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Cedrus Investments, a global boutique investment firm, has appointed Denise Gower (pictured) as Vice President of Business Development.
Based in Cedrus Investments’ head office in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Gower will be concentrating on: developing and managing global business development; client relationship management; and marketing strategy formation and implementation for the firm, which specialises in wealth and asset management as well as financial advisory services.
Gower has over 10 years of experience in strategic business development and positioning for financial services organisations, most recently as the Head of Marketing for Cayman Finance, a private-sector organisation with a mandate to actively
Altarius Asset Management Limited, the Malta-based asset management branch of Altarius Group, today announced the launch of its Fund Platform, PARAGON S.I.C.A.V. plc (PARAGON) which is one of Malta’s first independent fund platforms exclusively open and dedicated to third party managers and Family Offices.
Registered as a PIF. (Professional Investment Fund), PARAGON is highly flexible with regard to investment strategy, liquidity, reporting and leverage. One of PARAGON’s key benefits is that it does not attract income or capital gains tax.
Amongst its many strengths PARAGON has an open-architecture which allows clients the opportunity to nominate their own service provider.
Having the right people, processes and technology is fast becoming a prerequisite for hedge fund growth, according to a PwC paper published today. ‘Infrastructure: from cost to benefit – hedge funds 2.0’ examines the impact of the crisis on the industry and outlines what all parts of the hedge fund value chain need to do to satisfy regulatory demands and capitalise on growth opportunities.
Regulatory impetus includes the SEC registration requirements in the US (Dodd Frank), the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIMFD) and the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). These pressures, combined with greater investor due diligence
Abante Asesores, a boutique investment house with offices in Madrid, Barcelona and Valladolid is preparing to launch a
Paris-based Aequam Capital, an independent quantitative fund manager established last year by Arnaud Chretien, has launched the Aequam Currencies Fund: a UCITS III-compliant systematic multi-curren
Investors are getting worried about alternative UCITS funds using total return swaps according to a new quarterly survey conducted by Geneva-ba
The Hedgeweek USA Awards 2011 for excellence among hedge fund managers and service providers have honoured the US industry’s best performers and their ability to demonstrate consistency and depth of expertise against the backdrop of a more complex, but also potentially more rewarding, investment climate.
The awards, presented at a lunch at New York’s Gansevoort Hotel on Thursday, June 16, were decided by the votes of Hedgeweek’s nearly 20,000 US-based subscribers, who include institutional and high net worth investors as well as managers and other industry professionals at firms including fund administrators, prime brokers, custodians and advisers.
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Responding to growing market demand for European domiciled investment fund products, and the emergence of Dublin as a centre for alternative investment products, DMS Management Ltd (DMS) has opened a new office in Dublin, Ireland.
Led by Irish resident principals Derek Delaney and Don Ebanks, and leveraging DMS’ global fund governance platform, DMS Ireland is ideally positioned to help fund sponsors grow their asset management businesses by establishing UCITS, QIFs, SPVs and other European products to attract European and other international investor clientele.
As residents of Ireland, Delaney and Ebanks are able to serve as directors to a wide range
Wealth manager and ETF specialist SCM Private has marked its two year anniversary with the launch of the SCM Private Bond Reserve Portfolio and fee reductions that continue its philosophy of putting investors first.
The SCM Private Bond Reserve Portfolio will invest primarily in cash, corporate bonds and emerging market debt, through ETFs, and offer investors a number of advantages over traditional bond funds, including low annual management fees of just 0.3%+ VAT through an IFA, and 0.5% + VAT for direct clients, as well as a solid yield potential with the underlying average flat yield of the bonds currently
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