The Beast Apps, a provider of data, analytics, trading and compliance solutions for the financial services industry, has launched Minotaur, a MiFID II compliance solution that integrates disparate systems for client, sales and trader workflow across any asset class. Minotaur
Prestige Fund Management (PFM) has appointed Peter Anderson as a director. Anderson has a career spanning nearly 30 years, split between the UK and Cayman with international accounting groups Coopers & Lybrand (PWC), Benbow Anderson, Deloitte Touche and Rawlinson &
City Financial has made four senior operations hires with Amy Wong, William Dumas, Justin Brodersen and Simon Taylor all having joined the firm with effect from 1 December 2016. All four will report directly to Lou Thorne, global chief operating
Chesapeake Capital has added its diversified strategy to Kettera Strategies’ Hydra marketplace, a global market providing investors with access, notional funding, daily transparency and twice monthly liquidity to established and emerging alternative asset managers. Chesapeake was founded in 1988 by
More than 200 Canadian hedge fund and financial services industry professionals and supporters gathered at The Story’s Building in Toronto on 17 November for the 13th annual “Open Your Hearts to the Children” gala. The special fundraising evening organised by
Independent trust, corporate and fund services company Zedra has expanded its team in Jersey, with the addition of six new recruits to its trust and compliance teams. Four of the roles are new positions, representing Zedra’s growth in services and
GLAS, an independent provider of finance administration services, has appointed Xavier Poussardin as head of capital markets business development (EMEA). Poussardin will be responsible for expanding GLAS’ services beyond direct lending and entering new geographies. His appointment supports GLAS’
The pan-European gas trading platform PEGAS, operated by Powernext, has published a new position paper regarding the potential merger of the NCG, Gaspool and TTF gas market areas in the near future. Within the paper, PEGAS outlines the potential cost
AcadiaSoft, a provider of margin automation solutions for counterparties engaged in collateral exchange worldwide, has acquired ProtoColl, an end-to-end collateral and margin management service, from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Fund Tax Services (FTS) has expanded its offering to alternative investment managers with the launch of FTS Plus, providing clients with access to three strategic advisory partners. FTS says the services of its new alliance partners – covering advisory consulting,
