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Global Prime Partners (GPP) has appointed Mike Ward as head of new business development.
Ward (pictured) arrives from Nomura where he was co-head of EMEA equities. Prior to this he was head of equity sales, EMEA at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Ward brings with him a wealth of experience across global markets product lines and a deep understanding of EMEA-based clients.
Ward’s first business initiative at GPP is to expand its offering with the launch of a structured product division during the first quarter of 2017, initially for UK onshore clients, capitalising on GPP’s core strengths in
- 30/11/2016
Irish Funds, the representative body for the international cross-border investment funds industry in Ireland, has welcomed the Central Bank of Ireland’s announcement on its intention to amend the requirements for Loan originating Qualifying Investor AIFs (L-QIAIFs), as set out in the AIF Rulebook.
The changes will relax current restrictions and allow L-QIAIFs to make debt and equity investments linked to the loan origination strategy, a policy which reflects market demand and provisions in the ELTIF product.
This change will increase the attractiveness of the Irish L-QIAIF regime to international fund managers, as they will be allowed to make equity
- 30/11/2016
Hedge funds lost 0.32 per cent in October, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge.
Year to date, the index is up 4.03 per cent, despite 10 of Barclay’s 17 hedge fund indices losing ground in October.
The Healthcare and Biotechnology Index dropped 6.09 per cent, giving back its 5.42 per cent September gain. The Technology Index lost 1.19 per cent, Equity Long Bias was down 1.15 per cent, European Equities lost 0.64 per cent, and the Equity Long/Short Index gave up 0.48 per cent.
“Election uncertainties, somewhat hawkish Fed comments, and the release of
- 30/11/2016
We are conducting a survey of the Hedgeweek readership to assess the best hedge fund performers and service providers during 2016 in a range of categories covering the entire hedge fund space.
Managers and service providers are welcome to nominate their own funds/firms – with relevant justification.
Please make your nominations by completing this survey.
The deadline for nominations is midnight (GMT) on 15 January 2017.
The awards represent a key marketing opportunity for winners.
We look forward to sharing the results of this survey with you at our awards ceremony in London in March 2017.
- 30/11/2016
Jetstone Asset Management has appointed Igor Pikovsky as its chief risk officer.
He joins Jetstone from Rogge Global Partners in London, the global fixed income asset management firm, where he was a senior partner and global head of risk and where over 13 years, he built the investment and enterprise risk management function from the ground up.
Prior to this he worked at Credit Suisse First Boston and Morgan Stanley.
At Jetstone he will be responsible for building and overseeing the firm’s Investment and Enterprise risk management framework and implementing cutting edge analytical systems for valuation, risk management
- 30/11/2016
The Connecticut Hedge Fund Association (CTHFA) and the Zhejiang International Hedge Fund Talents Association (HTA) have formed a partnership.
The CTHFA represents the world’s second largest hedge fund centre, as measured by number of firms with USD1 billion-plus in assets under management.
The HTA is the largest independent hedge fund association in China, representing over 300 of China’s leading hedge funds.
The memorandum of exchange and cooperation establishes an ongoing strategic relationship between the two associations, which will work together to develop professional relationships and promote productive communication between their respective members.
The memorandum was signed in
- 30/11/2016
The US future commission merchant (FCM) community has been under constant pressure for the last eight years from new regulation, stifling capital rules, declining number of players, a challenging interest rate environment and increasing costs that are all adversely affecting profitability.
Despite this wave of challenges, TABB Group’s latest research, “The Tide is Rising for US FCMs: US FCM 2016,” finds leaders of the FCM community are finally spinning a positive outlook for the industry.
Report author Tom Lehrkinder (pictured) explains that regulation is the incumbent top challenge for the last three TABB FCM studies sampled, but this year
- 30/11/2016
Abacus Group, a provider of hosted cloud IT solutions for alternative investment funds, has added security and communications enhancements to its AbacusFlex Private Cloud platform.
“As our client base of alternative investment firms continues to grow in the US, UK and Europe, Abacus is ensuring that our technology and services meet or exceed the highest standards for security and ease of communications,” says Viktor Tadijanovic (pictured), chief technology officer at Abacus.
Tadijanovic says that in recent months AbacusFlex has been enhanced with enhancements to the existing two-factor authentication solution, providing end-users with the option to receive their token via
- 30/11/2016
Portware, a provider of multi-asset trade automation solutions powered by artificial intelligence (AI), has upgraded its execution management system (EMS), Portware Enterprise.
Portware Enterprise is a fully customisable “thinking” EMS designed to act as the central platform for the creation and execution of trading strategies for global equities, futures, options, fixed income, and FX.
The latest version, Portware Enterprise 6.4, focuses on assisting traders in managing the regulatory and administrative burdens while freeing up their time to concentrate on preserving alpha with AI-driven tools.
Portware Enterprise 6.4 offers users data warehouse functionality, advanced venue analysis, and an enhanced
- 29/11/2016
Paweł Ostrowski has been appointed as the president of the management board of the Polish Power Exchange, subject to approval by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority.
Ostrowski has more than 15 years of experience in capital markets, having worked with financial institutions including PKO Bank Polski, Societe Generale, Deutsche Bank Polska and BNP Paribas Polska.
From 2007, he was head of sales in the treasury department of PKO BP Bank Polski.
He specialises in sales of Treasury products and commodity risk and interest rate risk hedging instruments. He has participated in projects implementing MiFID II and in the
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