Former high profile motivational speaker Christopher Philip Koch has been sentenced in the Melbourne County Court to 13 years and two months jail on charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Koch, of Point Cook, Victoria, was found
Style Analytics, a provider of factor-based analysis software for investment professionals, has entered into a distribution agreement with Sustainalytics, a specialist in ESG research, ratings and analysis, to serve the rapidly growing demand to integrate ESG considerations into the investment
Fidessa, provider of the Fidessa and Fidessa LatentZero trading solutions for the sell-side and buy-side, has announced that CA Cheuvreux, the European agency broker of Calyon Group and a
The Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 1.59 per cent for the month of October with all but one of the ten sub strategies ending the month in positive territory. Managed futures (2.96 per cent), long/short equity (2.54 per
KGR Capital is launching the KGR Capital Asian Dynamic Absolute Return Fund, a multi-manager, multi-strategy fund of Asian hedge funds. The fund, which is due to la
Alvarium Capital has selected the Deltix QuantOffice and QuantServer product suite for the development and production deployment of advanced quantitative strategies. Deltix offers a one-stop software platform for quantitative traders and portfolio managers to create, test, optimise and deploy in
For the second year running, Institutional Investor’s Alpha magazine has ranked Sidley Austin as the leading legal adviser to the hedge fund industry.
NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology unit of NYSE Euronext, has launched Order Routing Direct, a fully-managed point-to-point order routing service. Order Routing Direct uses patent-pending network technology that allows customers to connect directly via FIX protocol with their trading counterparties
Xenfin Capital, the systematic trading firm, has hired Luca Rubinelli to head its new fixed income trading arm as well as managing a global macro strategy. Rubinelli brings experience in a broad range of fixed income products to Xenfin Capital.
Edwin C. ("Ted") Laurenson has joined McDermott Will & Emery’s Corporate Department as a partner. Based in the Firm’s New York office, Laurenson is focusing his practice on the regulation of public and private investment funds and investment advisory matters.
