Schroders is launching a UCITS hedge fund product via its GAIA platform – the Schroder GAIA Two Sigma Diversified – which will be sub-advised by Two Sigma Advisers. Created by Two Sigma Advisers, in collaboration with Schroders, the fund’s strategy
Old Mutual Global Investors (OMGI), part of Old Mutual Wealth, has appointed Diego Parrilla to the newly created role of managing director, commodities. Based in Singapore, Parrilla will report to Paul Simpson, investment director at OMGI. He will initially
Exchanges are recognising the changing futures commission merchant (FCM) landscape and are willing to look to new and innovative ways to serve their client base, according to a report by TABB Group. The CME Group is the latest to propose
Substance in the fund management sector, particularly in the context of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) and Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) initiative, is of increasing importance, according to a Guernsey Finance white paper. Investment funds –
Edwin Chin, the former head trader in residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) at Goldman Sachs, is to be barred from the securities industry and pay USD400,000 to settle charges that he repeatedly misled customers and caused them to pay higher prices.
Interest rate swap trading platform trueEX has built a solution to provide execution for Brazilian Real (BRL) interest rate swaps cleared at CME Group. The launch follows CME Group's Q4 2015 launch of BRL interest rate swaps clearing, which has
Bay-Area based investment management company HonTe Investments has appointed Joann Shie-Chen as operations manager, responsible for furthering the design and implementation of HonTe’s institutional-grade, operations platform. Shie-Chen joins from over six years in operations and compliance at Sensato Investors, a
Percentile, a provider of technology for risk management and regulatory compliance, has appointed John Barker as non-executive director and adviser to the board, Brian Miranda as sales director and Lavinia Constantin as product manager. It says the team expansion reflects
IP Trade, a provider of real-time communications and collaboration systems for trading floor environments and operations dispatch centres, is expanding its presence throughout Europe. IP Trade is capitalising on recent growth across all business segments in the region, responding to
Neuberger Berman has extended its high yield capabilities with the addition of a global high yield bond strategy. The new Dublin-domiciled UCITS vehicle, the Neuberger Berman Global High Yield Bond Fund, will use the resources of the group’s USD37.6 billion
