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Finisterre Capital, the long/short emerging market total return specialist, has appointed Ivailo Vesselinov as an Economist. He will report to Christopher Watson, Head of Research at Finisterre Capital.
Vesselinov was previously at Credit Suisse in London, where he was a Director and Senior EMEA Economist. He joined Credit Suisse in 2009 from Dresdner Kleinwort, where he held a similar position. He began his career in 1999 at the Bulgarian National Bank in Sofia as an Analyst. Vesselinov holds an MPhil in Macroeconomics from the University of Cambridge.
“Ivailo will be a welcome addition to our team,” says Watson. “He
Citi has released a new white paper that outlines the top five issues that OTC Derivative investors must plan for in the wake of Dodd-Frank reforms.
“Ready or Not? Here It Comes: OTC Derivatives in the Post-Dodd-Frank Landscape – Implications for Investment Managers,” which is co-authored by Bikramjit Singh (pictured), Global Head of OTC Derivative Services at Citi, describes the challenges facing investment managers across operations and technology infrastructure. Citi estimates that about 60% of the current OTC derivatives market by volume will be centrally cleared.
“Investment managers should expect significant technology and operational challenges and may need sizeable
John Locke Investments, a Paris based commodity trading advisor (CTA) has independently launched its first UCITS compliant Fund. The Cyril Systematic Fund provides investors with access to the firm’s flagship Cyril Systematic Program under the Ucits umbrella. The Fund was recently approved by the AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers), has almost EUR30million in assets under management and will provide daily liquidity to its investor base.
John Locke Investments has been offering its flagship Cyril Systematic Program toclients over the last 11 years via onshore and offshore Funds and privately managed accounts and continues to deliver consistent non correlated returns to
ICAP plc (IAP.L), the world’s premier interdealer broker and supplier of post trade risk and information services, has appointed Mark Price as Chief Operating Officer of the firm, subject to FSA approval.
Price will have overall responsibility for Risk, Compliance and Human Resources and provide management oversight of ICAP’s Information Technology infrastructure. Mark will start on 3rd October 2011.
Michael Spencer, Group Chief Executive, ICAP plc, says: "This appointment reflects our belief in maintaining the strong control environment and robust risk management we have developed as financial regulation is strengthened and market infrastructure changes. Mark brings a great depth
Hedge fund flows as measured by the GlobeOp Capital Movement Index were negative 0.2% in July.
"July flows again reflected quarterly re-allocations by investors. Outflows slightly exceeded inflows for the month, while total outflows have been remarkably similar on the last four quarterly dates,” says Hans Hufschmid (pictured), chief executive officer, GlobeOp Financial Services (LSE:GO.).
The GlobeOp Capital Movement Index represents the monthly net of subscriptions and redemptions administered by GlobeOp. This monthly net is divided by the total assets under administration (AuA) for GlobeOp’s fund administration clients.
Cumulatively, the GlobeOp Capital Movement Index for July 2011 stands at 133.86
The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index declined -.20% in June (+1.45% YTD), while the S&P 500 declined 1.83% (+5.01% YTD), the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.24% (+7.23% YTD), and the NASDAQ Composite Index decreased 2.18% (+4.55% YTD). Bonds also fell, as the Barclays Aggregate Bond Index declined 0.29% (+2.74% YTD) and the Barclays High Yield Credit Bond Index decreased 0.97% (+4.98% YTD).
“Hedge funds experienced another difficult month in June. Hedge funds were ‘whipsawed’ as markets sold off sharply before dramatically reversing course with a strong five day rally into quarter end,” says Lee Hennessee (pictured), Managing Principal of Hennessee
Hedge funds as measured by the Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index (GGHFI) navigated volatile markets to finish the month with a slight loss. The GGHFI shed 1.32% compared to global equity returns in the S&P 500 Total Return (-1.67%), MSCI World Equity (-1.73%), and FTSE 100 (-0.74%) equity indices. 28% of constituent funds in the GGHFI ended the month with gains.
Short-biased and fixed income arbitrage funds posted positive results for the month, while long-short equity managers declined 1.06%, less than equity benchmarks. Managed futures funds meanwhile slid 2.39% on intra-month selloff in equities and commodities.
Long-short credit and
The hedge fund industry posted an inflow of USD8.1 billion (0.5% of assets) in May 2011, according to the latest report from BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment Research. The inflow marks the fifth straight as well as the seventh in eight months. Industry assets remain unchanged at USD1.79 trillion, just below the highest level since October 2008.
“Hedge fund investors have been pouring money into funds,” says Sol Waksman (pictured), founder and President of BarclayHedge. “The industry hauled in USD75.0 billion in the first five months of 2011, which marks the heaviest such inflow since 2007. Performance, however, has hardly been stellar. The
Andrew Morris, managing director of Signature, the arm of Rowan Dartington dedicated to supporting investment professionals and their clients, comments on the crisis facing the Italian bond market…
We are experiencing a seemingly relentless rise in the EU government bond yields of Greece, Portugal, Spain and Ireland. Are we to be joined by Italy, a country which whilst being frequently mocked for the state of its public finances had until recently escaped the attention of the bond markets? The omens aren’t good. The Italian bond market is the third largest in the World. Estimated at EUR1.6 trillion – three times
DZ BANK has successfully commenced clearing its interest rate swaps (IRS) business through SwapClear, LCH.Clearnet Ltd’s (LCH.Clearnet) market leading over-the-counter (OTC) IRS clearing service. The total number of SwapClear clearing members now stands at 56.
DZ BANK, a corporate and investment bank, is the fourth largest bank in Germany providing centralised services to more than 900 German cooperative banks. Within the Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken cooperative financial network, which is one of Germany’s largest private-sector financial services organisations, the DZ BANK Group is one of Germany’s leading “Allfinanz” providers for the local cooperative banks with strong market positions. By joining SwapClear, DZ
