Sturgeon Ventures has appointed Tom Powell as chief operating officer and investment adviser and has launched a “Virtual Chief Operating Officer” service for clients. Sturgeon specialises in helping entrepreneurs establish start-up financial services businesses in the institutional and wealth management
Scoach, the joint trading platform for structured products in Switzerland and Germany operated by SIX Swiss Exchange and Deutsche Börse, is to close after SIX terminated the cooperation contract between the two exchanges. Due to this termination of the cooperation
After almost 12 years in the role, Geoff Cook has decided to step down from his role as Chief Executive of Jersey Finance, the promotional body for the Jersey finance industry. Appointed in 2007, Cook (pictured), has been at the
A European Parliament paper on regulation of the alternative investment industry, which had included controversial measures such as the forced disclosure of directors’ remuneration, corpor
IntraLinks has launched a cloud-based investor communication platform, IntraLinks Investor Portals, designed to allow hedge funds, private equity and real estate managers to better differentiate their brands, meet the transparency demands of institutional investors and compete effectively for assets. Scalable,
Man GLG, Man Group’s discretionary investment management business, is to acquire Sanlam FOUR’s strategic bond business. Subject to regulatory approval, Sanlam’s investment strategy and assets currently under management will become part of Man GLG’s fixed income offering. Portfolio managers Craig Veysey
The Chapter 11 filing of Lehman Brothers on Monday may have been a seismic event in the global financial markets, according to a report from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, but the
Investcorp, a provider and manager of alternative investment products, has made a strategic minority investment in Banque Pâris Bertrand Sturdza, an independent, Swiss-regulated private bank based in Geneva and Luxembourg. The Bank has experienced strong growth since its establishment in
Just months after the launch of Jersey’s Unregulated Funds regime, there is already evidence that an appetite is starting to develop for this new category of funds, particularly from large pension
SYZ Asset Management, the institutional asset management arm of the Swiss banking Group SYZ & Co, is now offering management of Japanese equities as part of its range of institutional strategies. To implement this strategy, SYZ Asset Management has recruited
