By Chris Kundro, Wells Fargo Global Fund Services – There are many professionals, both internal and external to a fund manager, who play an important role in controlling a fund's operational infrastructure and mitigating a fund's operational risk. COOs, CFOs,
Operational Due Diligence (ODD) has become increasingly important across the alternative investment industry and more resources and attention are being placed on this function. This was one of the main findings from a session on ODD at the recent Global
Campbell & Company, an absolute return investment advisor, specialising in systematic managed futures and equity market-neutral strategies, has opened an office in New York City, marking its first expansion beyond its headquarters in Baltimore. Campbell opened its new office in
The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GSFC) has signed MoUs with both the SFC and HKMA regarding consultation, cooperation and the exchange of information related to the supervision of AIFMD entities. CEO of the GFSC, Samantha Barrass, says: “Signing the AIFMD
PwC has teamed up with IncuBus Ventures to launch Future of Work, a 12 week incubator programme that will focus on startups in AI, Cyber Security and Smart Office solutions. The programme starts on 11 January 2016 and will look
MarketAxess Holdings has enhanced its European credit trading platform with the addition of a further four market-making dealers. The new dealers providing liquidity to institutional investors in European credit are: ABN Amro Bank, Millennium Europe, Nomura Group and Rabobank. This
Brown Rudnick has strengthened its Corporate Practice in London with the appointment of veteran employment law Partner, Nicola Kerr. Kerr, who was European Head of Employment at King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) (formerly SJ Berwin) for over 15 years, advises
OTAS Technologies’ advanced market intelligence and analytics is now available directly inside Thomson Reuters Eikon. Two applications, OTAS Core Summary and OTAS Microstructure have been integrated to provide users with immediate access to OTAS analytics and visualisation tools for supporting
VAM Funds (VAM) has launched the VAM Close Brothers Cautious Fund, a Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS fund which is the second product in the VAM Discretionary Funds range, following the launch of the VAM Close Brothers Balanced Fund in July. The VAM
Dry powder held by Europe-focused funds currently stands at a high of USD42 billion, led by particularly strong direct lending fundraising since 2013. As banking regulation and quantitative easing in the Eurozone have just begun to come into effect, managers
