US law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (Akin Gump) has appointed Tim Becker as a partner based in Boston ahead of the opening of the firm’s new office in the city, according to a report by the Global
The Managed Funds Association (MFA), the trade association for the hedge fund and global alternative asset management industry, has appointed Raffi Williams as its vice president of communications. In his new role, Williams will work to advance MFA’s agenda on
Unicorn Strategic Partners (UnicornSP), a distribution partner to asset managers, and iCapital, a global fintech platform driving access to alternative investments for the wealth management industry, have formed a partnership to distribute private market and hedge fund investments to financial
Qontigo, a provider of risk, analytics, and index solutions, has partnered with Ortec Finance, a global provider of technology and solutions for risk and return management, to provide climate stress testing capabilities within Qontigo’s Axioma Risk. With increasing regulatory pressures
Bridgewater Associates has appointed former Goldman Sachs managing director and global head of loans engineering Yuriy Podoshev as its new engineering director, according to a report by Financial News London. The appointment of Podoshev, who spent 16 years at Goldman
Carrara Capital has appointed SS&C GlobeOp as its fund administrator for its new multi-strategy fund, the Carrara Global Opportunities Fund, which launched earlier this year. Carrara Capital will use SS&C GlobeOp’s extensive suite of hedge fund services, including fund administration,
US hedge fund Schonfeld which increased its London footprint by 50% in 2021, and continued building out its team in the UK capital with the appointment of women to several key positions, according to a report by eFinancialCareers. The appointment
Warburg Invest AG and Alpha Centauri have partnered to launch the Climate Smart Europe Long/Short Equity fund, which employs a largely market-neutral investment strategy in approximately 60 European equities and aims to benefit from a transition into a more climate-neutral
Strix Leviathan, a quantitative investment firm providing investors with actively managed exposure to the digital asset ecosystem, has appointed Matthew McBrady, PhD, as head of strategy. McBrady will advise on the firm’s trading and investment strategies and oversee future growth
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for October 2022 measured 2.35%, down from September’s figure of 2.67%. The Indicator represents the sum of forward redemption notices received from investors in hedge funds administered by SS&C GlobeOp on the SS&C GlobeOp
