River Road Asset Management has appointed William W Yang as portfolio manager with responsibility for managing the firm’s new International Value Equity Strategy. “Developing an international capability has long been a part of River Road’s aspirational business strategy,” says River
Elixium, a regulated multilateral trading facility (MTF) for collateral and secured deposits, has executed its first collateral financing transaction between buy-side collateral and liquidity providers. Citibank, as cash management agent, executed on behalf of CME Clearing Europe, while Insight Investment
Apex Clearing, an independent, full-service clearing firm, has launched its Apex Prime brokerage offering for hedge funds with up to USD200 million in assets under management. Apex Clearing has put together a team headed by former Convergex executive John Mollica
Lighthouse Canton is offering accredited investors access to hedge fund strategies without hedge fund costs via the firm’s app store robo-adviser. In partnership with WeInvest, a platform-as-a-service provider, it provides access to a range of strategies, asset classes and currencies
SunOpta, a company focused on organic, non-genetically modified and specialty foods, has entered into an agreement with funds managed by alternative asset management firm Oaktree Capital Management. Oaktree is an investor in the consumer and retail industry, with a track
Aerium has completed the letting of an entire floor at 24 Savile Row, its landmark West End asset, to US hedge fund Aurelius Capital Management. Aurelius has agreed a 10-year lease on the fifth floor of 24 Saville Row, comprising
Geraud Charpin (pictured), Portfolio Manager, BlueBay Asset Management discusses how risk assets struggle to gain impetus as investors turn their attention to negative newsflow… The uneventful meetings from the Bank of Japan (BoJ) and the Federal Reserve (Fed) earlier in
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding the supervision of cross-border regulated firms. The MOU, which was signed by CFTC chairman Timothy Massad (pictured) and
Vela Trading Technologies’ fully managed low-latency market data platform is now live at TMX, Canada’s largest integrated multi-asset class exchange group. Vela’s managed services platform has enabled TMX to launch new services for the protected markets to comply with Canadian
The pan-European gas trading platform PEGAS and the French natural gas transmission system operator GRTgaz are extending the operating hours of the coupling mechanism between France’s PEG Nord and TRS delivery zones. From 24 September onwards, the coupling will also
