Victory Park Capital (VPC), an investment firm focused on private middle market debt and equity investments, has appointed Upacala Mapatuna as chief investment officer. Upacala will bring more than 20 years of financial industry experience and over 15 years of investing experience to VPC. “We have known Upacala for many years and are thrilled that she has chosen to
SimCorp has released version 5.9 of SimCorp Dimension, the first of two annual releases. Along with numerous other modules, new features, and further integration across the entire value chain, the release introduces new advanced additions to SimCorp’s Asset Manager. The
MUFG Investor Services, the global asset servicing arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has appointed Mark Catalano (pictured) as Executive Director, Business Development. Catalano will be responsible for driving new client engagement in the Americas with MUFG Investor Services’ asset
Unigestion has hired a fund investment team from the London-based hedge fund group Cube Capital. As part of the deal, Unigestion has acquired the long/short fund managed by the team which identifies equity and credit opportunities linked to market dislocations.
Emerging markets asset management firm The Rohatyn Group (TRG) has appointed Christopher Seaver as a Partner. Seaver is a 24-year veteran in the industry with extensive experience in Asia-Pacific markets. Based in TRG’s Hong Kong office, Seaver will be responsible
Renewed selling pressure has translated into sharp losses for risk assets lately, with the European banking sector at the forefront of the selloff, according to the latest Hedge Fund Brief from Lyxor. As usual in such episodes, equities, commodities and
Cybersecurity specialist Cynet has secured a USD7 million investment from Lazarus, a US-based hedge fund. Cynet was founded in 2015 by Eyal Gruner, Idan Amir, and Boaz Zilber, recognised leaders in Israel’s flourishing cybersecurity industry. Since its launch last year,
Powernext and the clearing house European Commodity Clearing (ECC) are to introduce a series of new measures throughout 2016 in order to further accelerate the positive development of the TTF futures market. In 2015, the volumes traded on the TTF
Fund administration specialist Bedell has strengthened its presence in European markets by opening an office in Luxembourg to provide corporate, private equity/real estate and private wealth administration services. Luxembourg offers a platform of services and structuring opportunities to investors and
Hamed Ahmadi from the University of Oxford, Linacre College has been named as the winner of the inaugural Man AHL Coder Prize, a coding competition for students aged 16 and over. Ahmadi picks up a cash prize of GBP5,000. Mihail
