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SC Distributors has hired Michele Drummond (pictured) as Senior Vice President of National and Institutional Accounts, along with three new Regional Vice Presidents. Drummond will help manage select Broker-Dealer accounts as well as key institutional relationships for SCD including Charles Schwab, TD Ameritrade, Fidelity and Pershing. She has more than 18 years of financial services experience and most recently served as Vice President of Relationship Management at Cole Capital Corporation. “Michele is a consummate professional and one of the most respected people in our industry,” says Jenniffer Daigle, Executive Vice President and Director of National Accounts for SCD. “She brings
Mesirow Financial, an independent diversified financial services firm, has gone live on Clarient Entity Hub, a utility-based service designed to simplify client data and document management.  Mesirow adopted Clarient Entity Hub to automate non-core, manual Know Your Customer (KYC) processes, while lowering operational burdens, further improving their client on-boarding processes and driving increased buy-side client satisfaction. The firm plans to leverage Clarient Entity Hub as their primary KYC and on-boarding solution across all US branches and locations.   An industry-owned and governed utility, Clarient Entity Hub removes costs and risks associated with the bilateral exchange of client entity data and
Imagineer Technology Group, a provider of technology solutions for investment management firms, has released the Clienteer CRM Spring 2016 update.  The Spring Release of Imagineer’s flagship product features many enhancements to the system’s current functionality sets helping users streamline their accounting, compliance and operations workflows even further. Clienteer is now seamlessly integrated with Preqin, allowing users to easily pull data from Preqin into Clienteer.  “For this update we focused on alleviating some of our client’s operational pain points, developing new tools that help keep contact data clean, coordinate meetings among colleagues and manage and report on events,” says Avi Giladi,
Five out six of the six MVIS investable Long/Short Equity Indices recorded positive performance in May, with the sixth remaining flat.  The MVIS Asia (Developed) Long/Short Equity Index led the way with a return of 1.58 per cent, followed by the MVIS Global Long/Short Equity Index (1.19 per cent), the MVIS North America Long/Short Equity Index (0.50 per cent), the MVIS Western Europe Long/Short Equity Index (0.29 per cent) and the MVIS Emerging Markets Long/Short Equity Index (0.23 per cent). The MVIS Global Event Long/Short Equity Index recorded no change during the month. Each index is constructed using transparent, liquid
Compliance with global regulatory regimes and market structure changes is leading traditional asset managers and hedge funds to take a holistic approach to measuring trading and research costs.  Uncovering trends and drivers from interviews with 100 US buy-side head traders, TABB Group has published part one of the 12th annual benchmark study, “US Institutional Equity Trading 2016: Buy Side Emancipation or Purgatory.” The report examines buy-side firm’s top initiatives, commission wallets, execution channels, broker lists and unbundling of trading and research costs. Report co-authors Sayena Mostowfi (pictured), a TABB principal and head of equities research, and research analyst Valerie Bogard,
SS&C Technologies Holdings has appointed Rainer Fuchsluger as Managing Director, Asia for SS&C's Institutional and Investment Management business. Fuchsluger is responsible for developing and executing a regional business strategy to leverage and scale SS&C's investment management solutions to meet the evolving needs of investment managers across Asia. Based in Hong Kong, he reports to Christy Bremner, Senior Vice President and General Manager, SS&C's Institutional & Investment Management division. "Rainer has a deep understanding of Asian markets and how we can better serve the unique operational needs of our customers. His proven track record in developing client relationships and innovative investment
After more than ten successful years the Swiss currency specialist Quaesta Capital is rebranding as QCAM Currency Asset Management AG.  “With the change of name – a logical consequence of our company development – we will further live up to our specialisation and unique position,” says QCAM CEO Thomas Suter. “We stand for independence, transparency and trustworthiness.  “QCAM provides institutional and private clients with a personalised service that is customised to all their Currency and Asset Management needs. Particularly in our globalised markets FX expertise in Asset Management leads to a significant increase in earnings and risk improvements.”
Geoff Blanning (pictured), Head of Commodities, comments on why he believes that a new bull market for commodities has begun… Following five years of devastatingly poor returns in the market, sentiment towards commodities is at rock bottom, but it’s starting to turn following the surge in the prices of a wide variety of products since the beginning of the year. The biggest price gains, in percentage terms, occur at the beginning of a bull market.  And the best (lowest risk) time to buy anything is when the consensus expectation is turning from bearish to bullish, as is happening now in
Calderwood has officially launched and is now open for business in the Cayman Islands, providing experienced independent directors to a range of investment vehicles. Calderwood has been formed by Ronan Guilfoyle and Wade Kenny, both very well known in the Cayman fund sector, who together have over 17 years’ experience within the governance industry, serving as independent directors on some of the largest funds in the industry.  Guilfoyle was previously a Managing Director at DMS Offshore Investment Services and was significantly involved in the firm’s strategic development, sharing leadership responsibility for its European offices and spearheading its international expansion. As
Fund governance firm DMS Offshore Investment Services (DMS) has added Efficient Capital's CTA Index Fund to its UCITS ICAV platform. The fund aims to provide investors with medium to long term capital appreciation through investment of approximately 50 per cent of its Net Asset Value in a total return swap which is referenced to the Efficient Capital CTA Index, and the remainder in cash and cash equivalents. The Index is comprised of investment funds and managed accounts traded for the benefit of such investment funds that utilize a range of CTA strategies.  DMS has developed a proprietary UCITS V compliant

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