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An overwhelming majority of hedge fund managers already run, or are planning to launch, managed accounts (Hedge Funds)Posted on: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 An overwhelming majority of hedge fund managers already run, or are planning to launch, managed accounts compared to just half saying the same about Ucits-compliant funds. The results of Credit Suisse's annual hedge fund manager survey showed 47% ... Read More |
MAG Consultancy Advises Butterfield Fulcrum On Next Generation Managed Account Platform ‘Altinus’ (MAG News)Posted on: Friday, February 19, 2010 LONDON – 18th February 2010 – MAG Consultancy, the leading Managed Account Platform Consultants, has today announced its advisory role on the design, build and implementation of leading fund administrator Butterfield Fulcrum’s ‘Altinus’ solution. This ... Read More |
Butterfield Fulcrum launches managed accounts platform (The Hedge Fund Journal)Posted on: Thursday, February 18, 2010 Butterfield Fulcrum has launched Altinus, an independent, Managed Accounts Platform that provides segregated and comingled managed accounts with a common set of tools for operations, administration and risk monitoring. The platform represents the next ... Read More |
UK – Paul Myners, the City Minister, has warned trustees should do more to use their shareholder positions, as part of their 'legal duty' (IPE.com)Posted on: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 Speaking at the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) seminar on corporate governance, Lord Myners argued shareholders are an owner of a business irrespective of the size of the investment, and said that ownership brings both rights and duties ... Read More |
Demand for managed accounts rises (Financial Times)Posted on: Monday, January 25, 2010 Concerns about the transparency and liquidity of hedge funds raised by investors experience in the credit crisis and the Madoff scandal have turned attention to the merits of managed accounts. Read More |
Building a managed account infrastructure | Hedgeweek (MAG News)Posted on: Thursday, January 14, 2010 Having weathered the storms that have raged across the hedge fund industry since mid-2008, many funds of hedge funds and other allocators such as private banks and endowments are looking to re-establish their credibility with investors. The old model of o Read More |
ICBI Research: Managers must see the world through investors eyes | HedgeweekPosted on: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 In particular, if an investor wants to invest in a certain fund, it is becoming common for the investor to ask that fund to join a managed account platform ... Read More |
New investor needs prompt innovation among managed account providers (MAG News)Posted on: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 The surge of demand among fund of funds managers and other institutional investors to invest in hedge funds through managed accounts is bringing a surge in new business to established platform providers and attracting a wave of new players into the market Read More |
The Future of Managed Accounts ( Hedge Week)Posted on: Friday, November 27, 2009 25 Nov 2009: While some of the froth surrounding managed accounts is gone, investors have an ever-broadening range of options to choose from, says Marion Mulvey (pictured), EMEA Head of Alternative Investments Global Transaction Services, Citi, and Lou Mc Read More |
Hedge Fund panacea: Are managed accounts the right medicine? (Risk.net)Posted on: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11 Nov 2009: Hedge fund managers, battered by volatile markets and the withdrawal of leveraged funding after September 2007, have faced record redemptions of more than $1 trillion by cash-strapped investors. Read More |
Infovest21 Research Report: Managed Account Platforms Represent 2-4% of Hedge Fund Industry Assets and Growing (Business Wire )Posted on: Monday, November 09, 2009 4 Nov 2009: NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--2008 was a notorious year for hedge funds with negative absolute performance, liquidity problems, style drift and manager fraud. As a result, investors are demanding more control, transparency, liquidity, .. Read More |
Man grows managed accounts by half in six months (Hedgeweek)Posted on: Monday, November 09, 2009 5 Nov 2009: Man Group has reported that its newly created multi-manager business grew assets held in managed accounts from $4 billion to $6 billion in the six months to 30 September 2009. Man's multi-manager business, which has been operational since .. Read More |
Hub24 platform launched (Investor Daily)Posted on: Monday, November 09, 2009 9 Nov 2009: Financial services portfolio manager and administration firm Hub24 has launched a new investment platform to the market giving investors access to managed funds without a unitised structure. Read More |
Fohfs see moves to managed accounts (Money Marketing)Posted on: Monday, November 09, 2009 23 Oct 2009: Fund of hedge fund managers say the industry is moving towards managed accounts because investors who were locked into funds that restricted redemptions now want greater transparency and liquidity. Read More |
US hedge funds poised for bespoke account growth (Wealth Bulletin)Posted on: Monday, November 09, 2009 5 Nov 2009: The increase in demands by European investors that hedge funds run their money in separate accounts is now being mirrored in the US, where the amount of money run in these structures is predicted to jump by 41% in the next two years. Read More |
Managed accounts put under bright spotlight (Financial Times)Posted on: Monday, November 09, 2009 22 Oct 2009: Nearly a third of investors holdings in New Castle, the former Bear Stearns-owned hedge fund now embroiled in insider trading allegations in the US, were sold as highly conservative accounts designed to protect clients from fraud. Read More |
UBS To Spread Out Broker Payouts On Managed Accounts (Wall Street Journal)Posted on: Monday, November 09, 2009 4 Nov 2009: NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--UBS AG's (UBS) U.S. wealth management unit plans to spread broker payouts on managed accounts over an entire quarter, rather than giving advisers their commissions in one lump sum. Read More |
MAG ADVISES EIM (MAG News)Posted on: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 MAG is pleased to announce a partnership with EIM, a Swiss based $9bn Fund of Funds, to advise them on utilizing managed accounts. Following a rigorious due diligence process, MAG is advising EIM on contracting with various service providers, including De Read More |
MAG Q3 2009 NEWSLETTER (MAG News)Posted on: Monday, September 14, 2009 Following the launch of MAG at the beginning of 2009, we are delighted that 9 months later we are advising a number of household name clients with assets of over $33billion. It is clear that the Alternative Investments landscape has changed following the Read More |
Man Group sees managed account business surge (IPE)Posted on: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 6 Nov 2009: GLOBAL - Pension funds and other institutional investors are behind a surge in managed account demand at Man Groups newly-created multi-manager business. Read More |
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