MiFID II aims to increase the accountability and transparency of the financial services industry and represents the latest in a long line of regulatory developments since the '08 global financial crash. Both buy-side and sell-side MiFID regulated firms are busy
Backstop Solutions Group, a provider of cloud-based solutions for hedge funds, funds of funds, pensions, endowments, private equity firms, consultants and family offices, has expanded into the Asia Pacific region with the opening of its sixth office and the hiring
Colt Technologies is a private telecoms company owned by Fidelity. It delivers secure, on-demand services designed to meet the stringent requirements and speed of the financial markets. Among the more than 400 capital markets firms it supports worldwide includes 18
Assured Guaranty has appointed David A Buzen as senior managing director of its newly formed alternative investments group. Buzen was previously president and chief executive officer of CIFG Holding. Additionally, Stan Cotek, formerly treasurer and managing director of finance
At the last count, there were approximately 1,384 pieces of information to look through under MiFID II. For Chief Compliance Officers, that is an awful lot of work to get on top of, which is why implementing a compliance roadmap
MiFID II comes into effect on 3 January 2018 and will likely require fund managers to make significant changes to their systems, governance and controls & procedures. One of the first preparatory steps to take is for fund managers to
Apex Fund Services has made three senior appointments from KPMG, State Street and JP Morgan. Nitin Khanapurkar (pictured), who joins the Apex Group from his role as a senior partner at KPMG, becomes Apex’s global head of risk and compliance
The introduction of MiFID II and MiFIR on 3 January 2018 will impact every aspect of how financial institutions do business. The scale of the task cannot be underestimated. For buy-side firms, getting the right vendor relationships in place will
Three Hills Capital Partners (THCP) has held the final closing of its second fund with total committed assets of around EUR200 million, in excess of the initial target of EUR150 million. The new fund, named Three Hills Decalia after the
PineBridge Investments, a global multi-asset class asset manager, has launched the PineBridge European Secured Credit Fund, co-managed by portfolio managers Julie Bothamley and Evangeline Lim and global head of credit and fixed income Steven Oh. The investment objective of the
