Eric Syz is to step down from his role as a director of Swiss alternative investment company ALTIN AG following the company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 9 May. The move comes after what the company describes as ‘constructive discussions’
Chicago-based RJ O'Brien & Associates’ (RJO) London-based affiliate RJ O'Brien Europe Limited (RJO Europe) has hired Peter Jerrom and John Burt as Senior Vice Presidents, Listed Foreign Exchange (FX) Brokers. David Mudie, Chief Executive Officer of RJO Europe, says: "Peter
The Perella Weinberg North American Equity Long Short Fund is to launch on the Fidante Partners Liquid Strategies UCITS platform in May, subject to regulatory approval. It will be managed by Perella Weinberg Partners Capital Management (Perella Weinberg). The new
Jabre Capital Partners has launched the European Credit Opportunities Fund on its JABCAP (LUX) UCITS Platform. The fund will apply long, short and paired trading strategies to an unconstrained portfolio of absolute return opportunities in European corporate credit. The Fund has the ability
Estera, formerly Appleby Fiduciary Business, has appointed Roger Siddle as Non-Executive Chairman. Siddle (pictured) brings a wealth of expertise to independent fiduciary business Estera. His experience covers a range of business areas, including strategy, performance and change management, gained
The Post-Trade Distributed Ledger (PTDL) Group, which brings together major post-trade industry participants and regulators to share information and ideas about how distributed ledger technologies could transform the post-trade landscape, has announced the appointment of three external advisers. Ernst &
The April 2016 average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at EUR6,948 million (-23.4 per cent compared with April 2015). However, the number of shares traded remained resilient (-3.8 per cent). After 21 months of continued
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has registered its first dry bulk freight derivative trade for clearing last Friday, marking an important milestone for its new global commodities segment. The trade was registered for 90 lots of the Q4 2016 Capesize
Purdue University's Center for Commercial Agriculture and the derivatives marketplace CME Group are partnering to produce the Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer, a monthly nationwide measure of the health of the US agricultural economy. The introduction of this new economic
Hatteras Funds, a provider of alternative investment solutions for Financial Advisors and their clients, has restructured its Managed Futures Strategies Fund (HMFIX) to provide greater transparency and reduce overall fund expenses for investors. Hatteras has cut fees by 20 per
