Tortoise Credit Strategies has acquired Bradford & Marzec via a Tortoise-supported management buy-out. Bradford & Marzec is a specialised fixed income boutique with approximately USD4.3 billion in assets under management. Tortoise Credit Strategies, a registered investment adviser focused on fixed
SS&C Technologies Holdings has released its first round of 2016 product enhancements for Geneva, Advent Portfolio Exchange (APX), Moxy, Advent Rules Manager, Advent Revenue Center, Tamale RMS, and Tradex. “We are dedicated to helping firms using our solutions maintain their
Thomas Walek has launched Peaks Strategies, a strategic communications firm serving financial services and capital markets clients. Peaks Strategies says its aim is to define, differentiate, promote and protect clients in a marketplace undergoing profound changes. “Today’s clients and today’s
Options has appointed Jon Lambert as the firm’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Lambert, who previously served as CFO for both TIBCO and Wombat Financial Software, brings with him over 25 years of corporate finance and operational experience within the
Regulatory technology, or ‘RegTech’ as it is known, is building momentum in Ireland as the country looks to embrace the Financial Technology revolution. Speaking at an Irish Funds Industry press event in London last week, Cillian Leonowicz (pictured), Manager, Financial
DMS Offshore Investment Services (DMS) and Arena Capital Advisors (Arena) have launched the Arena Short Duration High Income Fund hosted on DMS UCITS ICAV platform. UCITS has created a regulatory passport for investment managers to access European investors. DMS has
Michael Platt, who runs BlueCrest Capital, is Britain's richest hedge fund manager with a fortune of GBP2.1 billion, up GBP600m on last year, according to The Sunday Times Rich List 2016, which is due to be published this weekend. Platt,
The migration to cloud-based IT systems is forcing governments to update privacy regulations to meet evolving data sovereignty requirements. This new report from Ovum “Data privacy laws: Cutting the red tape” shows results of an international survey on the effects
Liontrust Asset Management, a UK-based specialist investment management company, has gone live on Eze OMS and Eze Portfolio Accounting, implementing a front-to-back office workflow to replace its in-house systems. This represents a significant investment by Liontrust and is designed to
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for April 2016 measured 2.94 per cent, down from 4.26 per cent in March. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Forward Redemption Indicator for April 2016 decreased to 2.94 per cent, down from 4.26 per cent for March
