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Hedge Funds ended February on a good note (+0.8%), confirming the positive momentum witnessed since the start of the year. As of the end of February, the Lyxor Hedge Fund Index is up 2.2% year to date, with 80% of the funds in positive territory.
Capita Asset Services has extended its range of services for UCITS and alternative investment funds with the introduction of fully automated Annex IV reporting to both the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Central Bank of Ireland.
Capita currently provides services to around 50 funds across the UK and Ireland. The development of the Annex IV report has been a complex process requiring extensive data extraction and analysis. As a result Capita is able to provide an automated and verified population of 100% of the Annex IV schema, without any dependence on additional information from portfolio managers.
This has
Sub-Saharan Africa is a rapidly growing investment theme and its dynamics will increasingly impact on both Developed and other Emerging Markets. The region is particularly interesting to investors on account of both the demographics, the rate of change of the markets and the low correlation with Developed and Emerging Markets.
The May 2000 cover of The Economist carried a picture of Africa titled 'The Hopelesss Continent'. In March 2013 that changed to 'Africa Rising' with a feature concluding that the reforms and investment would soon bear fruit. The time is now as the investment is increasingly coming from International investors
Concept Capital Markets has been named Best North American Prime Broker by Hedgeweek Global Awards in its 2015 reader nominated survey.
The awards, announced in London, are based on a peer review system whereby Hedgeweek’s readers, including institutional and high net worth investors, hedge fund managers, and other industry professionals at fund administrators, prime brokers, custodians, and advisers, are invited to elect a “best in class” in a series of categories via an online survey. The full awards results may be viewed here.
“We are honoured to receive this award for the second consecutive year and are grateful to
Ancoa has been selected to provide the first real-time market and trade surveillance platform for monitoring bitcoin options trading on LedgerX.
Using the Ancoa platform, LedgerX will be able to instantaneously identify and investigate manipulative behaviors and suspicious trading practices on its own exchange, across other derivatives exchanges and across the multitude of bitcoin spot markets.
Ancoa, the London-based provider of contextual surveillance and insightful analytics for exchanges, regulators and buy and sell-side firms, helps financial services firms take full control of their regulatory, reputational and operational risks across markets, functions and asset classes. Ancoa’s independent and real-time approach to monitoring,
As part of its ongoing effort to foster sustainable investing across the Group, GAM Holding AG has signed the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).
The PRI is an international global network of asset managers, owners and service providers working together to put responsible investment into practice. The principles, which are voluntary, aim to provide a framework for integrating environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) considerations into investment decision-making and ownership practices.
In order to become better aligned with the PRI guidelines, the Group has committed to undertake a series of steps in 2015. These include developing global
Karl McEneff is to step back from day to day executive responsibilities at SuMi TRUST Global Asset Services but will remain within the organisation taking up the role of Chairman and non-Executive Director of SuMi TRUST Ireland with effect from 01 March 2015.
The new CEO will be Hiromitsu Tanaka, who brings with him a wealth of experience and knowledge developed over many years having played a prominent role within Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank focused on the Group's global and domestic asset servicing activities. Tanaka previously spent significant time in New York as CEO of the global custody business,
Ray Iler, former regional leader of Deloitte's hedge fund practice on the West Coast, has joined the Financial Services Organization's Wealth & Asset Management practice of Ernst & Young.
Iler, who also served as the lead of Deloitte's Emerging Manager Platform, will provide professional services to EY's hedge fund, private equity and venture capital clients. Iler was also the audit lead for Deloitte's Growth Enterprise Services team in San Francisco.
"We are extremely pleased to welcome Ray to EY as he is a highly-respected leader in the asset management industry," says Mike Serota, a Partner with Ernst & Young LLP
Jay Novatney, a 14-year veteran of the alternative investment industry, will be joining PT Asset Management (PTAM) as Chief Operating Officer on 2 March, 2015.
Novatney will join the firm as part of the executive management team, responsible for the oversight of PTAM’s back office function including operations, finance, and accounting as well as coordination of the firm’s legal and compliance functions.
Prior to joining PTAM, Novatney spent over nine years as a principal of Chicago Fundamental Investment Partners, LLC (CFIP), a credit-focused alternative investment management firm, after having co-founded the firm in late 2005. During his tenure at CFIP,
The sixth edition of the Hedgeweek Awards, presented today in London's Mayfair and sponsored by Morgan Stanley, brought together the leading names in the global hedge funds industry to celebrate the achievements of the best performing managers and service providers in 2014.
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.
The winners of the Hedgeweek Awards 2015 are:
Best Macro Fund – Omni Macro Fund
Best Event Driven Merger Arbitrage Fund – Paulson
