Merchant Capital, the independent Ucits umbrella provider to the hedge fund industry, has formed a partnership with Altarius Group to provide lines of distribution across Austria and Germany for its stable of Ucits funds. Merchant already has distribution agreements in
Algorithmics, a provider of risk solutions, has expanded the customisation capability of Algo Risk Service, a hosted risk management, portfolio analytics and decision support tool, by adding eight new service extensions. Algo Risk Service is a managed service that offers
Copper.co, a crypto portfolio manager for institutional investors, has launched a bespoke prime brokerage for digital assets.
The London Metal Exchange has announced that Stephen White will be joining as business manager for corporate affairs on 27 April 2009.
HSBC has appointed Phelim Bolger to its alternatives division, HSBC Alternative Investments, as head of UK sales reporting to Florence Picon. Bolger joins from Union Bancaire Privée where he was an executive director and head of UK institutional business, and
Kaizen Reporting (Kaizen), a specialist regulatory reporting firm, is extending its award-winning assurance service, ReportShield, to cover MiFIR trade reporting. Under MiFID II, investment firms are required to report on both trades and transactions. Trade reporting improves the near to real-time
Jersey Finance has welcomed the vote on the compromise agreement for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers EU Directive that was reached by European Parliament. Geoff Cook, chief executive of Jersey Finance, says Jersey will meet the agreed criteria for ongoing
MarketAxess SEF Corporation’s self-certification of available-to-trade determinations for certain credit default swap (CDS) contracts is now self-certified, according to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The CDS contracts included in MarketAxess’ MAT Determination were previously determined to be made available
Financial Services Authority asset management sector leader Dan Waters outlines the scope of the Turner Review, the FSA’s view on the appropriate regulatory framework for hedge funds, a
Irish authorised UCITS will still be eligible for investment from Chilean pension funds, according to a recent statement released by the Irish Funds Industry Assoc
