Eurex Clearing is to launch a new membership type that allows buy-side participants to have a direct contractual relationship with the clearinghouse facilitated by a clearing agent. The so-called ISA Direct service addresses changes in the regulatory landscape and will
Specialist equity boutique Ardevora Asset Management has passed the five-year anniversary for its fund range, with each of its distinctive strategies significantly outperforming its respective benchmark since inception. Ardevora’s investment team, which now manages in excess of GBP3 billion of
Theodore “Ted” Tulpan has joined MUFG Union Bank as managing director and team lead for the Financial Institutions Group (FIG) within Transaction Banking. Tulpan is responsible for developing the bank’s transaction banking business with financial institutions, including banks, broker-dealers, hedge
Omni Partners (Omni) has launched the Omni Macro UCITS Fund (UCITS Fund) on the IAM Investments ICAV platform. It will follow a similar strategy to Omni’s existing commingled offshore fund, the Omni Macro Fund. Omni Macro is a trading-orientated discretionary
Placement agent Eaton Partners is to open its seventh international office in Chicago in April 2016. This new office – which joins Eaton Partners' current offices in Hong Kong, Houston, London, Rowayton, San Diego, and Shanghai – will help further
Anchin, Block & Anchin has appointed Jared Feldman as Co-Practice Leader of Anchin Private Client, a specialty group within the firm devoted to working with affluent clients. Feldman specialises in providing a wide array of accounting tax, advisory and family
Carrhae Capital, a London-based long/short asset manager, has expanded its use of EzeSoft Investment Suite with portfolio accounting capabilities. Already a long-time user of Eze Software’s OMS, the hedge fund manager now uses Eze Portfolio Accounting (formerly Tradar) to manage
ABR Dynamic Funds, a New York-based asset management firm, is introducing its Smart Volatility mutual fund, the ABR Dynamic Blend Equity and Volatility Fund (ABRVX). The fund, driven by algorithms designed to anticipate and dynamically rebalance during market volatility,
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and Digital Asset Holdings (Digital Asset) are planning to develop and test a distributed ledger based solution to manage the clearing and settlement of US Treasury, Agency, and Agency Mortgage-Backed repurchase agreement (repo)
Americas Trading Group (ATG) has announced a new alliance with sell-side equities trading platform provider Fidessa Group which provides Fidessa OMS users with access to ATG's algorithmic trading models in the Brazilian market. “The combination of Fidessa’s global reach with
