The Hedge Fund Association (HFA) has welcomed the passing of the Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act by the US House of Representatives which incorporates the addition of a knowledge and education-based category of accredited investors. The House bill
Broadridge Financial Solutions has enhanced its corporate governance solution offering in Europe by taking a minority stake and entering into an exclusive distribution and marketing alliance with AMA Partners, BV (AMA). AMA is a Netherlands-based firm and provider of DirectorInsight,
Kyc.com, a joint venture between Markit and Genpact has expanded its service to Hong Kong and Singapore. This roll out is in addition to jurisdictional coverage in the US, UK and Australia which launched in 2014. Standard Chartered, the UK
REDI Global Technologies has partnered with OpenFin, a provider of HTML5 container technology. Through the relationship, REDI and its partners will leverage OpenFin's technology to deploy new web-based applications within trade management platforms. As a result, users will be able
Kairos Investment Management (Kairos) has launched the SuMi-Kairos Multi Strategy fund which is being managed by Kairos for distribution into the Japanese market by Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Limited (SuMiTB). The fund has been set up as a Japanese domestic
Neuberger Berman has appointed David Rowe (pictured) to the role of Head of Marketing – EMEA, effective immediately. Rowe is responsible for developing and implementing marketing strategy to support Neuberger Berman’s growing EMEA business across all client channels, based in
Crédit Agricole CIB, the Corporate & Investment Banking arm of the Crédit Agricole Group, is a new user of EurexOTC Clear for Interest Rate Swaps (IRS), a service offered by Eurex Clearing, part of the Deutsche Börse Group. 

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Seed CX has constructed the first industrial hemp derivative contracts, which will be traded on its platform, subject to regulatory approval by the CFTC. Edward Woodford, CEO at Seed, says: “We are focused on risk mitigation tools for the industry
A great number of the world's more than 13,000 alternative investment funds suffer from "Fund Manager's Disease," which significantly prevents those funds from increasing assets under management (AUM). That’s according to Ole Rollag, managing principal of Murano Systems who, in
Hedge funds returned -2.60 per cent in January as the asset class recorded its worst monthly performance since 2012, with macro hedge funds the only top-level strategy to post positive returns at 0.98 per cent, according to Preqin. In a
