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Separately managed accounts are increasingly popular hedge fund structures and they present growth opportunities to managers, according to a report by Pershing, a BNY Mellon company.
The study, developed with Greenwich Associates, details growing investor demand toward SMAs and provides guidance on how hedge fund managers can more effectively incorporate SMAs into their investment solutions and attract additional assets.
Nearly 63 per cent of the investors who participated in the survey cited the opportunity to have greater influence on SMA strategy and input in the area of risk management as one of its primary benefits. This is a result of
UCITS delivered positive returns to investors for the third consecutive month in September.
Concerns are being raised among Europe’s fund managers surrounding the costs of producing the two-page non-technical Key Investor Information Document (KIID), w
HSBC Global Asset Management has announced it intends to launch a 200 per cent levered UCITS version of its EUR623 millio
Merchant Capital, one of the world’s leading UCITS service providers, has confirmed the addition of a third fund on
Topix Futures will be available for trading on NYSE Liffe from 18 October, making the benchmark index available in both Tokyo and London.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Topix (Tokyo Stock Price Index) is the most popular index for benchmarking Japanese equity portfolios, and Topix Futures are already actively traded by investors worldwide.
The NYSE Liffe launch of Topix Futures will increase the number of potential investors who can access these products, particularly outside Asia. The NYSE Liffe market will remain available for trading for 11 hours (ten hours during British Summer Time) following the close of the TSE market.
Deutsche Bank has consolidated its listed derivatives business to provide clients with execution and clearing services across asset classes.
In addition, the bank is further strengthening the new business with the appointment of eight new hires and expects to add to this number in the coming months.
The new business will be headed by Drew Bradford. He will report to Jon Hitchon, co-head of global prime finance.
Hitchon says: “The move to central clearing for OTC derivatives will result in clients needing increasingly sophisticated global execution, clearing and margin facilities. Our consolidated business will continue to invest heavily in talent,
Singapore-based Woori Absolute Partners, an alternative investment company sponsored by one of South Korea’s largest securities firms – Woori Investment & Securities Co., Ltd
Threadneedle, has this week announced the appointment of Vanessa Donegan as the firm’s newly created Head of Asia and Global Emerging Markets<
