Jay Moore outlines why implementation and transparency have moved to the forefront of the currency management industry as investors measure performance in basis points, rather than percentage points. As investor portfolios expand globally, currency management has emerged as a central component of institutional investor strategies for risk management and the generation of less-correlated returns...continued
Jon Sundt Altegris Advisors has launched the Altegris Macro Strategy Fund which offers simple, convenient access for individual and professional investors to participate in the global macro approach to investing through an actively managed mutual fund.The Altegris Macro Strategy Fund seeks to achieve positive absolute returns in rising and falling markets by allocating its assets between global macro strategies and a fixed-income strategy....
Aequam Capital, an independent, French, quantitative fund manager, has launched the Aequam Currencies Fund, a UCITS 3 compliant, systematic, multi-currency fund....
Gerard Francis Bloomberg has launched the Bloomberg Malaysian Foreign Currency Sukuk Index, a non-ringgit denominated index developed in conjunction with Bank Negara Malaysia....
Phil weisberg Electronic FX platform provider FXall has announced the launch of Execution Quality Analysis (EQA) reports, an advanced analysis tool which helps institutional traders to analyse their FX trading strategies and identify opportunities to improve performance....
Dan Mannix RWC Partners will launch the RWC Macro Fund at the end of October....
Howard Atkinson Horizons Exchange Traded Funds and BetaPro Management have announced the launch of the Horizons Australian Dollar Currency ETF, an exchange traded fund, which offers investors direct access to foreign currency investing....
Drew Corbett BetaShares Capital Limited has listed two more currency ETFs on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)....
Pietro Giuliani Azimut a leading Italian asset management company has launched a Renminbi Opportunities Fund....
CitiFX has launched a new multi-manager platform, CitiFX Access....
Axel Merk Merk Investments, manager of the Merk Funds, has announced the launch of the Merk Currency Enhanced U.S....
Bob Noyen Record Currency Management has launched the Record Euro Stress Fund, which is intended to generate positive performance over periods of stress in the Eurozone....
Private investment company the Azibo Group, owners of Currencies Direct Limited a UK foreign exchange payment specialist, has completed the acquisition of Tor Currency Exchange Ltd (TorFx), another leading foreign exchange and international payment company. Mayank B Patel Mayank B Patel, Group Chairman of the Azibo Group said: "I am delighted we have completed this transaction successfully....
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has launched the JPM Emerging Markets Currency Alpha Fund to benefit from investment opportunities in emerging market currencies. The UCITs III absolute return fund will be managed by experienced currency specialists, Amit Tanna and Harry Bazzaz....
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has launched its new Currency Alpha fund....
Investec Asset Management announced the launch of two further funds to its range of investment strategies....
Samir Sheldenkar & Romael Karam Harmonic Capital Partners, a specialist hedge fund manager which manages a...
Bob Jolly Schroders has appointed Bob Jolly to a new role on its fixed income team as Head of Global Macro bas...
Global currency overlay and currency alpha manager, Millennium Global, is pleased to announce the appointment of Monica Fan a...