The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global representative of alternative investment managers, has appointed Claire Van Wyk-Allan as its new Head of Canada. Van Wyk-Allan, who takes over on 2 April, joins AIMA from RBC Global Asset Management, where
Insight Investment has appointed Andrew Stephens as Head of Distribution, EMEA. Stephens, who joined Insight on 1 July, is based in London and reports to Angus Woolhouse, Global Head of Distribution. Stephens joins Insight from Blackrock where he spent 19
Cboe Global Markets has successfully migrated the Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE) to its proprietary Bats technology with trading on the new platform opening in Global Trading Hours at 5:00 pm CT on Sunday, 25 February. At the end of the
TriOptima, an infrastructure service that lowers costs and mitigates risk in OTC derivatives markets, has reduced notional outstanding at Eurex Clearing by 26 per cent following a record compression run on 26 June, 2019. The latest run, which equates to
The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index rallied 1.82 per cent in June, supported by the strong equity market performance on the back of optimism over the progress of US-China trade talk. Despite mixed economic data during the month, trade optimism and
Deutsche Bank is to exit its Equities Sales & Trading business as part of a wider restructuring plan which will see the business shed 18,000 jobs globally by 2022. The first round of cuts, affecting teams of shares traders in
Cowen has named Philip Cushman as Head of Global Institutional Sales, Cowen and Company, which includes managing both the institutional equity and credit sales teams. In addition, Burton Welly has been named Head of Special Situations and Distressed Credit Trading,
Following a slight dip in May, CTAs bounced back last month, with all of Societe Generale’s SG CTA indices reporting positive performance. The SG CTA Index was up +2.45 per cent and built on earlier positive returns to +4.72% YTD. Trend
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged New York-based broker-dealer AOC Securities, and its former chief executive officer, Ronaldo Gonzalez, with failing to supervise an AOC broker who provided inflated price quotes for certain securities to a significant customer of
MJ Hudson has hired Sean Scott to help MJ Hudson on its mission to provide a single, comprehensive solution for its clients operating within asset management. Scott (pictured), joins as Partner (Hedge Fund practice). Sean brings with him a wealth
