Piper Sandler Companies is to acquire Cornerstone Macro, an independent research firm that offers macro research and equity derivatives trading to institutional investors. Upon closing, Cornerstone Macro will continue providing its research as Piper Sandler & Co’s macro research team.
Options, the provider of managed trading infrastructure to the global Capital Markets, has appointed Marlena Efstratopoulou to Chief Risk Officer (CRO) and the Principal leading the firm’s “Security as a Service” business. Efstratopoulou joined Options in April 2021 with nearly
Optiver, a global market maker, has launched its corporate strategic investment initiative, Optiver Principal Strategic Investments (PSI). For more than 35 years, Optiver has been committed to improving global financial markets at every stage, for all parties involved. Through Optiver
The Citco group of companies (Citco) has completed the migration of USD1 trillion worth of assets under administration (AUA) onto the newest version of Æxeo running on Amazon Web Services (AWS), in one of the largest accounting transitions in history,
VTB Group is launching a new business line that will focus on climate finance and carbon market operations both in Russia and internationally. Vladimir Litvak, who has over 25 years’ of experience in green financing and carbon trading markets, will
Hedge funds’ overall momentum in 2021 has been halted, with managers across a range of strategy classes left counting the cost of September’s bumpy equity and credit market reversal, new industry data published this week shows.
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and ITN Productions are collaborating to raise awareness of alternative investments and the latest sector innovations that are benefitting investors, markets, and supporting the global economic recovery.
Livermore Investments Group, a leading Collateralised Loan Obligations (CLO) equity anchor investor in over USD13 billion of new issue CLO transactions, has anchored the majority equity stake in Ares 61 – Ares Managements’ latest USD500 million CLO which closed on
INDOS Financial (Ireland) Depositary Limited, a JTC Group company, has received regulatory approval from the Central Bank of Ireland to provide depositary services to private equity, real estate and other alternative investment funds under Regulation 22(3)(b) of Ireland’s AIFM Regulations.
Blackstone has appointed Emily Yoder as Senior Managing Director, Strategic Relationship Management. She will serve as a primary interface with Blackstone’s banking and other financial services partners. In this newly created role, Yoder will be responsible for delivering a firm-wide
