Antony Burgess has assumed the role of Head of Sales, Marketing and Client Services at Veritas Asset Management. Burgess has been with the firm since the beginning of 2009 when he joined as Institutional Sales Director. Richard Grant (pictured),
OKEx, a Malta-based digital asset exchange, is to support the Theta Network (THETA) mainnet upgrade, as well as the Theta Fuel (TFUEL) airdrop, which is expected to happen at the Ethereum block height 7,356,258 (approximately 20:00 CET on 12 March).
Atos Origin, France’s second largest IT services company, dramatically halted a shareholders’ meeting in Paris last week as shareholders were set to vote on a motion by two hedge funds, Ce
CME Group is aiming to make equity index futures trading more accessible to active traders through the launch of Micro E-mini futures on the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, Russell 2000 and Dow Jones Industrial Average indexes. The new Micro E-mini contracts
Lausanne-based commodities specialist Diapason Commodities Management has teamed up with Massena Advisors to boost its distribution capabilities in the German region of Switzerland, German
By the end of Q1 2013 total assets in the alternative UCITS space advanced by 29 per cent year-on-year to EUR155billion. But this is still a small share of total UCITS AuM of around EUR6.6trillion. With performance picking up, even
Dash Financial Technologies, a capital markets technology and execution provider, has appointed Venu Palaparthi as Chief Compliance Officer and Head of Regulatory Affairs. Palaparthi (pictured), will be responsible for Dash’s compliance strategy, including the direction of internal regulatory policies and
BNP Paribas is now ready for the transition of its asset manager and asset owner clients to meet the requirements of the Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive (AIFMD), which came into effect on 22 July. Philippe Ricard, global head
Franklin Templeton Investments Canada has launched the Franklin K2 Alternatives Fund to provide investors with access to alternatives investments in a mutual fund format. The fund uses a multi-strategy approach in seeking to dampen volatility and offer downside protection, while providing
KKR & Co is to acquire Prisma Capital Partners, a provider of customised hedge fund solutions. Financial terms for the transaction, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter 2012, have not been disclosed. Prisma was founded in 2004
