100 Women in Finance (100WF), formerly 100 Women in Hedge Funds, in association with Prince Harry’s patronage of 100 Women in Finance’s Philanthropic Initiatives, will partner with WellChild in 2017. WellChild is the national charity working to ensure the best
ACA Technology Solutions, a provider of investment management and regulatory technology solutions, has released ComplianceAlpha, a cloud-based platform designed to assist chief compliance officers with managing their compliance programme tasks and activities. ComplianceAlpha is designed to help compliance teams automate
The Cayman Limited Liability Companies Law (`LLC Law') was formerly introduced on 8 July 2016 and is expected to be used for a broad range of structuring situations. From a US manager's perspective, the Cayman LLC might be seen as
In 2018, the National Private Placement Regime pathway to access European investors is scheduled to be phased out. But given that ESMA is yet to approve the next wave of jurisdictions to qualify for the AIFMD third country passport, this
Sprott has appointed Ron Dewhurst to its board of directors, effective 9 January 2017. He will stand for re-election at the company's next annual general meeting. “With more than 40 years of experience in the asset management and investment
Wall Street Horizon and Estimize have partnered to provide their respective datasets to each other’s platforms in an effort to help investors find additional sources of alpha. Effective immediately, Wall Street Horizon Enchilada subscribers will have access to Estimize’s crowdsourced
itarle UK, a provider of multi-asset best execution technology, has appointed Tom Middleton to head its quantitative services department. A Cambridge PhD and Olympic rower, Middleton was a founder member of the team developing the first set of algorithms at
Semper Capital Management, a privately-owned New York-based boutique fixed-income investment manager, has appointed Zach Cooper, formerly Semper's deputy chief investment officer, as chief investment officer. Cooper, who will continue as one of the firm's senior portfolio managers, replaces Jay Menozzi
The Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB), the global standard-setting body for the alternative investment industry, has added George Long, founder, chairman and CIO of LIM Advisors, and Danny Yong, founding partner and CIO of Dymon Asia Capital, to its APAC
SEI has launched SEI Trade, a cloud-based solution that automates the process of handling, documenting and tracking investors’ private fund transactions. SEI Trade is designed to help private fund managers upgrade the investor and financial adviser experience, while streamlining a notoriously
