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Palmer Square Capital Management hires industry veteran Jeffrey Fox

Wed, 01/05/2013 - 11:20

Palmer Square Capital Management, an investment management firm that provides portfolios of structured credit, collateralised loan obligations and hedge fund strategies, has appointed Jeffrey Fox as executive director. »

Outsourcing FATCA reporting function overcomes scalability issue for managers.

Wed, 01/05/2013 - 10:36

Outsourcing FATCA reporting function overcomes scalability issue for managers. “The reason firms should start early with FATCA is that until you have gone through the process of data mining and figuring out all the details on your investors, you really do not know the depth of the work that is required in order to be compliant,” asserts Michael Megaw (pictured), managing director at SS&C GlobeOp, one of the industry’s leading independent fund administrators. »

Paladyne and Broadridge add risk offering

Wed, 01/05/2013 - 10:05

Paladyne Systems has secured the rights to the source code, development rights and unlimited distribution rights for the Numerix Portfolio Risk product. »

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. »