Man Group has reported what it describes as strong performance for the first quarter of 2017 with funds under management (FUM) totalling USD88.7 billion at 31 March 2017, up from USD80.9 billion at the end of December 2016. Net inflows
HedgePort Associates, an independent C-Suite service provider, has established an advisory board initially including industry veterans Ted Seides and Bill Salus. The board will assist Hedgeport with strategic initiatives as the company continues its running underlying hedge fund and private equity
Conway Investment Research has acquired operational control of the Guggenheim Alternatives Platform from GP Feeder Fund Management. The platform, which provides qualified investors access to global alternative investment solutions, is now known as the Conway Alternatives Platform. Conway is
Horizon Software (Horizon), a provider of electronic trading and investment management technology, is to help develop Warrant market expertise within the Vietnam market. A key challenge was to provide business knowledge of the Covered Warrants issuing and market making business
Abacus Group, a provider of hosted cloud IT solutions for alternative asset funds, added 25 new clients in the first quarter of 2017, including a large institutional investor with multiple offices in the US, UK and Asia. During the quarter,
Hedge fund managers have become more upbeat about the Brexit result in the intervening five months, according to a new report published by Preqin. Preqin surveyed 276 hedge fund managers and 108 investors in November 2016 to see how their views
Principal Global Investors has expanded its presence in Europe with the opening of an office in Zurich. Principal now has offices in four European locations in London, Amsterdam, Munich and Zurich. The Zurich office is headed by Martin Bloch
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has published the calendar for the auctioning of EU emission allowances (EUA) for 2018 in coordination with the European Commission and the participating member states as well as with the competent German authorities. EEX will
Dash Financial Technologies has appointed Ari House as chief financial officer. House has spent nearly 20 years working in various capital markets roles and has accumulated extensive experience operating private equity-backed software and information services businesses. He joins Dash
CloudMargin, creator of a web-based collateral and margin management solution, has appointed Laurence Jones and Marc Desanges to further the firm's sales efforts globally. Jones, now CloudMargin sales executive in New York, joins the US sales team with 12 years
