Two members of Goldman Sachs quant team have left the business to a pursue crypto and hedge fund opportunities, according to Tittle Press. Chris Perez, former managing director of market risk and quantitative analysis at Goldman Sachs in New York
A new initiative from IQ-EQ will support women to launch and grow their first funds. IQ-EQ Launchpad aims to expand inclusivity for the wider asset management industry and foster a self-sustaining network of women in senior leadership roles. Funds with
Michael Hunstad, PhD, Northern Trust Asset Management’s (NTAM) head of quantitative strategies since 2018, is expanding his management responsibilities to include NTAM’s index equity and tax-advantaged equity teams, both of which are grounded in the systematic approach that powers the
DOMOS FS has added Hugues Chabanis – Vice President of Innovation at SimCorp – to its Board of Directors. Chabanis is an expert in the Alternatives investment space, with two decades spent designing, building, selling, and implementing alternatives solutions across the
Post Road Group (Post Road), an alternative investment firm focused on middle-market corporate strategies and real estate, has closed the Post Road Special Opportunity Fund II LP with total capital commitments of more than USD300 million, exceeding the Fund’s target.
LexShares, a tech-enabled leader in litigation finance, has held the oversubscribed closing of the LexShares Marketplace Fund II (LMFII), a USD100 million fund dedicated to investments in commercial legal claims. LexShares’ deployment of the fund will be overseen by new
DASH Financial Technologies (DASH), a US options technology and execution provider, has launched DASH OMS, a newly redesigned order management system (OMS) built specifically for traders with options-centric workflows. DASH OMS provides access to all DASH routing and algorithmic execution
RFA, a specialist IT provider to the alternative investment sector, is continuing its plans for EMEA expansion by launching a presence in the French capital, Paris.
Numis, an independent UK investment bank and corporate adviser has extended its use of the cloud-based Torstone Post Trade platform, to manage its obligations under the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR). The Torstone Post Trade platform is a multi-asset, multi-entity
Exabel, an alternative data analytics platform for investment teams, and MedMine, a source of medical devices and hospital supplies procurement data, have teamed upon to launch the MedMine Insights Platform. The platform will give portfolio managers and hedge funds additional
