Volante Technologies has created a solution specifically designed to accelerate the process of integrating with Ripple, a provider of distributed financial technology solutions offering real-time settlement of cross border payments. At SIBOS 2015 Volante demonstrated Ripple-readiness as a feature of
After a strong start to 2016, CTAs have now completed their third consecutive month of negative performance. All five daily indices that Societe Generale Prime Services calculates were down in May. The flagship SG CTA Index, that measures a broad
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Timothy Massad has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) regarding cooperation with respect to derivatives clearing organisations (DCOs) established in the United States that
Nautilus Managed Account Platform, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, has retained Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) to provide trustee services for its Management Company (ManCo) in South Africa. The appointment follows the decision by the Financial
Lyxor Asset Management (Lyxor) has signed a distribution agreement with Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking, the wealth management arm of the Intesa Sanpaolo banking group, making Lyxor’s range of Alternative UCITS and Multi-Asset funds now available to private banking investors in
Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) is to acquire Petershill Fund I’s minority equity interests in five alternative investment firms – Winton Capital Group, Capula Investment Management, Partner Fund Management, Mount Lucas Management, and CapeView Capital. Under the terms of the agreement,
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The US CFTC has charged Haena Park (Park) and her companies Phaetra Capital GP, a/k/a/ Argenta Capital GP LLC, Phaetra Capital Management LP, a/k/a Argenta Capital LLC, and Argenta Group LLC, with fraudulently operating a commodity pool and misappropriation of pool
Triad Securities Corp has appointed Michael Bird as Senior Managing Director, with responsibilities in their finance, operations and sales departments. Bird most recently was the President of Vandham Securities. Previously he was with Merrill Lynch where, over his long
Laven Legal Services to continue alternative funds expansion Clients of Laven Legal Services, the law firm linked to Laven Partners, are to move to London-based law firm GRM Law’s expanding alternative funds and financial services team, led by partners Alper
