Henry Swieca, founder of investment firm Talpion Fund Management and co-founder of hedge fund Highbridge Capital Management, is pledging USD1 million to The National WWII Museum in New Orleans. Swieca's pledge is directed to the Cost of Victory gallery in the upcoming
Odey Asset Management has appointed Dipankar Shewaram to the firm’s investment team to work alongside Tim Bond managing the Odey Odyssey Fund. Shewaram (pictured) previously worked at BlueBay Asset Management and Western Asset Management. Crispin Odey says: “Odey has
Man Group plc has acquired Aalto Invest Holding AG and launched a new ‘private markets offering’, Man Global Private Markets, designed to offer longer term investments and complement their existing products. Man defines private markets as real estate, credit and
New York-based IQ Financial Marketing has issued an updated version of its marketing guide, which it is offering free of charge to hedge funds and private equity firms. The new guide features additional tips for creating better presentations and pitch
GreenKey, a creator of a voice workspace platform for global financial market participants, is to launch a mobile application for iOS and Android devices. The new app will offer full integration with GreenKey's patented software and Voice over Internet Protocol
Pioneer Investments has launched a global inflation-linked short-term strategy as an approach to managing against inflation risk. The firm says the strategy aims to protect investors’ purchasing power and returns against inflation through the use of low duration global inflation-linked
The University of Oxford has appointed Mihaela van der Schaar to the Man Professorship of Quantitative Finance, which is funded in perpetuity by a charitable gift of GBP3.3 million made in 2007 by the Charitable Trust of Man Group. Van
Hazeltree, a provider of integrated buy-side treasury management solutions, has added BlackRock to the partner network of Hazeltree LiquidityWeb, an integrated cash management and sweep platform. The partnership provides mutual clients with an efficient way to manage cash and sweep
The Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AML), the EU-US Privacy Shield and the Market Abuse Directive (MAD) and Regulation (MAR) are the three biggest regulatory pressures across EMEA, according to research by data virtualisation specialist Delphix. The study into the regulations most
100 Women in Hedge Funds’ (100WHF) annual London Gala raised more than GBP500,000 in support of SkillForce, a charity that seeks to transform the lives of young people through motivational mentoring and education programmes delivered mostly by ex-services personnel. The
