FlexTrade Systems, a specialist in multi-asset execution and order management systems, has appointed Paul Beatty, a former Bloomberg Tradebook vet and industry veteran with over 25 years’ experience in FX, as Director of Business Development.Based in FlexTrade’s New York office,
Visible Alpha, an investment research technology firm, has launched ‘standardised industry metrics,’ a proprietary data set that enables market participants to quantify and compare market expectations for companies across 184 industries. With over 90,000 industry-level financial and operating metrics, Visible Alpha
As sustainable investing and ESG (environmental, social, and governance) trends continue to soar among hedge funds, new research by BlackRock suggests a majority of ESG-tilted investment portfolios have outperformed non-sustainable counterparts during this year’s coronavirus-fuelled downturn.
Traditional long/short fund Lighthaven Capital has committed to help in the fight against coronavirus by donating 25 per cent of its performance fees to fund research into Covid-19. Here, Founder and CIO Eric Chung explains how a forward-thinking outlook is
Investors pulled more than USD85 billion out of hedge funds during March – some 2.7 per cent of total industry assets globally – amid growing fears over the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, new data from BarclayHedge shows. Investor
Dallas headquartered Strait Fund Services (STRAIT) has made a strategic hire in Houston, Texas with the appointment of Michael Barakat.With almost 20 years of financial services experience in creating and implementing compliance programs at institutional asset management firms, Barakat will
LMAX Exchange Group (LMAX Exchange), an institutional exchange for global FX trading, has appointed FX veteran Roland White to the newly created position of Global Head of Institutional Sales, reporting to David Mercer, CEO of LMAX Exchange. Roland White (pictured),
Tether Gold (XAU₮), a digital asset providing ownership of physical gold (XAU) custodied in Switzerland, has been listed on BTSE, a financial technology exchange, as demand increases for around-the-clock exposure to the precious metal. BTSE is the third cryptocurrency exchange
FundRock Management Company, a European third-party UCITS Management Company (ManCo) and Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM), has launched a new unbundled service to assist asset management firms in managing the liquidity of their portfolios during the Covid-19 crisis and over
European Fund Administration (EFA) has appointed Cédric Jauquet as Head of Private Asset Services and member of the company’s Executive Committee. Jauquet (pictured), joins from Credit Suisse Fund Services Luxembourg, where he was Head of Private Equity and Real Estate
