|
|
March 2013
- Kedge Capital, the Jersey based Family Office has selected
AlternativeSoft for its Asset Selection and Portfolio Construction
needs. The firm manages over $6bn of client assets, invested in a
range of investment vehicles. Kedge's investment are led by renowned
industry academic and practitioner
François-Serge Lhabitant PhD who favours the software's robust
models. Read the reference
here.
- Novartis, the Swiss multi-national pharmaceutical company, has
selected AlternativeSoft to assist it in the fund selection and
portfolio Construction processes for the firm's pension fund. Read
the reference here.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------February
2013
- AlternativeSoft is the UK Technology Risk Provider of the Year
in the International Hedge Fund Awards (IHFA) for 2013. The awards
recognised the people, companies and firms who are successfully
forming, managing and advising on hedge funds in the current market.
The awards are given solely on merit and are awarded to commend
those most deserving for outstanding work within the asset class.
Read more
here.
- AlternativeSoft 3.0 is released. The new software is easier to use
than ever before and boasts a host of new
features including: 1) Fund Duplication Removal in Database
Management, 2) Due Diligence and Document Management, 3) Advanced
Liquidity Analysis, 4) Style analysis using the Kalman Filter with
jumps (First Worldwide), 5)
Optimization with
Black-Litterman, 6) Portfolio
Construction with Equal Contribution to Volatility and much more.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------November
2012
- AlternativeSoft is ranked number 1 in the 'Technology provider
for Risk Management' category of the 'Hedge Funds Review Service
Provider Rankings 2012. There were a large number of respondents
with 'Voters included single manager funds, funds of hedge funds and
investors into funds from around the globe. Over 50% of voters
manage more than $1 billion and more than half of those
participating in the rankings hold executive positions in their
organisation.' Full results of the rankings can be read
here
and ranking demographics can be viewed
here. Read the full press release
here.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------May 2012
- Lyxor Asset
Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Société Générale S.A., has selected AlternativeSoft for its
Asset Selection and Portfolio Construction needs.
- We are looking to hire a Quantitative Sales person
who will be based at our office in Canary Wharf, London. The new
hire will sell our software to banks, pension funds and fund of
hedge funds. The successful candidate will have an MSc in a Finance
discipline and a knowledge of quantitative concepts such as
Volatility, Correlation, Skewness, Normal Distributions,
Regressions, Portfolio Optimization, Style Analysis and Hedge Funds.
The role will involve selling our software to global asset managers.
We offer quantitative and sales training, a competitive wage +
commission to the right candidate. Send your CV to
jobs@alternativesoft.com.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
February
2012
-
Ramius (LLC), the global alternative investment management
business of Cowen Group, Inc. is using AlternativeSoft to construct
and manage its client portfolios. The investment team uses
AlternativeSoft for client portfolio construction, portfolio
optimisation and managing risk. The software provides them with a
comprehensive analysis of portfolio exposures to economic factors,
risk elements and hedge fund strategy styles. As Ramius has moved
towards providing more customised portfolios for clients,
AlternativeSoft offers additional functionality and is easier to use
than an in house system, enabling Ramius to better service clients’
requirements. Read more
here.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------January
2012
- Zurich based
47 Degrees
North Capital Management, a specialist alternative investments
provider, is using AlternativeSoft for portfolio construction,
optimization and portfolio monitoring. Used across the firm the
software provides a solution to track portfolio attributions,
generate portfolio optimisations and assists in the selection of
hedge fund investments. The system enables 47 Degrees to consolidate
and analyse a huge amount of disparate data in one place, with ease,
supporting efficient investment decision-making Read more
here.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 December
2011
-
AlternativeSoft is awarded the Second place in the Technology
Provider category of Hedge Funds Review's Service Provider Rankings
for 2011. For the survey, the majority of responses came from
single-manager hedge funds with the most common responders at senior
management level such as chief operating officers, chief investment
officers, chief financial officers and chief executives as well as
portfolio managers.
The rankings were based on responses from over over 1,000
hedge funds, funds of hedge funds and investors.
Read more
here.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------September 2011
- The UCITs Alternative Indices (provided by Alix Capital)
are now available to all clients in the AlternativeSoft Free Indices
database.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
January 2011
-
AlternativeSoft launches its new software release with several new
models such as (i) multi-factor stress testing, (ii) Portfolio
Management with liquidity ladders, (iii) portfolio optimization with
equal contribution to volatility, (iv) return attribution between
assets/strategies/asset classes and (v) importing the Morningstar
long only databases. Want to know more?
Contact us.
|
