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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
Managed futures traders lost 1.60 per cent in August according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The Index is down 1.08 per cent year to date.
“A global retreat from risk assets precipitated by China’s unexpected announcement of a currency devaluation weighed heavily on prices for commodities, equities, and Asian currencies,” says Sol Waksman (pictured), founder and president of BarclayHedge.
Six of Barclay’s eight CTA indices had losses in August. The Diversified Traders Index was down 1.69 per cent, Systematic Traders lost 1.33 per cent, Financial/Metals Traders were down 0.68 per cent, while the Discretionary Traders Index
Interest rate volatility is like a storm cloud building on the horizon. The US Federal Reserve has kept rates stable for nigh on a decade, but global asset managers are now preparing for their fixed income portfolios to feel the impact of a rate rise later this year.
In a speech delivered at Jackson Hole on 29 August, US Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer gave the latest indication of an imminent interest rate hike by saying: “There is good reason to believe that inflation will move higher as the forces holding inflation down – oil process and import prices, particularly
