Castle Hall Alternatives, a provider of operational due diligence to the hedge fund industry, is planning to create up to 50 new positions in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Province of Nova Scotia, through the company Nova Scotia Business, is
Prestige Capital Management Limited (PCM) has been granted an AIFMD (Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive) licence by the Maltese regulator, the Maltese Financial Services Authority (MFSA). PCM operates a Maltese-authorised SICAV. The AIFM licence will allow this business to grow
Tradeweb Markets’ actionable axes have significantly improved institutional investors’ access to high quality liquidity for European government and corporate bonds. Tradeweb axes provide valuable pre-trade information in today’s challenging environment of constrained dealer balance sheets and reduced market liquidity.
Sir Hector Sants is to join Julius Baer International Limited as Chairman effective 1 July 2015. Sants succeeds Gian A Rossi, Head Northern, Central and Eastern Europe and member of the Executive Board of Bank Julius Baer & Co Ltd,
J Christopher Giancarlo has been officially sworn in as a commissioner of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Giancarlo joins the CFTC from the GFI Group, an interdealer broker based in New York, where he was executive vice president.
Quite aptly, its design logo could be a leaf or a drop of water. Simmons & Simmons, one of the hedge fund industry’s leading law firms, has developed a new product LaunchPlus which provides the water needed for new hedge
BTIG has added Pershing LLC, a BNY Mellon company, as a global custodian and clearing broker for BTIG’s multi-custodial and clearing Prime Brokerage platform. With this new relationship in place, BTIG provides two custodian and clearing broker options, Pershing and
Artisan Partners has launched the Artisan Developing World Fund. The Fund is managed by Lewis S Kaufman, founding portfolio manager of the Artisan Partners Developing World Team. Kaufman joined Artisan Partners in February to start the new autonomous investment team.
BNY Mellon has been appointed by alternative fund managers Saemor Capital and Pelargos Capital to provide AIFMD depositary, fund administration, and middle office and investor services for assets valued at EUR800 million. BNY Mellon will support three existing Dutch funds
Euroclear Bank, the Brussels-based international central securities depository (ICSD), and China Construction Bank (CCB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further develop the offshore Renminbi (RMB) capital market. CCB Chairman Wang Hongzhang, Euroclear group Chairman Marc Antoine Autheman,
