Bloomberg has launched a new pre-trade transaction cost analysis (TCA) model that enables market participants to assess trade cost, daily executable volume, and probability of execution. The new model provides pre-trade analysis for investment grade and high yield corporate and
big xyt, an independent provider of smart data and analytics solutions to the global trading and investment community, has appointed Gilles Meyruey as Head of Business Development (Continental Europe). Meyruey’s 35-year career in Europe covers senior positions in equities, derivatives,
BTIG has appointed Isaac Boltansky as a Managing Director and Director of Policy Research. In this newly created role within BTIG’s Research and Strategy division, Boltansky will analyse and forecast how potential policy shifts will impact investors, corporations and other
Karim Ghachem has been appointed as a Managing Director in the Sales division dedicated to Man GPM. In this newly created role, Ghachem will be responsible for leading the firm’s private sales effort across single-family rentals, residential credit and specialty
Cambrian Asset Management (Cambrian ), a quantitative investment firm specialising in digital assets, has launched the Cambrian Bitcoin Systematic Trust and the Cambrian Ethereum Systematic Trust (the Trusts). The Trusts are the first of their kind and designed for institutional
Fulcrum Asset Management has assembled a panel of strategic advisers as it experiences increasing demand for illiquid investments through its Alternative Solutions business. The panel will offer an additional layer of analysis and consultation regarding longer-term investments, enhancing Fulcrum’s existing
Hanover Investors has appointed Jeremy Westhead as its first Chief Business Officer. The specialist investor, that operates in under-analysed and illiquid markets, continues to bolster its senior team as it eyes further growth. Westhead is an experienced finance and operations
Global hedge fund industry assets are surging to record levels. New data published by BarclayHedge shows total industry assets have now mushroomed to USD4.4 trillion, with hedge funds raking in USD18.3 billion of new inflows from allocators during July, as
Quant Insight (Qi), a new quantitative financial market analytics and trading insights provider, has announced a major scale up after four years of research and development and over USD10 million in funding from three investment rounds. The company, which has
Professor Álvaro Cartea has been appointed as the new Director of the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance (OMI), an academic research institute at the University of Oxford that specialises in machine learning and data analytics within quantitative finance. Professor Cartea
