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This report outlines the main talking points from a recent cybersecurity panel event, where experts provided four core principles which fund managers should consider to create a viable cyber threat program. Please click here to download a copy of this special report.  
Imagine Software, a provider of front-to-back office risk and portfolio management to asset managers, investment banks, prime brokers, hedge funds, and institutional investors, has revealed that more than 85 per cent of its clients are using apps or leveraging their financial platform to gain an edge in the market or to streamline operations. Imagine's cloud offering, launched as the industry's first in 2000, includes the Imagine Financial Platform (IFP). Using the IFP, Imagine's clients and service providers can tap into Imagine's wealth of analytics and data from any device, anytime, anywhere, to solve their most complex problems or to enhance
HazelTree, a provider of integrated treasury management solutions has named hedge fund industry veteran Sameer Shalaby as the company’s president, chief executive officer and board director.  He replaces Stephen Casner, who will continue with HazelTree as its global head of partnerships to forge key strategic relationships with major industry players. Shalaby, 48, joins HazelTree with more than 25 years of software industry experience and extensive financial technology and hedge fund expertise. As HazelTree’s new CEO, his top priorities will be accelerating the company’s global growth, increasing focus on customer service and driving product innovation. Sameer Shalaby most recently was the
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a proposed amendment to a final order the CFTC issued on 28 March, 2013 that exempted certain specified transactions of six Regional Transmission Organisations and Independent System Operators (RTO-ISO Order) from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and CFTC regulations. The RTO-ISO Order exempted contracts, agreements, and transactions for the purchase or sale of the limited electric energy-related products that are specifically described within the RTO-ISO Order from the provisions of the CEA and CFTC regulations, with the exception of the CFTC’s general anti-fraud and anti-manipulation authority, and scienter-based
The Oxford-Man Institute (OMI), an academic institute for research into quantitative finance formed by the University of Oxford and Man Group in 2007, is to expand its focus on machine learning and data analytics. As part of this development, OMI is becoming part of the University’s Department of Engineering Science from 1 August 2016.   The development of the OMI’s focus will create a hub for machine learning and data analysis at Eagle House, the current home of the OMI and Man AHL’s Oxford research lab. The OMI’s researchers will be joined by the Department of Engineering Science’s Machine Learning
Everest Re Group has launched the Alternative Solution Group at Everest Specialty Underwriters, offering transactional risk insurance as well as professional and management liability insurance on both a primary and excess basis to private equity firms and hedge funds. Robert Clark has been appointed to the position of Vice President to head up this new unit. Robert joined Everest in late 2015 from Axis Insurance Company, where he was Vice President of the Private Equity Group. Prior to that, Robert worked for Moody’s Investor Service as an analyst for the P&C Insurance Team, which included responsibility for a portfolio of
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and the Korea Exchange (KRX), the sole securities and derivatives exchange operator in South Korea, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to cooperate with each other on a Trade Repository (TR) solution in Korea. Under this MOU, DTCC and KRX express their intent to build a long-term relationship in order to establish a successful TR in Korea. To achieve this goal, these companies will explore linking DTCC’s Global Trade Repository (GTR) solution directly to KRX, allowing international firms to leverage GTR for cross-border transaction reporting to Korean regulators. The potential solution would
London based Institutional investment consultant, Absolute Return Partners (ARP) has launched the ARP Energy Fund, a multi-manager solution for investors wishing to gain exposure to energy markets without taking on additional equity exposure. The Fund, an Alternative Investment Fund, has an absolute return target of 12-17 per cent net per annum and consists of a concentrated portfolio of energy funds, each with a minimum 3-year track record and a combined total of over US$1 billion of assets under management. The rationale for the Fund is based on ARP’s belief that fundamentals have created a wide trading range for oil and
The London Metal Exchange (LME) has executed the first voice-brokered trade of its LME Steel Scrap contract. The trade was executed on 4 May 2016 by INTL FCStone Ltd on behalf of Stemcor. The new additions to the LME’s ferrous suite – LME Steel Scrap and LME Steel Rebar – have seen considerable support from the market since their launch in November 2015. 35,990 tonnes (3,599 lots) of scrap and 9,600 tonnes (960 lots) of rebar have been traded since the contracts launched. A new single-trade record of 1,000 metric tonnes (100 lots) of scrap was set in last Wednesday’s
iCapital Network, an online platform that provides high-net-worth investors and their advisors with streamlined access to a curated selection of private investments, has added three senior members to the firm’s distribution team.  Eileen Duff joins the firm as Head of Distribution from Credit Suisse, where she was Head of Alternative Investments, North America. Peter Montgomery, most recently with the Alternative Investments group at Credit Suisse, and Ryan Van Geons, most recently Vice President with Fidelity Investments, both join as senior members of the Distribution team. “We are extremely pleased to welcome Eileen, Peter and Ryan, each of whom brings a

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