JTC has appointed Neil O’Brien as Funds Director in its Luxembourg office. O’Brien is responsible for reviewing operational processes in Luxembourg and is also the Luxembourg client relationship manager for several clients.For over 20 years O’Brien has focused on alternative
ACA Compliance Group (ACA), a provider of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) advisory services and technology solutions, has become a global sponsoring partner of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA).
Hedge funds registered their strongest outperformance relative to underlying markets since February 2009, outperforming the MSCI AC World Index IMI (Local) by 6.18 per cent in February. Long Volatility/Tail Risk hedge funds led the performance tables and have outshined most
Smartkarma, an investment research network for independent research providers, has launched Boost Research, an accelerator programme designed to support investment analysts who want to start independent research businesses. Boost Research aims to improve the overall supply of independent research to
Mosaic Smart Data (Mosaic), the FICC data analytics company, has added two finance and technology experts to its executive team – Stephen Caplen joins as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and John Showell becomes the company’s new Chief Operating Officer (COO).
Chicago-based RJ O’Brien & Associates (RJO), one of the oldest and largest independent futures brokerages and clearing firms in the US, has selected Austin-based Eventus Systems, a multi-award winning global trade surveillance and market risk software platform provider, to provide
Merger arbitrage is proving the most resilient hedge fund strategy amid the continued global volatility sparked by the coronavirus outbreak, according to Lyxor Asset Management. Merger arb strategies were down just 0.4 per cent since the 18 February equity peak,
Close to a third of hedge fund firms have now slashed management and performance fees, according to a new industry study, which suggests managers increasingly must offer discounts and other novel fee models to retain investor mandates. The report, ‘European
Canoe Intelligence, a financial technology company providing alternative investment operations for institutional investors, allocators and asset servicing firms, has signed a deal with Prime Buchholz, an independent alternative investment advisory firm.Canoe will automatically convert manager reports received by Prime Buchholz
Tether, a blockchain-enabled platform that powers the largest stablecoin by market capitalisation, and Aave Protocol, an open source and non-custodial protocol, are working together to bring wider adoption of Tether (USDt) as a financing tool to the nascent decentralised finance
