Dexion News
September 2009
MAN Investments and Dexion Capital announce the launch of MAN AHL Diversity
A world leading trend follower available to UK investors via UCITS III
Man Investments, a world leading alternative asset manager, and Dexion Capital Group, one of the
UK’s leading hedge fund advisory and marketing firms, have announced the launch of a new
UCITS III trend following product, Man AHL Diversity.
The product will be managed by AHL, a division of Man Investments and one of the largest and
most consistently successful trend following managers. Trend followers – often known as managed
futures managers – seek to exploit persistent trends and other market inefficiencies in a systematic
way using highly liquid futures markets. Their funds are designed to perform whether prices trend
up or down with the result that returns tend to be uncorrelated with traditional stock
Link to the full press release
March 2009
Dexion Capital Launches Market Making
Alternatives marketing and advisory firm, Dexion Capital, today announced that it has launched its Market Making operations which will leverage off the Group’s existing distribution capabilities and research expertise.
Market making will be headed by Richard Crawford and Roy Martin. Richard brings over 20 years’ experience trading in the closed ended fund market for JP Morgan and Roy has also joined from the investment trust team at JP Morgan. The team will initially make markets in about 50 listed funds in the hedge fund sector. The launch of Market Making is part of Dexion Capital’s move to position itself as a full service provider to its investor client base in the primary and secondary markets.
Ana Haurie, managing director of Dexion Capital, said: “Over the past nine years Dexion Capital has gained a strong reputation and presence in the hedge fund sector as a marketing and advisory
specialist. Our extensive sales distribution network encompasses a significant proportion of banks, institutional asset managers and private client investment advisory firms within the UK and across Europe. We have seen significant growth in listed alternative investment funds in recent years and believe that investors are in need of specialist capital market coverage in this area. Supported by our network of market intelligence and expertise we believe that Dexion is ideally positioned to address this demand. The addition of an experienced Market Making team to our existing sales and analytical research capabilities enables us to gain a strong footing as a ‘first call’ niche provider in this sector.”
September 2008
Rebecca Donaldson appointed Head of Marketing Communications for Dexion Capital plc
Leading hedge fund marketing and advisory firm Dexion Capital Plc today announced that Rebecca Donaldson has joined the firm as Head of Marketing Communications.
Rebecca will be responsible for satisfying the evolving requirement amongst investors for comprehensive communications and for accessible and timely information regarding the Dexion product range.
Prior to joining Dexion, Rebecca was Head of Communications at International Asset Management Limited. She has over 18 years’ experience in marketing communications and education within asset management, including previous roles at UBS and GAM. Rebecca will be assisted by Allison Tater, who has been transferred internally to the role of Marketing Associate. Allison was previously in equity research at the Bank of America and has over 15 years of investment experience.
Ana Haurie, Dexion’s Group Managing Director, said: “We are delighted to have been able to attract someone of Rebecca’s calibre to Dexion at this important moment in our growth. Dexion as a group has long been characterised by its innovative response to investor requirements. These latest changes are a clear commitment to our belief in the importance of keeping in touch with our investors."