After the recent decision to remove the BlueTrend fund, Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s MLIS platform, widely regarded as the industry’s leading Ucits platform, has res
Proposed revisions to the ‘fair value’ accounting standard (FAS 157) would weaken the standard and create inconsistencies in valuations, according to Espen Robak, president of Pluris Va
Apis Capital Management has listed its tokenised investment options, the Apis Token on the Nasdaq Fund Network, a platform for mutual funds and hedge funds, under symbol ZAPISX making it available on networks ranging from Bloomberg’s Terminal to Yahoo Finance.
Pivot, a provider of liquidity management and collaboration software to the financial markets, has appointed Steve Reich as managing director product management and business development. Reich previously held senior trading positions at Wall Street banks and has served in senior
Avenir Technology Limited, a global developer of post-trade Financial Market Infrastructure solutions, is the provider of post-trade market services to the Astana International Exchange (AIX) in Kazakhstan. Avenir developed both a securities registry and a Central Securities Depository (CSD),
Law firm Dechert has added Wolfgang Kissner to its financial services and investment management group as a national partner in Munich. Prior to joining Dechert, Kissner worked as a structurer and platform specialist for an investment bank in Paris, and
NEX Markets dealer-to-dealer trading platform BrokerTec has worked with Eurex Clearing, one of the largest global CCPs, to launch a new clearing solution for the European repo market. The new clearing solution will be live by the end of 2018 and will
Silk Invest, a specialist asset management firm that recently launched equity funds investing in the Middle East and Africa, has hired John Bates to spearhead its move into frontier fix
Cobalt, a foreign exchange (FX) post-trade processing network based on shared infrastructure and high performance technology, has appointed FX specialist Anoushka Rayner as global head of sales and business development. Rayner brings over 20 years of experience in the FX
The Lutetia Patrimoine Fund, a Paris-based Ucits absolute return fund specialising in merger arbitrage, celebrated its first birthday last week with a 26-fold increase in assets under management. The Lutetia Patrimoine Fund, a Paris-based Ucits absolute return fund specialising in
