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Antarctica Asset Management and Silverhorn Group have launched a new partnership – Antarctica Asset Management Asia – to provide fund research and advisory services for hedge fund managers and other clients.
Based in Hong Kong, the new venture will be led by Filip Vandenven, head of business development of Antarctica, and Mike Imam, partner and co-founder of Silverhorn Group.
The partnership will focus on researching the Asian hedge fund space and plans to hire a number of local analysts who will be integrated into the global research team.
“Combining Antarctica’s global research capabilities with Silverhorn’s extensive local experience
Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services has launched Eurex Order by Order, a new information product that makes available the entire Eurex order book for benchmark futures for the first time.
Eurex Exchange, owned by Deutsche Börse, is an international derivatives marketplace that offers more than 1,900 products across a growing range of asset classes. Overall trading volume in 2013 totalled 1.6 billion contracts.
“Eurex Order by Order provides customers the most granular trade and order data possible for Eurex’s benchmark contracts. This complete transparency benefits institutional investors who rely on enhanced market information to execute trades,” says Georg
Alternative investment specialist Omni Partners has appointed John Jenkins as chief executive of CBFL, the captive origination platform for the firm’s lending business and the Omni Secured Lending Fund.
Jenkins joins CBFL after eight years as chief executive of GE Capital where he grew the business and unified five core businesses that covered multiple markets and sites.
Prior to GE Capital, he spent 17 years at Lloyds TSB, ending as sales director of the commercial finance business and a key member of its strategic management board.
Steve Clark, founder of Omni, says: “This is a new position and
Commodities increased in April as positive fundamentals continued to support returns, according to Credit Suisse.
Nelson Louie, global head of commodities in Credit Suisse's asset management business, says: "Commodities continued an upward trajectory in April, and exhibited uncorrelated returns with traditional asset classes. It is noteworthy that the gains commodities have made thus far in 2014 have coincided with a period of lower than expected GDP growth for China. If this were 2012 or even 2013, sluggish data out of China most likely would have weighed heavily on commodities, making any fundamental idiosyncratic drivers of individual commodities insignificant. Instead, one-off event-driven risks
Coin Capital Management has launched a Bitcoin-focused hedge fund, Coin Capital Partners, which will buy and hold the virtual currency in an institutional grade environment.
“Coin Capital Partners will allow traditional hedge fund investors to take a long-term bullish stance on the value of the Bitcoin,” says Samuel Cahn, managing partner. “Our mission is to bring hedge fund industry best practices to the emerging virtual currency asset class.”
Cahn founded Coin Capital along with his partners Sigmud Sommer and Drew Sommer. Cahn is a licensed attorney who has recently worked at the White Bay Group in a dual counsel and
C&A Consulting has launched Managed Technology Services (MTS) to provide managed outsourced technology infrastructure services to emerging and established hedge funds and financial services firms.
“At C&A we have proven experience in finance, operations, compliance and technology,” says Noland Cheng, managing partner of C&A Consulting. “Our new Managed Technology Services are tailored for each client and provide a cost-effective solution to solving critical business issues while significantly boosting operational efficiency throughout the organisation.”
C&A Consulting’s MTS differs from those of most technology services companies. While most vendors attempt to fit clients into their technology offerings, C&A manages technology based
The overall value of assets under custody held by Clearstream on behalf of customers registered an increase of five per cent to EUR 12.1 trillion in April 2014 compared to EUR 11.6 trillion in April 2013.


Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business as international central securities depository (ICSD) increased by four per cent from EUR 6.1 trillion in April 2013 to EUR 6.4 trillion in April 2014.


Securities held under custody in the German central securities depository (CSD) increased by five per cent from EUR 5.4 trillion in April 2013 to EUR 5.7 trillion in April 2014.


By Dr Charles Cassar, Malta – The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has recently clarified its position with respect to the licensing and regulation of loan funds in Malta. In this regard the MFSA issued supplementary standard licence conditions (SLCs) which apply to prospective Malta loan funds in addition to the applicable Investment Services Rules for Alternative Investment Funds/ Investment Services Rules for Professional Investor Funds, depending on whether the loan fund falls within the de minimis thresholds or fully AIFMD complaint regime.
For the purposes of this article, a loan fund is deemed to be a fund that is able
Cello Capital Management, a mortgage-backed securities (MBS) investment manager, has appointed Nicholas Letica as a managing director and senior portfolio manager.
"With steady growth and strategic hires such as Nick over the past five years, Cello has established itself as a leading agency MBS manager," says Antoine Schetritt, managing member and chief investment officer of Cello. "I've known or worked with Nick for 14 years, and I'm excited to add his knowledge of MBS markets to the portfolio management team as Cello continues to expand its capabilities."
Schetritt founded Cello in 2009 as an investment advisory firm that effaced
SunGard has the launched Hedge360 Risk Reporting Service, providing hedge funds with independently validated data and analytics to help meet investor demand for due diligence and risk management.
Delivered as a managed service and fully hosted, Hedge360 Risk Reporting Service provides macro-scenario analysis and stress testing enabling hedge funds to build and maintain the institutional credibility they need to raise assets and achieve growth.
The new service will help hedge funds gain a competitive advantage by ensuring an independent view of risk through increased monitoring of multi asset classes and instruments, improved data management and more accurate modelling of
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