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Lee Porter, head of Asia Pacific for Liquidnet

Liquidnet launches trading of Thai stocks

Wed, 01/05/2013 - 06:00

Liquidnet, the institutional trading network, is continuing its expansion in high-growth markets by enabling institutional investors to trade securities listed in Thailand. »

Rakuten Securities joins SGX as derivatives trading member

Tue, 30/04/2013 - 14:01

Rakuten Securities has joined Singapore Exchange (SGX) as a trading member of its derivatives market. »

Armstrong appoints additional investment director

Tue, 30/04/2013 - 14:00

Singapore-based Armstrong Asset Management has appointed Yasushi Ujioka as investment director. »

Woody Bradford, president and chief executive officer of Conning

Conning and Ramius Alternative Solutions form strategic alliance

Tue, 30/04/2013 - 12:03

Conning, a provider of asset management services for the insurance industry, and Ramius Alternative Solutions LLC (RASL), which develops and manages customised alternative investment portfolios, have entered into a strategic alliance. »

Lyxor strengthens cross asset research with appointment of Rob Koyfman

Tue, 30/04/2013 - 10:01

Lyxor Asset Management is reinforcing its cross asset research team with the appointment of Rob Koyfman as senior strategist. »

Jeremy Hester appointed head of Northern Trust global fund services sales in the UK

Tue, 30/04/2013 - 06:30

Jeremy Hester has been named as head of sales for Northern Trust’s global fund services business in the UK, responsible for offering investment operations outsourcing, fund administration and the full range of asset servicing solutions, to investment managers domiciled in the UK. »

Noël Amenc, director of EDHEC-Risk Institute and CEO of ERI Scientific Beta

EDHEC-Risk Institute launches multi-strategy platform for smart beta investing

Tue, 30/04/2013 - 06:02

EDHEC-Risk Institute has launched its smart beta index design and production activity, ERI Scientific Beta. The aim is to revolutionise the index world through, firstly, a new approach to smart beta investing called Smart Beta 2.0, which enables investors to choose and control the risks of these new benchmarks, and secondly, total transparency on the methodologies and compositions of the indices available on the platform. »

SmartStream supports SWIFT’s Global Electronic Trade Confirmation solution

Mon, 29/04/2013 - 16:16

SmartStream Technologies’ TLM Trade Process Management solution, which addresses the post-trade allocation, confirmation, clearing and settlement processes, now fully supports SWIFT’s Global Electronic Trade Communication (GETC) solution. »

Carl James, managing director of BNP Paribas Dealing Services UK

BNP Paribas Securities Services launches Dealing Services in the UK

Mon, 29/04/2013 - 14:10

BNP Paribas Securities Services has launched its global Dealing Services solution in the UK – a new concept providing institutional investors access to a network of dealing teams using sophisticated dealing technology and covering all asset classes. »

Olivier Sciales, founding partner, Chevalier &amp; Sciales

Luxembourg offers east Europeans and Russians additional structuring options

Mon, 29/04/2013 - 12:11

Prospects are clouded for Cyprus as a domicile for investment and transaction structures set up by entrepreneurs and investors from Russia and other eastern European countries such as Ukraine following a levy on bank deposits and capital controls imposed by the government as part of a package of measures to stabilise the country’s banking sector, says Olivier Sciales, founding partner, Chevalier & Sciales… »