Ernst Jansen has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Kempen Capital Management (Kempen) with immediate effect. The successor to Erik Luttenberg, Jansen will take on this role alongside his current position of COO of Van Lanschot Private Banking. The new
iConnections, an industry-leading community that connects investment managers and allocators through a personalised, secure and information-rich platform, has joined the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) as a Sponsoring Partner.The strategic partnership will connect iConnections’ alternative investment management community of leading
New legislation designed to strengthen Jersey’s capabilities to fight financial crime was introduced last week. The amendments to the Proceeds of Crime (Jersey) Law, approved by Jersey’s government on 26 June, are designed to ensure Jersey complies with the recommendations
Alternative asset management firm GCM Grosvenor has appointed Amy Wierenga as Chief Risk Officer. Wierenga will report to Fred Pollock, GCM Grosvenor’s Chief Investment Officer, and be responsible for risk management in support of the firm’s global alternatives investment activities. Wierenga will
Cryptocurrency trading specialist OKEx is expecting to double its staff in the next two years.The company says the development of the crypto sector has been accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic with Blockchain.com reporting steady growth growth in confirmed daily transactions
Gold-i has integrated with CryptoCortex – an advanced digital asset trading platform from digital platform engineering and services specialist EPAM Systems. This provides financial institutions with increased access to multiple market makers and fully cleared cryptocurrency products available via Gold-i’s CryptoSwitch
Long-running multi-manager hedge fund Brummer & Partners’ flagship vehicle has generated gains across its equity, credit, macro and relative value strategies, as equities rose last month amid hopes of a global economic recovery.
Bitfinex, a state-of-the-art digital token trading platform, has launched snapshots of historical order book data on Bitfinex Terminal, a real-time market data feed.Bitfinex customers can now obtain access to historical snapshots of exchange order book data on a pay-as-you-go basis,
Quant Insight (Qi), a macro analytics firm that applies quantitative techniques to financial markets, has completed its latest funding round, which includes key investments from Alan Howard (Brevan Howard Asset Management) and Jens-Peter Stein (Stone Milliner Asset Management). Over 80
Algebris Investments, a London-based multi-strategy credit and equities-focused hedge fund manager, is staking out alpha opportunities across a range of stressed credits which stand to gain from a resumption in activity post-lockdown.
