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CarVal Investors has completed the final close of CVI Credit Value Fund III (CVF III) with USD3 billion in commitments. The fund is investing in undervalued opportunities with a strong focus on portfolios of whole loans coming out of the deleveraging of European banks.
The Fund will also invest in corporate securities, liquidation claims and structured credit.
The Fund has 83 institutional investors, including Cargill and a diverse range of public and private pension plans, endowments, foundations, family offices and corporate investors.
“We were very pleased with the strong reception to our latest credit offering and value the trust our
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has launched a new centralised data provisioning service, DTCC Data Products, which include the expansion of DTCC’s ETF and Corporate Actions ISO 20022 data product offerings.
DTCC Data Products was created in response to growing client demand for more centralised on-demand DTCC data provisioning. The service aims to provide data that helps firms meet increasing regulatory demands, reduce risks, increase operational efficiencies, gain access to better market insight, lower operational costs, and bring greater transparency to their business operations. As envisioned, DTCC Data Products will directly source cross-asset-class data captured across DTCC’s clearing,
Lanware has been awarded a three year contract to provide its cloud-based technology outsourcing services to hedge fund Finisterre Capital, part of Principal Global Investors (PGI) who took a majority stake in Finisterre in 2011.
Lanware’s suite of services will provide Finisterre with a secure virtual desktop service delivered on demand from the Lanware private cloud. Lanware will deliver a full range of compliant outsourced IT services to meet Finisterre’s technology needs.
David Hill, Chief Financial Officer for Finisterre Capital, says: “Following a strategic review of its technology, with an expanding business, new systems and an office move on
As mainstream banks continue to face growing pressure from the alternative finance industry, a new study by Amicus Finance, a provider of short term lending solutions, has revealed the key factors driving small businesses towards alternative lenders.
According to the report, nearly half (45 per cent) of small business owners believe that alternative lenders offer more flexibility than banks, while 37 per cent said they have a greater ability to lend. A quarter (25 per cent) of small firms believe that alternative lenders outscore banks on customer service, specialist sector knowledge (24 per cent) and speed (22 per cent).
Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) in Luxembourg has been mandated by Athena Capital to provide a full suite of custody, administration, valuation and registrar services for its alternative investment fund range.
SGSS has been selected in recognition of its alternative investment fund expertise and competitive offering, as well as for its innovative regulatory reporting services. The AIFMD reporting package, “R303”, offers alternative fund managers three different modular options to produce the required regulatory reports and assists in filing them with the local regulator. This overall offering allows Athena Capital to concentrate on its core investment activities whilst ensuring the company
Preston Hollow Capital has added Lynn Wheatley (pictured) as Senior Credit Underwriter. Wheatley’s corporate responsibilities include evaluation, analysis and underwriting of the real property components of the firm’s investments.
“Lynn’s extensive experience as a commercial real estate underwriter give us depth in this critical function as we continue to grow the business,” says Jim Thompson, the Chairman and CEO of Preston Hollow Capital.
Before joining Preston Hollow Capital, Wheatley worked with GE Capital for 11 years. While with GE, Wheatley served as Senior Vice President at GE Capital Bank where he managed the credit perspective for its commercial real estate
Tradeweb Markets’ actionable axes have significantly improved institutional investors’ access to high quality liquidity for European government and corporate bonds.
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Tradeweb is the only trading platform with real-time axes for European government bonds, in addition to axes for European credit, covered bonds, and supranationals, agencies, and sovereigns (SAS). Twenty eight corporate bond dealers provide more than 3,500 axes at a time for investment grade and high yield instruments, in addition to approximately 5,000 runs. Twenty liquidity providers also support more
Prestige Capital Management Limited (PCM) has been granted an AIFMD (Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive) licence by the Maltese regulator, the Maltese Financial Services Authority (MFSA).
PCM operates a Maltese-authorised SICAV. The AIFM licence will allow this business to grow both its existing SICAV as well as the future management of additional structures in Malta and elsewhere by making use of the passporting benefits under the AIFM Directive within the European Union. The SICAV represents a licensed and established structure suitable for investment managers who want to take advantage of Maltese passporting opportunities PCM is a Malta-based investment management company,
Sir Hector Sants is to join Julius Baer International Limited as Chairman effective 1 July 2015.
Sants succeeds Gian A Rossi, Head Northern, Central and Eastern Europe and member of the Executive Board of Bank Julius Baer & Co Ltd, who is stepping down as Chairman after nine years but will remain actively involved with the firm’s business in the UK.
“It is a great honour to welcome Sir Hector to Julius Baer. With his appointment we continue to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to the UK, and I am sure that we will benefit greatly from his long-standing experience
Quite aptly, its design logo could be a leaf or a drop of water. Simmons & Simmons, one of the hedge fund industry’s leading law firms, has developed a new product LaunchPlus which provides the water needed for new hedge funds to flourish and grow; aqua vitae as it were.
The online resource was officially unveiled on 17 June 2015 and has been designed to provide the next generation of managers with a convenient repository of information and guidance on how to set up a hedge fund, and, importantly, grow it over the long term.
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