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Eurofin Capital, the Lausanne and London based privately owned investment company has acquired NAU Capital, a multi-strategy hedge fund based in London.
The Board of Eurofin Capital Ltd the London based FSA Authorised asset management company is pleased to announce that approximately EUR90 million of assets under management will be transferred to Eurofin Capital.
NAU Capital manages two separate funds, The NAU Fund and the Plurima Nau Fund and these two strategies compliment the fund of fund and single strategy funds already managed by Eurofin Capital.
The 8 man team at NAU Capital have joined Eurofin Capital and
- 06/02/2012
Sal Naro, former co-managing partner of Sailfish Capital, a USD4.4 billion asset management firm with approximately USD2 billion in hedge fund assets, is launching Coherence Capital Partners LLC (Coherence Capital).
Naro was most recently a shareholder in and Vice Chairman of Jefferson National Financial Corp. and Chief Executive Officer of Jefferson National Asset Management. The creation of Coherence Capital Partners LLC is the result of a management buyout of Jefferson National’s core insurance unit. He will now be Chief Executive Officer of Coherence Capital Partners LLC, which will be a registered investment adviser.
Coherence Capital will manage traditional and
- 06/02/2012
In a new report, OTC Derivatives in Asia and Latin America: Evolution and Regulation, Celent discusses the evolution of trading and regulatory infrastructure in the OTC derivatives markets in Asia and Latin America. These two regions are the main growth engines in the emerging markets, and hence it is important to understand the current scenario for OTC derivatives trading.
The Asian OTC derivatives market is much larger than its Latin American counterpart. For example, Singapore is the leading OTC interest rate derivatives market, with USD35 billion in average daily turnover in April 2010, followed by Hong Kong (USD18 billion), Korea
- 06/02/2012
SEI has been selected by Asset Value Investors (AVI) to provide full fund administration and trustee and custodial services for the investment manager’s new Irish Qualified Investment Funds (QIFs).
AVI, a London-based global manager, launched the QIFs to offer its investors a regulated product while still being able to maintain the flexibility of its investment strategies.
Among the key reasons AVI selected SEI was the company’s Manager Dashboard technology, which provides both aggregated and detailed views of data across multiple product lines via a secure website. The Manager Dashboard also provides AVI with analytical tools to enhance its
- 06/02/2012
Alvine Capital, an independent London based alternative advisory firm, has appointed Alexander Münster Dahl as Client Relations Manager. Münster Dahl joins from Institutional Investor where he was responsible for the expansion and maintenance of Institutional Investor’s place in the Nordic market.
In his new role, Münster Dahl will develop Alvine Capital’s position in the Nordic market and deepen its relationships with existing and potential clients in the region. Alexander will be based in London and will report to Alvine Capital’s Managing Director Thomas Raber.
Thomas Raber, Managing Director of Alvine Capital, says: “This is a welcome addition to the team
- 06/02/2012
The London Metal Exchange has begun publishing live forward prices for all metals traded in the last Ring session of the day (the afternoon “Kerb”), a refinement that will add further transparency to the procedures used to establish the Closing Prices.
The forward curve is available for the key prompt dates and displayed on a daily basis from 16.15 by LME licensed data vendors and on the electronic wallboards in the Ring dealing area. As the prices for the forward curve change during the Kerb session they will be amended and displayed accordingly.
“The live forward curve is the
- 06/02/2012
- 06/02/2012
Alternative investment group Insch Capital Management has launched its proprietary Risk to Revenue (R2R) model, which provides an in-depth analysis of the traditional asset management industry, where many firms are making more in management fees than their investors are receiving in returns.
The Insch R2R analysis, which currently covers 14 major asset management firms based in Switzerland, Liechtenstein and the United Kingdom, provides a view of investors’ return on invested capital in relation to the asset manager’s return from fees. Some 247 traditional funds are included in the analysis, of which 81 are fixed income funds (59 non-UK, 22 UK),
- 06/02/2012
Arbitrageurs can propagate liquidity shocks between related markets. That’s the premise of an intriguing new white paper presented by Professor Francesco Franzoni (pictured) of the Swiss Finance Institute, University of Lugano, at the Lyxor Research 4th Annual Hedge Fund Research Conference in Paris.
Franzoni, along with co-authors Rabih Moussawi of The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and Itzhak Ben-David, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, chose to focus on exchange traded funds in their paper ETFs, Arbitrage and Contagion, because of the incredible boom they’ve enjoyed over the last decade (there are now over 1,000 in the US alone).
- 06/02/2012
SVM Asset Management, the Edinburgh based investment boutique, has launched a strategic partnership with Level E Capital, an Edinburgh based hedge fund.
SVM Asset Management has made a significant level of investment in the Maya Market Neutral fund, a long short absolute return fund, through the SVM Global fund.
The Maya Market Neutral fund, which launched in early January, is a systematic, long short equity fund investing in large cap UK and US equities. The fund has a liquid, diversified portfolio of 400 positions, an average gross exposure of 200% and a target return of 15%, with a market correlation
- 06/02/2012
Singapore Exchange (SGX) saw year-on-year growth in its commodities, clearing and fixed income activities in January 2012.
Securities daily average value was notably 47% higher at SGD1.3 billion in January compared to a seasonally quiet December 2011, but down 27% year-on-year.
Exchange traded fund turnover declined 36% to SGD509 million.
Structured warrants volume increased 67% year-on-year to 3.5 billion units.
Derivatives daily average volume was up 10% at 265,590 contracts compared to December 2011, and up 2% year-on-year.
On a month-on-month basis, China A50 futures trading increased 18% to 403,621 contracts; Nikkei 225 futures trading decreased 12% to 1.7 million
- 06/02/2012
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