Automated trading specialist Alistair Brown – co-founder of Lime Brokerage – is turning his attention to fixed income with the launch of OpenBondX, an electronic “all-to-all” trading platform for US corporate bonds. The ATS aims to attract new liquidity
Prosek has been named Best North American Public Relations Company in the annual Hedgeweek Global Awards. The Hedgeweek Awards recognise the best hedge fund managers and service providers around the world. Winners are determined by votes from Hedgeweek’s more than
The D E Shaw group has launched Arcesium, a new, independently operated technology and service company that will provide asset managers with software and service solutions for their post-trade activities. Arcesium’s fully hosted technology platform offers asset managers sophisticated post-trade
TOBAM, the Paris-based asset manager, has secured USD2.1 billion in net new inflows across its Anti-Benchmark strategies, since 1 December, 2014. In all, the company has recorded total net inflows of USD2.6 billion since the start of 2014, which contributed
Marc Romano will join NewFinance Capital, the specialist fund of hedge funds wholly-owned by Schroders, as chief executive officer from 18 January 2010. Romano joins from Credit Agricole Asset Management Alternative Investment where he was chief executive and head of
An article in the Financial Times this week reported that some industry figures believe an alternative Ucits III-compliant vehicle could
London-based alternative investment manager Astellon Capital Partners has selected the Eze Private Cloud for all of its IT needs. Established in 2011, Astellon focuses on European event-driven value-investing with a particular focus on German-speaking countries. Davi Vieira, head of operations
Zurich-headquartered global hedge fund investment firm, GAM, launched their UCITS III-compliant Star Dynamic Global Bond fund this month.
Capita Asset Services has extended its range of services for UCITS and alternative investment funds with the introduction of fully automated Annex IV reporting to both the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Central Bank of Ireland. Capita currently provides
Sub-Saharan Africa is a rapidly growing investment theme and its dynamics will increasingly impact on both Developed and other Emerging Markets. The region is particularly interesting to investors on account of both the demographics, the rate of change of the
