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Despite the challenges of the pandemic, Gresham Investment Management is on the rise, with its CTA strategy growing from a dedicated team of four to a largely dedicated team of 12, with a third of that growth occurring since the pandemic began.
Scott Kerson, Head of Systematic Strategies, says: “Despite external challenges, we’ve been able to hire high calibre people on the research and technology side.”
Much of its success is down to its view of the business as a partnership between Gresham and its investors. “This business is not just about managing other people’s money, it’s about managing money
While Easterly Investment Partners (EIP) is always looking for pivots in the market, 2020 was a major twist. The firm drew on its hard-won experience through other market dislocations and remained focused on the long-term viability of each of its portfolio companies.
Equitas CEO and Founder, David Thomas voiced his appreciation and pride over winning the ‘Best Multi-Strategy, Multi-Manager Fund Award’ of 2021. “This award is the culmination of years of effort we poured into the Equitas Evergreen Fund. The strength of our organisation, our personnel, our due diligence process, and the resulting performance, deserve recognition. We couldn’t have done it without support from our strong staff, impressive network and, of course, our loyal clients,” Thomas concludes.
The last 18 months have been a very challenging period for everyone. However, as a small company, Fairlight Capital was already working via video calls and using cloud file storage meaning work challenges were not as great for them as for some others.
Responding to Covid-19
In fact, Andrew Martin, Managing Director of Fairlight, says: “In terms of meeting with investors and arranging third-party calls, the acceleration of remote-working technologies has probably helped us.”
He adds: “We believed that the markets and economies would bounce back strongly after the dip in March 2020, and so we rotated the portfolio, using
In early February 2020, Haitou Global anticipated the inevitable global spread of Covid-19, based on its first-hand experience of SARS in 2003 in China.
Following the hurdles generated throughout 2020 by the Covid-19 pandemic and its repercussions, the capital raising environment for hedge funds over the course of 2021 has been generally positive. Experts at eVestment detail the outcome of 2021. “If forced to make an educated guess, it would seem net flow in 2021 will end up reversing the theme of net outflows the industry has felt over the prior three years.” The data provider adds that there are factors that appear to be positively influencing some segments, but which could hurt others.
Central to how New York-based alternative asset manager, Calvion navigated the last 18 months was a combination of three factors: “An excellent team and a flexible process which allowed us to quickly react to the rapid changes we all experienced in Q1; a rigorous investment process and risk management framework specifically geared towards the type of macro regime shifts and political catalysts that we have witnessed; and great investors with whom we worked closely throughout the last 18 months,” according to Pascal Kummert, Founder and CIO.
SteelEye, a compliance technology and data analytics firm, has launched an automated Three-Way Reconciliation solution to tackle MiFIR transaction reporting issues.
The technology enables firms to fulfil their reconciliation requirements, validate their MiFIR reporting data and easily address errors – ensuring that reporting has been done completely and accurately.
Complete and accurate reporting data is critical for regulators to maintain fair and orderly markets. However, the industry has struggled with data integrity issues since MiFID II came into effect.
The reconciliation requirement (under Article 13 (3) and (4) of RTS 22) exists to enhance reporting quality by making firms
LGT Capital Partners, a global specialist in Alternative investing, has hired Wael El Burji as Managing Director and Senior Executive Officer to head and expand its presence in the Middle East.
Vidrio Financial, a provider of managed data services and software for institutional alternative allocators globally, has made significant updates to its services and platform to supports the unique needs of institutional investors who allocate to external alternative asset funds, including hedge fund and private equity managers.
“As we continue to build on our long-term vision to become the de facto solution for institutional allocators, over the last 12 months we have made a series of updates to the Vidrio offering. These enhancements enable our clients to better manage their complex alternative investments and external manager relationships through deeper insights and
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