Synaptic, an alternative data insights start-up, has closed a $20 million Series B funding round led by Valor Equity Partners.
San Francisco-based hedge fund Inclusive Capital Partners (In-Cap) has made a £1.5 billion bid to acquire UK-based housebuilder Countryside Partnerships, according to a report by the Financial Times. In-Cap went public with its offer to acquire the business on Monday
Sagard NewGen has acquired a majority stake in Horizon Software – a speclialist in Market Making and Algo Trading Technology – alongside a management buy-out, to support expansion into new markets and strategic capabilities. Sagard NewGen will take over Capza’s
Apex Group is to acquire the fund services and third-party management company (Manco) business operations of Maitland International Holdings (Maitland), an international fund services provider.
Elwood Technologies, British hedge fund billionaire Alan Howard’s cryptocurrency trading platform, has attracted investment from Bothe Goldman Sachs and Barclays, according to report by The Financial Times. Venture capital firm Dawn Capital and the venture divisions of Germany’s Commerzbank, and
Active asset manager J O Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) has appointed Nikolaos Dimakis as senior data scientist. Dimakis joins from Federated Hermes where he was a Quantitative Analyst and joins JOHCM to support Head of Investments Andrew Parry. Dimakis’ role
Exegy Incorporated, a provider of front-office trading solutions differentiated by hardware acceleration, predictive analytics, and premium managed services, has acquired Enyx, a developer of FPGA-based, high-performance trading solutions.
White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd (White Mountains) has signed a definitive agreement to sell NSM Insurance Group (NSM) to investment funds affiliated with global investment firm Carlyle. The transaction values NSM at $1.775 billion. White Mountains expects the transaction will
BMLL, a provider of harmonised, historical Level 3 Data and analytics, has announced a collaboration with Aquis Exchange (Aquis), operator of Pan-European equity trading exchanges, to provide its members with insights into market structure dynamics. Using BMLL’s granular Level 3
Deutsche Börse has appointed SEBA Bank as new issuer of Cryptocurrency ETNs that tracks the performance of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Polkadot and other cryptocurrencies. Since Monday, four cryptocurrency products issued by SEBA Bank have been tradable on Xetra and via Börse
