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Parker Global, Lockbox to Launch Joint Managed Futures Product

New York, NY (PRWEB) March 30, 2012

Parker Global Strategies, LLC (PGS) and Lockbox Asset Management (Lockbox) have joined forces to create a new managed futures index and related products and funds for institutional and high net worth investors.

The venture draws on the unique skills of each team. PGS, the creator of the Parker FX Index, brings its deep knowledge of CTA and FX managers, its experience in constructing both actively managed portfolios and investable indices comprised of such managers, and its proprietary style mapping system, CTA Style Trax™. The principals of Lockbox, a New York and Greenwich, CT based investment management firm founded by Aaron Ford and Jonathan Ende, have built award-winning derivatives and alternative investment businesses at major investment banks and bring their 40+ years of structuring, institutional money management, proprietary trading, and alternative investment expertise.

The jointly developed product offerings seek to deliver outsized returns with lower risk by using a customized structured solution coupled with a PGS-Lockbox proprietary systematic, volatility controlled, diversified portfolio of “Best of Breed” CTA, FX and Macro investment managers. The resulting products are targeted to have low to zero correlation to other asset classes and positive performance during market crises. In contrast to most alternative investments, the products will also have very short-term liquidity and a highly preferable custody arrangement.

According to Jonathan Ende, Co-founder of Lockbox, “We are very enthusiastic about our joint venture with Parker Global Strategies. Lockbox Asset Management spent significant time investigating potential partners for this exciting new product, and PGS’s expertise in the FX and CTA space along with their extensive due diligence and research process carried out on each manager is the perfect, synergistic fit.”

Virginia Parker, Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer of Parker Global Strategies said of the products’ underlying new index, “This Index should prove to be one of the most comprehensive rules-based, factor-driven allocation processes available to investors today. The methodology considers trading styles, auto-correlation, mean reversion, risk, quality of a manager’s operations, and more. We are excited to work with Lockbox on this product and eager to share this development with our clients.”

Aaron Ford, Co-founder of Lockbox, added, “Notably missing from most investors’ portfolios is managed futures exposure, which has historically performed as an effective hedge during market turmoil. In our joint effort with PGS, we have developed an innovative, systematic, and easy-to-understand approach to generating outsized absolute returns from the managed futures space in a capital efficient, highly liquid, and risk-reduced manner.”

Based on data from Hedge Fund Research, Inc. (HFR) on alternative investments for 2011, we estimate the managed futures industry had over $ 300 Billion of assets under management at last year end. Since the financial crisis of 2008, managed futures and macro investments have significantly outperformed other strategies and have become one of the fastest growing subclass within the alternative investment spectrum.

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More information detailing both the joint venture and the PGS-Lockbox Managed Futures Index can be made available on request.

ABOUT PARKER GLOBAL STRATEGIES

Parker Global Strategies (PGS) provides both institutional and private clients a broad spectrum of custom tailored alternative investments including foreign exchange, managed futures and energy infrastructure. The Firm has advised on the placement of over US$ 3.0 billion since its inception in 1995 and has provided foreign exchange advisory and management services since 1996. Founder Virginia Parker developed and launched the Parker FX Index in 1992. Today, it is considered one of the major benchmarks for the performance of FX managers. PGS has offices in Stamford, Chicago and Denver in the US and globally in Tokyo and Singapore. Please visit http://www.parkerglobal.com.

ABOUT LOCKBOX ASSET MANAGEMENT

Lockbox Asset Management, located in New York, NY and Greenwich, CT, is an investment firm which manages capital for its principals and private clients primarily in the alternatives space. Lockbox Asset Management specializes in structuring innovative solutions around its investments with the goal of enhancing after-tax returns while reducing risk. Its founding principals, Jonathan Ende and Aaron Ford, have over 40 years of combined professional investing and structuring experience. Please visit http://www.lockboxasset.com.

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http://www.parkerglobal.com

http://www.lockboxasset.com

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New Sustainable Series is the ‘Greenest’ Acoustical Product Line on the Market

Richmond, VA (PRWEB) February 23, 2012

For years Acoustical Solutions, the industry leader in noise control, has offered products that help businesses earn Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) credits. This year, however, they set out to offer a cohesive line that takes advantage of all recyclable and sustainable materials available, earning more credits and easing the decision of builders to choose green products.

“We have always been conscious of the need to offer ‘green’ or environmentally friendly products, and LEED has made them more appealing to our client base,” said Dave Ingersoll, Sales Manager at Acoustical Solutions, Inc., “but I think that the Sustainable Series we released this year will draw even more businesses and builders to LEED certification because they earn so many credits and are affordable”.

LEED was developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in March 2000 and provides building owners and operators with a set of guidelines for building or converting existing structures into green spaces. What is appealing about being LEED certified are not only the ethical issues, although the public anxiety over environmental concerns is certainly not decreasing, but the fiscal as well. LEED certification qualifies business for tax rebates, zoning allowances, and according to a 2010 study conducted by McGraw Hill Construction, green building improves the property owner’s return on investment 9.9% for new construction. For existing building projects that figure is 19.2%.

Acoustical Solutions has an extensive client list that ranges from top broadcasting companies such as CNN and HBO to colleges and universities such as Richmond’s own Virginia Commonwealth University. Many of these clients are beginning to look closer at obtaining LEED certification, like corporate client, Best Buy: “With LEED certification, Best Buy gains the advantage of third party verification,” said Danielle Tallman, associate development manager at Best Buy, in an interview with USGBC, “we like that stamp of approval. It sets us apart from other retailers and allows us to promote the very tangible difference that we’re making”.

The Sustainable Series line of Acoustical Products includes Wall Panels, Ceiling Tiles, Cloud Mount Panels, and Baffles. They all use Ecose Fiberglass inserts, which are made with post-consumer bottle glass and are 100% recyclable, and covered in a Sustainable Eco-Fabric, the industry’s first ‘no-compromise’ eco-friendly wallcovering platform. Sustainable Series products do not compromise on aesthetics, functionality, or price. They are just as affordable as traditional acoustical treatment and the fabric is available in a true, clean white, as well as many other patterns.

About Acoustical Solutions, Inc.:

Since 1989 Acoustical Solutions, Inc. has provided the detailed expertise needed to serve the noise control community. Acoustical Solutions, Inc. works with a wide variety of customers from commercial and residential development to worship facilities, recording studios and home theater designers. Acoustical Solutions, Inc. offers the industry’s most comprehensive selection of noise control and soundproofing products, including a full line of indoor and outdoor industrial, commercial, environmental and architectural noise control products. For more information please visit http://www.AcousticalSolutions.com, call 1-800-782-5742, or see our media kit.

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