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Axioma has appointed Thomas D Severance (pictured), to the newly created position of Senior Managing Director and Chief Revenue Officer.
Severance was previously at IHS Markit for six years, where he most recently served as Managing Director, Markit Analytics, heading its risk strategy and analytics business in the Americas.
“Accelerating growth in our target markets is our number one objective,” says Sebastian Ceria, Chief Executive Officer at Axioma. “With more than 20 years of experience at innovative, high growth companies operating at the intersection of risk, analytics and technology, Tom is a perfect fit for Axioma. As Chief Revenue
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By George Ralph (pictured), RFA – 2017 is as good a time as any to be starting a new alternative investment firm, certainly better than it would have been a decade ago, but there are some key areas of focus that start-ups should be on top of. Here are some thoughts on how to help set your start-up to be successful:
Start out with a great investment strategy
Great alternative investment firms need a great investment strategy. Global macro, equity hedge, event-driven, relative value strategies, distressed securities- it doesn’t matter as long as the chosen strategy has been proven to
- 13/07/2017
Alternative asset manager FS Investments has hired Michael Carter as Executive Vice President and Head of Strategy.
Carter will be based in the firm’s Philadelphia headquarters, serve on the firm’s Executive Committee and oversee firm strategy and business development, with a focus on growing FS Investments’ existing credit franchise and expanding into other alternative investment platforms.
“Mike Carter has had a broad, impressive career in financial services as a credit and hedge fund platform builder, operator and leader,” says Michael C Forman (pictured), Chairman and CEO of FS Investments. “Mike’s investment experience and strategic focus will be critically important as
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Global Alliance Wealth Management has launched a private debt component to compliment its existing Alternative Solutions Platform.
With offices in New York, Hong Kong and soon to be Tokyo, the alternative investment management firm continues to present accredited investors and private clients with access to alternative sources of liquid and illiquid risk-adjusted returns.
Phillip Garten, Chief Operating Officer of Global Alliance Wealth Management, says: “In response to the changing demands of our institutional clients, and with a rising interest in private debt solutions, we have incorporated an offering into our existing alternative platform to facilitate a seamless, highly-automated diversification
- 12/07/2017
Regulatory and fee pressures are forcing the hedge fund industry to evolve, but a lively panel debate at the annual Linedata Exchange Europe client conference in London affirmed that with the right investment approach, infrastructure and distribution strategy, hedge funds will continue to succeed.
Paul McLernon, COO, Pensato Capital said that while regulation is driving up costs and complexities in product development and capital raising, it can also bring about positive change. “We should embrace change as an opportunity,” he said.
MiFID II compliance is a major undertaking for hedge funds and service providers alike. Geoff Galbraith, COO, Man
- 12/07/2017
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a civil enforcement action against Daniel Winston LaMarco and his company, GDLogix Inc, charging them with off-exchange foreign currency derivatives (forex) fraud, commodity pool fraud, and failure to register with the CFTC, as required.
LaMarco previously resided in Huntington, New York, and GDLogix’s last known principal place of business was in Huntington, New York. Neither Defendant has ever been registered with the CFTC.
According to the CFTC’s Complaint filed on 10 July, 2017, from January 2011 through March 2016, LaMarco fraudulently solicited and accepted USD1,492,650 from 13 individuals to trade
- 12/07/2017
By Daniel Viola, Sadis & Goldberg – In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act), overhauling the financial regulatory system. Congress required the US Securities & Exchange Commission (the SEC) and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the CFTC) to develop a whistleblower rights program to incentivise people to report potential violations. The SEC and CFTC adopted the final rules governing this program in 2011.
Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, persons can receive financial awards if they provide original information about relevant violations that result in a successful enforcement
- 12/07/2017
According to the PhishMe 2016 Q3 Malware Review, the proportion of phishing emails containing ransomware grew to 97.25 per cent in Q3 last year. This is a threat that is becoming more sophisticated, and more targeted. Not only that, but the frequency of attacks is at an all-time high.
“As people become better aware of what a phishing attack is, so the sophistication of attacks targeting individuals and organisations becomes greater,” says Dean Hil (pictured)l, Executive Director, Eze Castle Integration.
This is also being driven by continued investments in technology, making it harder for hackers to breach organisations. There is,
- 12/07/2017
The average hedge fund is often a lean operation with limited headcount, which leans more towards the front office. As such, areas such as IT and cybersecurity are typically outsourced. Many have chosen not to hire CISOs but have instead chosen to appoint outsourced partners/consultants to conduct risk assessments, including appraising the manager’s third party vendor relationships.
“We are one of the largest counterparties to some of our clients: we provide their IT, we are custodians of their data and we provide systems that enable them to run their business,” comments Viktor Tadijanovic (pictured), Founding Member and CTO of New
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- 12/07/2017
Ransomware, malicious code that encrypts files and demands a ransom to decrypt, has been around for years, but why is this most recent version so successful? The answer is bitcoin.
Bitcoin provides a method by which hackers may remain anonymous yet still have a way to monetise attacks without creating a money trail. But whereas most public ransomware attacks to date have tended to be low-scale and relatively unsophisticated, the Internet of Things means that billions of devices are now connected, presenting a surfeit of attack surfaces for cyber criminals.
Not only that, but the ambition of ransomware attacks has
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