Skip Hashimoto, managing director of Ogier Global in Tokyo, has been appointed to the executive committee of AIMA Japan. Hashimoto (pictured), says: “It is a privilege to join the Executive Board of AIMA Japan and have the opportunity to work
Butterfield Fulcrum has extended its technology platform by implementing Paladyne ClientLink, a client-facing front-and middle-office solution for fund administrators. This partnership will allow Butterfield Fulcrum to offer a shared technology platform that provides enhanced services across the entire operational workflow
More than 50 per cent of fund managers, prospective clients and consultants attending a recent Northern Trust seminar on the European Union's Alternative Investment Fund Manager Directive (AIFMD) said they believed investors would still not be engaged in AIFMD considerations
Nasdaq Anayltics Hub, which provides institutional investors, fund managers and traders with a library of vetted, back-tested and normalised alternative and financial data to help inform investment decisions, has added a raft of new data sets to its offering. The
Welton Investment has hired Guillaume Detrait as managing director, chief risk officer. He is based in the firm’s headquarters in Carmel, California and reports to chief executive Patrick Welton. Detrait (pictured) will oversee Welton’s enterprise risk management function.
NIR Group, an alternative investment firm, has appointed David Ratzker as portfolio manager to head the firm’s structured equity investments.
BitGo, a specialist in institutional-grade cryptocurrency investment services, has launched Predictive UTXO (Unspent Transaction Output) Management for fee-sensitive transaction building to address the costs associated with operating high traffic wallets. BitGo says it is the first company to bring
eVestment, a specialist in institutional investment data and analytics, and PitchBook, a data provider for the private and public equity markets, have formed a strategic partnership through which PitchBook’s private market fund performance data is now available in the eVestment
ALTIN the USD270m multi-strategy fund of hedge funds listed on the London and Swiss stock exchanges, posted a net return of +6.48% in the 12 months to end August, strongly outperforming the HFRI Fund of Funds Composite Index, which returned
Online Blockchain (OBC), a UK blockchain company, has launched ManilaCoin, a cryptocurrency for financial inclusion in the Philippines. Designed as an alternative form of finance and transaction, the coin is free to use, 100 per cent secure and self-governing. It
