Artisan Partners has appointed Pearse Monaghan as a director in the firm’s London-based distribution team. Monaghan (pictured) will play a leading business development role for the firm in the UK and Ireland, where the group hopes to further develop
in association with HRH The Duke of Cambridge’s ongoing patronage of non-profit organisation’s philanthropic initiatives. SkillForce is a national education and veterans charity dedicated to helping young people flourish through motivational mentoring and education programmes for five- to nineteen-year-olds. Their
Contagion from recent political upheaval, including former FBI director Mark Comey’s leaked memo and continued concerns over alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, has been reasonable, according to Lyxor. It comes amid persisting signs of decent global
The hedge fund industry produced an aggregate return of -0.26 per cent in November, bringing YTD returns deeper into negative territory for 2015, -1.21 per cent, according to eVestment’s latest hedge fund performance review. The industry’s last annual decline was
Neptune, the fixed income network for real-time “axe” indications, is enhancing its integration with partner TS’s TradeSmart FI. The Neptune network provides a venue for investors to consume the highest quality bond axes/inventory data from their most trusted bank
Taurus Administration Services has acquired Pacific Fund Systems’ PFS-PAXUS integrated share registry/fund accounting platform to support a push into the European market, which it expects to grow as a result of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive. Taurus will target
Fiona Frick, CEO of boutique asset manager Unigestion, has been elected to the board of Sustainable Finance Geneva (SFG). SFG is an association that establishes Geneva as the centre for innovation in sustainable finance by engaging individuals and harnessing
Global advisory, corporate development and executive search firm Jensen Partners has aligned with Context Capital Partners LP to launch Context Jensen Partners. The new company will strategically address the obstacles faced by alternative asset managers who are focused on growing
Acadian Asset Management, a firm overseeing USD82 billion in active global and international quantitative assets, has launched a sustainable Emerging Markets ex Fossil Fuel strategy. This strategy is one of the first to focus on implementing this theme across
RSRCHXchange, a MiFID II research solution and marketplace for institutional research, has partnered with CorpAxe, a provider of a solution for corporate access management, to make research consumption data available to mutual buy-side customers. The collaboration allows research consumption
