partners (Jensen), which combines a customised, scientific approach with the proprietary 360° Investor Referencing Methodology and advanced behavioural analytics to source and recruit leading capital-raising executives and provide strategic consulting services for clients. This
The debate over MiFID II has sparked intense speculation about the future of the European equity research business. Much less attention has been paid to the potentially profound impacts of the regulatory proposals on the European cash equity trading business.
A new report from Greenwich Associates, European Equity Trading and the Consequences of Regulation, reveals that European buy-side traders and portfolio managers believe MiFID II provisions could increase trade execution costs and reduce market liquidity – particularly in small cap stocks.
The report shows that the more than EUR3.4 billion in commission payments earned by brokerage firms on institutional
An increasingly diverse mix of hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds and entrepreneurs are behind a wave of new business models targeting a share of the fast growing multi-billion dollar intellectual property (IP) industry, according to IP data provider IAM.
Revenue just from the licensing and royalties from intellectual property such as patents or trademarks has ballooned from USD27billion in 1990 to break through USD180billion in 2009 (source: WIPO).
IAM explains that participants in the intellectual property markets no longer just consist of Non Practicing Entities (or patent “trolls”) but is increasingly made up of investment funds, banks and litigation
ALFI has welcomed the publication of a draft law relating to a new Luxembourg alternative fund structure, the Reserved Alternative Investment Fund (RAIF).
The bill will run through the usual legislative process and is therefore still subject to change. A final text of the law might be adopted in the second quarter of 2016.
Denise Voss (pictured), Chairman of ALFI, says: “The future Luxembourg RAIF Law will provide an additional – complementary – alternative investment fund regime which is similar to both the Specialised Investment Fund and SICAR regimes.”
Currently Luxembourg rules not only require the Luxembourg Alternative
Global market conditions were broadly supportive in November, with risk assets moving higher.
During a period in which most asset classes sold off ferociously and fixed income provided no downside protection, the Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down only 0.8 per cent. This highlights the resilience of this asset class to wide market movements.
Backstop Solutions Group, a leading provider of cloud-based solutions for hedge funds, funds of funds, private equity funds, pensions and endowments, has appointed Craig Rowland (pictured) as Vice President, Institutional Sales.
As a senior executive in EMEA, Rowland will be responsible for driving Backstop’s overall sales strategy and revenue growth in EMEA, including a focus on the company’s operations.
“We are thrilled to welcome Craig to Backstop,” says Clint Coghill, CEO. “His experience helping firms grow alongside his regional expertise positions us with a strong advantage in the EMEA market. We are confident Craig’s leadership will enable us to
Angel Oak Capital Advisors, an investment management firm focused on providing opportunistic fixed income investment solutions, has hired two new managing directors to strengthen its institutional marketing efforts.
Tracie K Gunion and Bradley P Schluter have joined managing director Adam Beeler to broaden the reach of Angel Oak Capital’s institutional sales and marketing team. These hires represent the firm’s efforts to augment its successful track record of growth by bolstering its outreach to institutional investors.
Gunion comes to Angel Oak Capital with more than a decade of experience working with hedge fund managers and investors in alternative assets. Prior
MUFG Investor Services has secured all regulatory approvals for its acquisition of UBS Asset Management’s Alternative Fund Services (AFS) business and the acquisition has closed.
The deal forms part of MUFG Investor Services’ strategy to build a global industry-leading fund administrator. The AFS acquisition raises MUFG Investor Services’ total assets under administration to USD266 billion across 2,300 funds.
Junichi Okamoto, Group Head of Trust Assets Business Group, Deputy President, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation says: “AFS is a strategic addition to our business and demonstrates our commitment and ambitions within the fund administration industry. MUFG Investor Services is
The Cayman Alternative Investment Summit (CAIS) has become an authoritative platform for fresh thinking on alternative investing and 2016 is set to raise the bar another notch higher.
Taking place at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel between 4th and 5th February 2016, Grand Cayman, the theme of CAIS 2016 is “Alternative Investments: Supercharged”.
Since its inception in 2012, CAIS has become a key fixture on the event calendar for global alternative fund managers and asset owners and is now widely regarded as the global voice of the alternative industry.
Bringing together the sharpest minds with a host of guest and
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