BCS Global Markets (BCS GM) has partnered with Tigress Financial Partners LLC, to provide proprietary US equity market research to its clients, as part of their recently-announced strategic partnership. Tigress, a leading women-owned institutional FINRA registered broker-dealer, was founded in
Fixed income portfolio manager Bryan C Krug is to join Artisan Partners Asset Management. Krug has 14 years of industry experience and seven years of portfolio management experience leading a high-yield investment strategy. At Artisan Partners Krug will lead
Benguela Global Fund Managers, a fundamental research-driven and quality-focused investment manager, has selected Prescient Fund Services (Ireland) Limited as the UCITS Management Company (ManCo) and Fund Administrator for its latest fund, the Benguela Global Equity Fund, which launched last month.


The UK FSA’s deadline for responses to its consultative paper on disclosure of contracts for difference is 12 December and hedge fund managers are among those urged to participate in respo
Last year saw more than 140 Asia-focused hedge funds shut according to Eurekahedge and with capital raising continuing to be a challenge, Singapore-based Orvent Asset Management has
OTCXN, a blockchain-powered capital markets infrastructure company, has launched its OTC Block Trading venue for Crypto trading. This is the first of several trading venues that will be launched for institutional-only digital asset trading. After a period of successful testing,
Arcesium, a post-trade technology and professional services firm that supports more than USD100 billion in client assets, has launched a suite of modular technology products and solutions for alternative asset managers. These highly configurable tools and services are designed to
Prime Fund Solutions, the former Fortis division in the process of being acquired by Credit Suisse, has launched a front, middle and back office service for fund of hedge funds managers. The new service combines Prime Fund Solutions’ operational capabilities
The board of Dexion Absolute has announced that the placing and offer for subscription of its C Shares was significantly oversubscribed.
ERIC, an investment research marketplace, has relaunched its platform with upgraded functionality to support long-term subscription-based research relationships between research providers and investment managers. The new platform has been significantly redesigned and improved with the technology and digital publishing expertise
