The rise in popularity of ETFs in recent years, as well as the continuing appeal of mutual funds has seemingly given index-based products the upper hand in the old passive versus active investment debate. But could active management be posed
Motivated by a desire to evaluate and accelerate digitalisation opportunities in the global agricultural commodity industry, the Global Commodity Technology Association (GCTA) has launched with financial services industry veteran David Lehman as its Managing Director. The new international, not-for-profit
QuantConnect has launched a new competition, Alpha Five, allowing hedge funds to solicit “designer” Alphas from the crowd. QuantConnect, an open-source algorithmic trading platform, provides its community of over 85,000 quants access to financial data, cloud computing, and a coding
Following a strong June, CTAs continued to make gains and reported positive performance in July too, according to the lates performance figures from Societe Generale Prime Services for the SG CTA Indices. The SG CTA Index was up +3.53 per
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has appointed Principal and industry veteran, Lou D’Agostino, has been appointed to the newly-created position of National Hedge Fund Practice Leader as part of
Neudata has secured a new USD600,000 round of financing from a consortium of investors which includes all of the firm’s previous investors, as well as new investors, including the founder of a hedge fund research and data business. Dr Robert
ACA Compliance Group (ACA), a provider of governance, risk, and compliance advisory services and technology solutions, has launched ComplianceAlpha 2.0. This ‘next-generation’ risk and compliance management platform helps global financial services firms stay one step ahead of regulators’ increasingly advanced technological
Style Analytics, a specialist in factor style analysis for investment professionals, has launched a Managed Services solution for qualified asset owners, called ‘Factors as a Service’, providing full support for data management and the building of factor style reports. Asset
TOBAM, a Paris-based quantitative asset manager and founder of the Maximum Diversification approach, has been awarded the LuxFLAG ESG label to its full range of funds. LuxFLAG independently verifies TOBAM’s incorporation of sustainable principles throughout its investment process and showcases
Specialist fund management company Liontrust has completed the acquisition of Neptune Investment Management Limited. The Neptune investment team, headed by Robin Geffen and which is now named the Liontrust Global Equity team, has joined Liontrust along with 19 Global, Income,
