SYZ Group has launched SYZ Capital, a private market investment and advisory specialist. As the fourth business arm of the group, it focuses on selecting attractive investment opportunities across private markets, offering tailor-made solutions through thematic funds and co-investment vehicles,
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has appointed a new management team for its London-based prime brokerage business. The move follows the departure of the forme
Odyssey Investment Management, an investment adviser based in New York City, has appointed Mikhail Filimonov as chief investment officer. Odyssey will manage several funds specialising in global credit strategies, including a fund that focuses on special situations in the credit
Analytics Ventures, a fund dedicated to creating and building venture companies that harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, has added AlphaTrAI – a proprietary AI-based automated trading platform that fuses the latest explainable AI (XAI) techniques with multiple
Fortnightly market intelligence covering China’s TMT sector produced by Beijing-based research firm BDA China exclusively for Hedgeweek readers. Handsets: China’s handset mountain is gaining
Mount Lucas Management, a global macro investment manager, has hired Wall Street economist Robert J. Barbera as chief economist. Barbera is accompanied by his long-time associate Jackie Kadre, who has been named economist at the firm. Barbera has spent the
RBC Global Asset Management (RBC GAM) is to strengthen its responsible investing and impact investing team in the United States with two new senior management roles. Ron Homer, Managing Director, Institutional Portfolio Manager and President, Access Capital Strategies has assumed
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The Guernsey Government’s publication of a consultation document on its future corporate tax regime has been welcomed by the promotional agency for the island’s finance industry. Peter Niven, chief executive of Guernsey Finance, believes that it is a major step
Old Mutual Asset Managers (UK) (OMAM) has placed additional capacity in the Old Mutual UK Specialist Equity Fund with new and existing investors. The additional inv
