Prytania Investment Advisors has appointed Shaun Curry (pictured) as Head of Business Development (ex-US) with effect from 3 September 2015. Prior to joining Prytania, Curry was a Senior Business Development Executive at Stenham Asset Management and a Director of Marketing
The LuxHedge Global UCITS Index fell by 1.64 per cent during August, one of the worst monthly performances experienced in years. This strong decline reflects the catastrophic trend exhibited by the global markets. The equity markets massively suffered with -9.10
BP Capital Fund Advisors (BP Capital TwinLine) has selected Ultimus Fund Solutions’s Advisor Solutions Group to provide a full suite of middle-office services for the firm’s institutional BP Capital TwinLine Separately Managed Accounts. By leveraging Ultimus’ depth of operational knowledge
Bloomberg STP Solutions and Traiana have developed a straight-through processing infrastructure to further streamline the workflow of foreign exchange (FX) options. The solution integrates Traiana's Harmony messaging network with Bloomberg's trade processing tools. "As the FX market reaches greater levels
BCS Global Markets (BCS), the international arm of BCS Financial Group, has appointed Adam Wood to the position of Director in the Prime Brokerage Sales team in London. In his role, Wood will work to maintain and establish strong relationships
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and RepRisk have formed a strategic partnership allowing ISS to offer environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) solutions from RepRisk. ISS will offer clients – including asset owners, investment managers, hedge funds, broker-dealers, and custodian banks
Using information from the recently released Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets H2 2015, Preqin explores institutional investors’ objectives, satisfaction with returns and activity within the real estate asset class in this extract from Preqin Real Estate Spotlight. Investor objectives for
Derek Adler (pictured), a founder member and director of International Financial Administration Group Ltd (ifina), responds to a recent Hedgeweek article about a new SuMi TRUST whitepaper… Having worked in the City of London from the mid 1970s until the late 1990s as
At the turn of the month, hedge funds rebounded as market conditions improved. The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up 0.4 per cent last week, following a 3.3 per cent drawdown in August. Year to date, hedge funds have demonstrated
Exchange turnover in investment products and leverage products decreased slightly in the second quarter of 2015 on Europe’s financial markets. Compared with the first three months of the year, volume was down marginally by 2 per cent to EUR 38.6 billion. However,
