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Signature Group has formed a partnership with Apache Advisors, a Dubai based consultancy.
As part of this partnership Apache Advisors will provide strategic input to Signature’s distribution and product structuring strategies.
Paul Forsyth, the co-founder of Apache Advisors, will become a non-executive director of the Signature Group.
Pankaj Agrawal (pictured), chairman of Signature Group, says: "We are continuing to strengthen our senior management team to enable us to develop the finest investment solutions for our clients and prospective investors. The skills and experience of Mr. Forsyth will be a valuable asset as our group develops and expands internationally."
Forsyth adds:
Driven principally by demand from investors for greater transparency and liquidity of their investments, the growth of investment in hedge fund strategies through managed accounts continues t
Following the financial turbulence, institutional and other investors increasingly began to investigate managed accounts as a solution to asset control issues that emerged with pooled fund in
Gottex Solutions Services was established to service the needs of the Gottex group’s fund management arm, Gottex Fund Management, for risk transparency and managed accounts.
Northern Trust is transitioning hedge funds, funds of funds and single funds managed by Signina Capital from offshore domiciles to Luxembourg.
Signina Capital, a Swiss-based independent investment manager with close to CHF400m (approximately USD404m) in assets under management , recently hired Northern Trust for fund services, including fund administration and Hedge Fund Monitor, which enables clients to track and analyse their hedge fund investments in real time.
“We are seeing an increasing trend for hedge funds to launch Ucits and non-Ucits funds in jurisdictions such as Luxembourg and Ireland,” says Ian Headon, head of product development for Northern Trust’s
Hedge fund managed account platforms were around long before the current boom in interest from investors began in the wake of the industry’s liquidity crisis, the bankruptcy of Lehman B
The surge of interest in managed accounts over the past two years has opened up the market to third-party investment platforms offered by a range of providers, including notably investment ba
One of the key reason investors seek managed accounts is that they want transparency and liquidity, so service providers must be able to administer managed accounts on a daily basis –as Custo
The past two years have seen a surge in the number of institutional investors seeking to access hedge fund strategies through separately managed accounts, in the development of third-party platform
Trigon Investment Advisors, a New York-based alternative investment manager, has named Keith Byers as managing director – business development.
Byers will be responsible for the strategic planning and implementation of all sales and marketing efforts for Trigon.
Byers joins Trigon after spending the past 15 years at Chesapeake Capital where he was responsible for marketing and business development activities.
Trigon is a New York-based commodity trading adviser managing approximately USD500m in client assets. Trigon was founded in 2002 by Paul Mastroddi and Ante Basic who together have 45 years of investment experience.
