John Valentini has joined the Fiera Capital global team as Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer. The firm has also promoted Sylvain Roy to President and Chief Operating Officer of it’s Canadian division, effective 1 October, 2015. Both will be
On 16-17 September the Fed will meet to decide whether or not to hike rates for the first time since 2006. The set of economic projections will reveal critical information about the Fed thinking. The market expects a dovish stance.
AltX has appointed Roy Singh (pictured) as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), effective immediately. “Roy’s extensive experience in data science, distributed systems, natural language processing and machine learning will catapult our product capabilities and offerings to new heights,” says Sam Hocking,
Funds with more than USD1 billion in AUM grew at an average of 135 per cent since the global financial crisis, while smaller funds only increased 15 per cent over that same five-year period. What is causing bigger funds to
Here, we take a detailed look at the infrastructure industry in Australia, including a breakdown of Australia-based investors’ by preferred route to market, source of infrastructure allocation and assets under management. Read the full factsheet here, featuring charts and tables showcasing the
SEI has introduced a new global regulatory risk and compliance platform that centralises handling of an investment firm’s regulatory and compliance functions across investment vehicles, products, and jurisdictions around the globe. SEI’s Investment Manager Services (IMS) division developed the suite to
BlackRock has launched a new event-driven fund in Europe to meet growing investor demand for liquid alternative investments, and to take advantage of an attractive environment for company transactions and other corporate actions. The BlackRock Strategic Funds (BSF) Global Event
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for August 2015 measured -1.02 per cent. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 0.64 per cent in September. "SS&C GlobeOp's Capital Movement
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has successfully launched trading in Cap Futures. This new derivatives contract allows EEX trading participants to hedge against price peaks that may occur on the German intraday power market. The first trading transaction comprised a
Hedge funds focused on investments in Emerging Markets posted steep performance declines over the previous three months as regional equity and currency markets fell dramatically, driven in part by the devaluation of the Chinese Yuan by the Chinese Central Bank.
