Waystone, a provider of institutional governance, risk and compliance services to the asset management industry, has secured a significant investment from Montagu Private Equity. The investment represents a significant opportunity for Waystone to build upon its current expansion plans and
By Ben Axler, CIO and Founder of Spruce Point Capital Management – When I started my investment management firm in 2009 after a career in investment banking, I felt emboldened to fix certain structural problems in the industry I was
SECOR Asset Management, an independent global investment advisory and risk management firm, has launched the SECOR Hedged Equity Fund with approximately GBP110 million assets under management (AUM) from UK-based pension schemes. Managed by Dmitri Smolansky, SECOR’s derivatives portfolio management team
Hedge funds gained more than 10 per cent in the six months of 2021, the industry’s strongest first half performance in 22 years, despite June seeing a shift in market sentiment which moderated the sector’s monthly returns. Now, managers are
Tier1 Financial Solutions, a provider of client relationship management (CRM), AML compliance and fraud prevention solutions, has acquired Satuit Technologies, a specialist in asset management CRM software solutions. The acquisition allows Tier1 to accelerate its expansion into the buy-side and
TORA, provider of the industry’s most advanced cloud-based order and execution management system (OEMS) is integrating the Glimpse Markets buy-side data sharing tool for fixed income into its multi-asset platform. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Backstop Solutions Group, provider of a cloud-based productivity suite for institutional and alternative investors, has acquired ProTrak International, a provider of a client relationship management (CRM) solution tailored specifically to the needs of asset managers. ProTrak has served the investment
As investors look to strengthen portfolio performance amid a shifting economic landscape, a new Barclays study suggests hedge funds now offer “a compelling alternative” to fixed income allocations, and may prove key to bumping up returns as allocators adapt to
In this wide-ranging Q&A, Arnaud Sarfati, CEO and co-founder of Paris-based quantitative asset manager LFIS Capital, discusses how the firm is tackling ESG implementation in its quant strategies, touching on portfolio constraints, evolving regulation, auditing concerns, and “data exhaustivity”.
As the ongoing digital assets boom continues to throw up myriad investment opportunities for asset managers and investors alike, London-based Nickel Digital Asset Management aims to bridge the gap between traditional finance and the cryptocurrency market, offering a diverse range
