The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved the creation of LabCFTC, an initiative aimed at promoting responsible fintech innovation to improve the quality, resiliency and competitiveness of the markets the CFTC oversees. Located in New York LabCFTC
BNY Mellon Investment Management has launched the BNY Mellon Absolute Insight Multi-Strategy Fund, an absolute return multi-strategy fund available in a liquid alternatives mutual fund vehicle. The Fund is sub-advised by Insight Investment, a BNY Mellon investment boutique with
Though the market data industry has operated fundamentally in the same manner for over a generation, the advent of cloud-based service delivery is bringing change for the options available to the capital markets community. TABB Group’s latest report, “Stairway to
BlueMountain Capital Management, a private absolute return investment firm with USD22 billion in assets under management, has expanded the responsibilities of three members of the firm’s executive team. Marina Lutova Meyers, a partner and portfolio manager at BlueMountain, has
BGC Partners has named Yann Le Gallais, Managing Director and Head of BGC's Swiss offices, based in Nyon. In this role, Le Gallais will be responsible for growing BGC's business by offering a wider range of products and services
Baird, an international wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm, has selected CAIS as the enterprise alternative investment platform for its financial advisers. Established in 1919, Baird has more than 3,400 associates serving the needs of
Northern Trust has been selected to provide fund administration services to the VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Investment Fund. The fund will be administered from Northern Trust’s Guernsey office and adds to its growing client base in the Channel Islands where Northern
TIGF, the French natural gas system and storage operator, is to extend the operating schedule of market-based balancing operations on the Trading Region South hub via the PEGAS platform as of 15 February 2017. TIGF’s interventions on PEGAS previously took
Non-bank prime services firm Invast Global’s CEO, Gavin White (pictured), has been nominated for appointment to the Board of the Japan-listed parent company, Invast Securities Co, Ltd. Invast Global continues to enjoy remarkable success with its acclaimed PurePrime multi-asset
Where the vulnerabilities are – It’s 3:40 on a Friday afternoon, and an urgent email hits a back-office employee’s inbox. As the employee scrambles to get ready for the market-close and head off to a three-day weekend, it looks like
