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Natixis Global Asset Management (NGAM) has launched an international hedged equity fund from Gateway Investment Advisers, LLC (Gateway).
Managed by a leader in hedged equity strategies, the new fund is designed to play a conservative, risk-managed role in a portfolio allocation to international equity. As an industry-leading provider of asset allocation and risk management solutions, NGAM is focused on providing products designed to help today’s investors construct more durable portfolios.
The Gateway International Fund has the potential to deliver long-term results similar to the majority of the returns associated with the international developed equity market (MSCI EAFE Index) at a
The UCITS Alternative Index Global fell -0.49 per cent in March, erasing February’s gains of 0.87 per cent to leave it at 1.75 per cent YTD.
GLG, the discretionary investment manager of hedge fund behemoth Man Group has launched a UCITS-III compliant version of its long/short financials fund reported F
Managers are resisting proposed regulatory reforms that would see them no longer being able to profit from securities lending – a practice whereby shares or ot
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index closed down 0.82% in March as most of the index component strategies reported negative results.
Convertible arbitrage (0.18%) and fixed income arbitrage (0.05%) were the only two strategies in positive territory for the month, while long/short equity (-2.54%) and managed futures (-2.11%) were the worst performers.
Maples Fund Services, an independent global fund services provider and a division of MaplesFS, has expanded its European operations with the hire of Steve Lewis, Director of European Business Development.
Based in London, Lewis is responsible for expanding the fund administration and middle-office businesses across the firm’s European offices.
Lewis will work closely with Scott Somerville (pictured), CEO of MaplesFS, and Toni Pinkerton, Global Head of Fund Services, as well as the Regional Heads of Fund Services for Dublin and Luxembourg to execute the firm’s business development and growth strategy.
“We continue to see managers attracted to Dublin, Luxembourg and
Tokyo-headquartered Sparx Group, one of Asia’s largest hedge funds, has plans to launch a new fund in July that will invest in Japanese renewable energy projects as the country r
Hong Kong-based Segantii Capital Management has seen its assets more than double since mid-2011 reported Reuters this week, bucking the trend of Asian funds suffering net outflo
Adam Leitzes, who helped assess investments for Tiger Management LLC in Shanghai, is planning to start his own hedge fund targeting Asian stock
NYSE Euronext has appointed Peter Leukert as Global Chief Information Officer, effective immediately. Leukert will lead NYSE Euronext’s global Information Technology operations and will report to President and Deputy CEO, Dominique Cerutti (pictured).
As Global CIO, Leukert will bring his extensive experience to the continued transformation of NYSE Euronext and its IT operating model.
Since 2007, Leukert has been CIO of Commerzbank, in charge of all applications and IT infrastructure, including a technology group comprising 3,800 employees. Prior to that, he worked for McKinsey since 1994 where he became a partner in 2001. There he led the development and implementation
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