End to end systematic trading solutions firm, QuantHouse, has added Jane Street Financial’s systematic internaliser (SI) to its qh API Ecosystem. Liquidity provider Jane Street trades USD5.6 trillion across equities, ETFs and options. The firm commits its own capital and
Hilco Valuation Services has appointed Tom Boniface as Vice President of Business Development for the Midwest Region of the United States, supporting the Valuation, Monetisation and Advisory platforms. Boniface will be based in Chicago and will have the specific responsibilities
Lazard Asset Management has expanded its quantitative equity platform with the addition of a San Francisco-based investment team. The new Lazard US Systematic Equity team comprised of Oren Shiran, Philip Summe, Stefan Tang, and Seavan Sternheim, focuses on capturing fundamental
When reviewing middle-office outsourcing proposals, this comment is not uncommon. However, the inclination to evaluate outsourcing by extrapolating in-house operating budgets and comparing them to outsourcing proposals is an insufficient method for determining the total value of a proposed outsourcing
The Maples Group’s law firm, Maples and Calder, has appointed Heidi de Vries as the Managing Partner of its London office. De Vries (pictured) will take office on 1 December 2019, succeeding Paul Govier who is retiring from the firm.
The pace of hedge fund redemptions slowed in April but continued for a second straight month with USD9.4 billion in net outflows worldwide, down from USD11.0 billion in March. Despite the outflows, industry assets under management increased to more than
INDOS Financial, an independent fund depositary and oversight business, has appointed Seymour Banks as Head of ESG – Environmental, Social & Governance. Banks will be responsible for leading and developing INDOS’s independent ESG screening and verification service to asset
Intertrust, a global provider of administrative services to corporate, fund, capital markets and private wealth clients, has acquired Viteos, a provider of technology solutions for hedge funds, private equity, real estate, private debt and other alternative asset managers, from PPC
Broadridge Financial Solutions has launched a change management service to help companies design their target operating models to be compliant with the upcoming Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR). The new service provides a practical blueprint for front-to-back changes to overall
Usonian Investments, a Japanese equity manager located in Chicago and Tokyo, has launched the Usonian Japan Value UCITS Fund on Skyline Umbrella Fund ICAV platform, with initial capital of GBP 73.7 million. Usonian also confirmed that Old Mutual Wealth’s
