Hedge fund operational due diligence specialist Castle Hall has appointed Vladimir Rabotka as Director – Security and Systems Administration with responsibility for the firm’s internal cyber security policies. He will also provide expert advice to Castle Hall’s global client base
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged Hendrik A Van Beuningen and his company, DeBrink Trading Fund I (DeBrink) with fraud, misappropriation, and issuing false statements in connection with a commodity pool they operated. The CFTC Complaint, filed
FlexTrade Systems has appointed Tim Wong, Maroof Khan, and Dan Enstedt as Vice Presidents of Business Development, Multi-Asset Sales, for the company’s APAC region. According to Manish Kedia (pictured), Managing Director of FlexTrade Systems Pte Ltd, in Singapore, multi-asset trading
Alternative investment manager Franklin Square Capital Partners has hired Lewis Katz as Chief Business Development Officer. In this newly created role, Katz will develop new growth opportunities and help diversify distribution into new sales channels by collaborating with teams across
SS&C Technologies Holdings has appointed Ron Tannenbaum as Managing Director of Business Development for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) in its Alternative Fund Services business, SS&C GlobeOp. He will be based in SS&C’s European headquarters in London and will
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has fined the trade repository DTCC Derivatives Repository Limited (DDRL) EUR64,000, and issued a public notice, for negligently failing to put in place systems capable of providing regulators with direct and immediate access
100 Women in Hedge Funds (100WHF) has selected The Women’s Foundation (TWF) as its 2016 philanthropic beneficiary in Hong Kong. 100WHF is a global, practitioner-driven non-profit organisation which serves more than 13,000 alternative investment management investors and professionals through educational,
The attraction for private equity as an alternative asset class is as strong as perhaps it has ever been. As the results of a recent E&Y survey reveal (Positioning to win: 2015 global private equity survey), 19 per cent of
Quod Financial has partnered with SR Labs to use the firm’s SuperFeed product to enhance its turnkey low latency solutions in smart order routing, algorithmic and automated trading. SR Labs delivers the widest range of normalised market data solutions via
Increased confidence in the Channel Islands’ funds sector is reflected in positive year-end figures from both Guernsey and Jersey, says Ogier funds partner Simon Schilder. The year-end figures for Guernsey funds under management and administration increased by 1.2 per cent
