The Managed Funds Association (MFA), a trade association for the global alternative investment industry, has added new members of its Executive Management Team. All will report directly to MFA’s President and CEO Richard H Baker (pictured), and serve on the
Fund jurisdictions will need to keep their finger on the pulse of digital technology if they are to remain competitive over the coming years. Disruptive players are springing up on a daily basis offering innovative payment solutions, transaction solutions to
At SS&C Advent, an independent unit of SS&C Technologies who collectively support more than 10,000 customers worldwide, there has been, according to Jesper Steiness (pictured), Director of Global Accounts, a clear growth of interest among fund managers and service providers
The recently introduced Reserved Alternative Investment Fund (RAIF) is compelling to fund managers because although it is not subject to direct supervisory authority from the CSSF, it is still a fully AIFMD-compliant product, benefiting from the European passport for marketing
Andrew Melnick has joined law firm Murphy & McGonigle as a shareholder in the firm’s New York office. Most recently, Melnick (pictured) served as chief litigation counsel at RCS Capital (now Aretec Group), where he oversaw all litigations, investigations and
Twin Capital Management, a New York-based event-driven hedge fund firm, has appointed Jessica Cass as Senior Vice President, Marketing. In her new role with Twin Capital, Cass will focus on developing and executing the firm’s marketing and fundraising efforts with
Gottex Fund Management has completed the second tranche of its recapitalisation, with some 20,000,000 newly issued shares now trading on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Based on the issue price of CHF0.31 per newly issued share, the company expects to receive
The National Futures Association (NFA) has ordered The Cambridge Strategy Asset Management Limited, an NFA member commodity pool operator (CPO) and commodity trading adviser (CTA) located in London, to pay a USD60,000 fine. The decision, issued by NFA's business conduct
Moody Aldrich Partners (MAP) has acquired substantially all of the assets of Pittsburgh-based kWantix Trading and kWantix Trading Advisors. In addition, MAP has entered into a long-term technology licensing agreement with kWantera, a Pittsburgh-based power market decision intelligence firm.
BNY Mellon has appointed James Taylor as Head of FX Electronic Markets Sales as it looks to build out its FX platform to meet the ongoing needs of its global clients. Taylor has almost 20 years’ experience in electronic trading,
