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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
- 11/05/2016
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
- 10/05/2016
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
- 10/05/2016
- 10/05/2016
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
- 10/05/2016
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
- 10/05/2016
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
- 10/05/2016
Bridgehouse Asset Managers is expanding its partnership with Greystone Managed Investments with the launch of a new global equity growth portfolio based on an existing institutional Global Equity Pooled Fund.
The fund is ranked No1 by the Mercer Pooled Fund Survey for Canadian Institutional Investors for performance in the institutional global equity category as at 31 December, 2015.
The Greystone Global Equity Fund is concentrated with 40 to 80 of Greystone's best stock ideas from around the world. The fund is available in a currency hedged or unhedged series.
"Investors want an all-weather growth investment that remains more consistent in
- 10/05/2016
Copeland Capital Management has appointed Sofia A Rosala (pictured) as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. Rosala comes to Copeland from Aberdeen Asset Management, where she served as US Counsel and Deputy Head of Compliance.
Earlier in her career Sofia was a Senior Associate for Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and prior to that she was Vice President and Corporate Counsel at SEI Investments. Sofia holds a JD from Temple University School of Law and a BA in International Relations and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
"We are thrilled to add someone of Sofia's caliber and level of experience to
- 10/05/2016
SR Labs, a specialist in trading and market data technology, has launched the SuperFeed Compressed Data Feed which is designed to support direct feed based, electronic trading applications.
The new solution addresses client requirements including a full range of trading firms, the buy-side, and retail brokers, in allowing consumption of low latency data through lower bandwidth connectivity including cloud and internet solutions. The new compression technology also enables market participants, outside of the main data centre hubs, to benefit from SuperFeed’s data quality through a bandwidth profile that works for them.
SR Labs have deployed Solace Message Router Appliances
- 10/05/2016
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Cunningham Commodities, LLC (Cunningham), a registered Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) based in Chicago, Illinois.
The Order finds that Cunningham violated CFTC’s Regulations that require an FCM to immediately report to the CFTC any deficiency in its customer segregated account or the targeted residual interest in its customer segregated account and require an FCM to submit daily reports to the CFTC for positions held by certain large traders (Large Trader Reports) whose accounts are carried by the FCM.
The Order also finds Cunningham’s Controller
- 10/05/2016
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