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Old Mutual Global Investors is to launch the Old Mutual Absolute Return Government Bond Fund, which is a UCITs fund, and the Old Mutual Liquid Macro Fund, which is a Qualifying Investor Alternative Investment Fund on 7 October 2015.
The strategy will launch with USD150 million seed capital from Old Mutual plc.
The Funds will be managed by Russ Oxley and his team, who joined Old Mutual Global Investors from Ignis Asset Management earlier this year. Russ, the Lead Manager, and Co-Managers Adam Purzitsky and Paul Shanta, will be supported in their portfolio management and trading by Huw Davies
Fund management group Liontrust has added Antonio Forte (pictured) to the firm’s international sales team.
Forte joins from Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, having previously worked at Luxgest Asset Management (Intesa San Paolo Group) and Philip Morris International. Antonio is also a CAIA holder.
Forte is based in Luxembourg and will work with James Beddall and Jonathan Hughes-Morgan to expand the distribution capability of Liontrust’s Dublin range of funds, with a particular focus on Italy and Spain.
“Italy is attractive for fund management groups because of the large savings market and the recent and ongoing move away from bonds and
The RWC Nissay Japan Focus Fund has seen strong demand from investors, raising USD150 million since its launch in March of this year.
This new UCITS fund closely replicates the Japanese Stewardship Fund – a Dublin-domiciled AIF – which was launched in 2005.
Yasu Kinoshita heads up the investment team who work out of Tokyo and are advised by Corinna Arnold and Mike Connors out of RWC in London. Since 2005 the Japanese Stewardship has seen very strong performance of 68 per cent over the TOPIX since its inception and more recently returned 21 per cent YTD demonstrating that opportunities to generate
Ramsey Quantitative Systems has selected SEI's Advisors' Inner Circle Fund (AIC) II as the turnkey operating structure for it’s new Small Cap Hedged Equity Fund.
Through its Investment Manager Services (IMS) division, SEI SEIC, -0.43% supplies customized operating infrastructure and services to investment organizations around the world.
SEI helped pioneer the series trust concept over 20 years ago by introducing Advisors' Inner Circle Fund as an institutional-quality turnkey mutual fund operating platform in 1991. The AIC series trust enables investment organisations to rapidly launch and grow mutual funds without having to build their own fund operating infrastructure. The solution
The Boston office of global law firm K&L Gates has added Richard Kerr (pictured) as a partner in the investment management, hedge funds and alternative investments practice. He joins K&L Gates from Goodwin Proctor LLP.
Kerr focuses his practice on counselling investment companies, investment advisers, broker-dealers, banks, and other financial institutions on corporate, regulatory, and transactional matters, including formation and registration, reorganisation transactions, mergers and acquisitions, marketing and advertising, and public and private offerings of debt and equity securities. He has substantial experience representing financial institutions before federal and state securities and banking regulators and self-regulatory organisations, including the Financial Industry Regulatory
Broadmeadow Capital, a subsidiary of Cedar Capital, has completed the acquisition of the investment strategies and management contracts of F-Squared Investments.
"With the transaction completed, Broadmeadow Capital is providing uninterrupted access to AlphaSector investment strategies," says David Cabot (pictured), president at Broadmeadow Capital. "We look forward to working with current and prospective investors who continue to show great interest in the unique performance characteristics of AlphaSector."
Paul Ingersoll, chief executive officer at Cedar Capital, adds: "With Broadmeadow Capital's expanded product portfolio, we feel optimistic about the firm's position as a provider of alternative investment strategies that help investors manage
Private equity firm Parthenon Capital Partners is to invest in Millennium Trust Company, a provider of technology-enabled asset custody solutions for institutions, advisors, and individuals.
“We welcome Parthenon’s investment and expertise as we look to accelerate Millennium Trust’s growth and strengthen our position as a leading provider of technology-enabled custody and administrative solutions,” says Scott McCartan, Chief Executive Officer of Millennium Trust.
Gary Anetsberger, Chief Operating Officer of Millennium Trust, says: “Millennium Trust will continue to provide world-class service to clients across our three core product areas. We look forward to working closely with Parthenon to leverage their expertise
Custom House Fund Services, a provider of financial services to the alternative investment sector, has been named “Best North American Shadow Accounting Firm” in Hedgeweek’s 2015 USA Awards.
The fifth annual awards, which were presented in New York on 10 September, recognise excellence among hedge fund managers and service providers around the world. Chris Albright, Managing Director, accepted the award on behalf of Custom House. The awards were determined by the votes of Hedgeweek’s subscribers, who include institutional investors, wealth managers, fund managers and other industry professionals at firms including fund administrators, prime brokers, custodians, law firms, custodians and advisers.
Fidessa has selected OTAS to be the first partner to deliver its market data analytics into the Fidessa trading platform. Fidessa’s Partnership Program allows carefully selected 3rd party content to be integrated directly into its trading workflow.
As a specialist provider of market analytics and trader intelligence, OTAS content is ideally positioned to seamlessly integrate into the trader workflow. The OTAS Base app suite and API makes it easy to deliver this content to existing platforms. The users can immediately benefit from superior visualisation metrics and natural language text.
Fidessa is leading the industry, recognising the benefits of partnering
Carne Group and CalQRisk, a developer of enterprise-wide risk management technology solutions, have launched a technology-driven solution for fund boards.
This new Carne CalQRisk product has been tailored to the requirements of fund boards and fund directors facing increased risks and responsibilities in the areas of cybersecurity and financial crime.
Carne CalQRisk aims to provide fund directors with a comprehensive and holistic assessment of cybersecurity and financial crime risks for the fund entity and its delegates. This includes a risk management framework for fund directors to assist in identifying where gaps exist in relation to policies, procedures, systems and
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