Neil Pecker and his company, Vision Financial Partners, are to pay USD6.5 million to settle US CFTC charges of fraudulent solicitation and misappropriation in connection with off-exchange binary options. A US District Court Order requires Pecker and Vision, jointly and
Cowen Inc has been named Best North American Prime Broker at the 2017 Hedgeweek USA Awards for the third consecutive year. The award is based on a peer review system whereby Hedgeweek’s readers, including institutional and high net worth investors,
Boutique asset manager Unigestion has appointed Emanuele Ravano as chairman of UNI-GLOBAL, a SICAV comprising 13 Unigestion sub-funds. Ravano will work closely with Unigestion’s senior management team and will be influential in mentoring and supporting Unigestion’s distribution initiatives. Ravano
Malta will benefit more than any other financial centre in Europe from Brexit, according to international asset management firm Managing Partners Group (MPG). While Malta offers financial firms wishing to operate in the European Union several benefits, the alternatives all
Advanced Logic Analytics (ALA), a provider of enterprise wide big data and finance analytics solutions for buy- and sell-side institutions and other financial firms, has appointed Giovanni Loria to the company’s board as a non-executive director. Loria (pictured) has been
SmartStream Technologies, a Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM) specialist, has appointed Richard Bowler as chief financial officer with responsibility for all aspects of the company’s finances, including treasury, administration and financial strategy. Bowler (pictured) will be located in London, reporting to
ZEDRA, an independent fund specialist in trust, corporate and fund services, has placed an order with Sovos – the tax compliance software experts – for its AEOI Reporting solution. Once implemented, the solution will help ZEDRA meet the demands of
Australian fund administrator FundBPO – part of the MainstreamBPO group – has appointed wealth management software specialist DST Systems to implement the company’s enterprise workflow solution via a five year license agreement. FundBPO is the first business around the globe
Brazilian investment manager Captalys has launched its first offshore fund with the support of Apex Fund Services as administrator. Captalys has BRL1.5 billion in AUM and invests in Brazilian private credit. The onshore fund has a six-year track-record (returning
Lawson Conner is to host its latest Hedge Fund Capital Raising/Global Investor Update webinar on 30 November 2016 at 10am. The topics for discussion will be emerging investor themes and market sentiment amongst medium to large fund allocators. Michael
