Davis Polk has appointed Michael S Hong as a partner in the firm’s Investment Management Group in New York, focusing on private equity fund formation. Hong comes to Davis Polk from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where he
FeedStock, a provider of integrated interaction tracking and analytics software, is partnering with IHS Markit to provide an end-to-end investment research tracking, evaluation and analysis and payments tool for clients in fund management. This alliance will see the delivery of
Following a strong start to the year, February has been challenging for CTAs, with all Societe Generale CTA Indices finishing the month in negative territory. The Short-Term Traders Index was down 4.29 per cent but remains positive YTD, up 1.19
A newly formed group of major finance industry players have joined an OpenFin-led initiative to bring universal connectivity and standards to all of the financial industry’s desktop applications. The group, known as the Financial Desktop Connectivity and Collaboration Consortium or
Three experienced figures in the alternative investment industry have partnered to form a new licensed fiduciary services company in the Cayman Islands.
With the FCA’s Policy Statement PS18/8 due to come into effect from 30 September 2019, Authorised Fund Managers (AFMs) will need to publish Assessment of Value reports from the end of January 2020 (within four months of their funds’ year-end).
A global RegTech company has seen enquiries for its software triple as financial services firms prepare for a Post-Brexit landscape. Lawson Conner has seen a such a marked upturn in demand for its software and services, as the possibility of
Eze Software has signed on 60 broker-dealers to provide connectivity for Eze Eclipse, its cloud-based investment management solution, which supports the entire investment workflow and was launched in 2017. Eze Software chose 20 emerging equity and event-focused hedge funds as
Link Fund Solutions, part of Link Asset Services, has appointed Andrew Lelliott to the post of Head of Transfer Agency. The appointment reflects Link’s continued strategy to grow within the UK transfer agency market, building upon its strength in transfer
PostFinance, one of the leading retail financial institutions in Switzerland, is a new shareholder of SIX, the operator of the Swiss financial market infrastructure. SIX’s shareholder base of now includes 127 banks and all significant participants of the Swiss financial
