Hedge funds established in 2018 undertook concerted efforts to launch their enterprises on a stable foundation, including raising minimum investment levels significantly over prior years, according to The Seward & Kissel 2018 New Hedge Fund Study, an annual analysis of new
J8 Capital Management has launched the UI-J8 Global Absolute Return UCITS Fund, opening up the firm’s systematic investment strategy to an institutional as well as retail audience. The fund is now open for subscriptions and scheduled to launch on 28
Benedict O Kwon (pictured), has joined the Orange County office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton as a partner in the firm’s Corporate practice group, focusing on fund formation and taxation. Kwon joins Sheppard Mullin from Stradling. “Ben is a
SANNE, a provider of alternative asset and corporate administration services, has appointed James Bermingham, a funds’ lawyer with more than 20 years’ appoints, as a new Group General Counsel in Luxembourg. In his new role, Bermingham will be responsible
Institutional trading and portfolio management systems provider TORA has successfully implemented its Order and Execution Management System (OEMS) and Portfolio Management System (PMS) at Systematic Investment Management AG (SIMAG) based in Zurich. SIMAG was formed in 2017 as a joint venture
TradeStation International, the London-based, United Kingdom subsidiary of TradeStation Group, has teamed with Interactive Brokers (UK), an affiliate of the Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), to offer a TradeStation Global platform and brokerage account with the ability to trade markets across
LiquidityBook, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based provider of buy- and sell-side trading solutions, has reported record results across all sales and client growth metrics the firm tracks for 2017. The growth was fuelled by exceptionally strong demand globally for its industry-leading POEMS
Global funds transaction network Calastone has appointed David Zwirn as Managing Director, Head of UK & Ireland Sales and Relationship Management. Zwim joins from global fintech business InvestCloud, where he was of Head of Sales. He will be responsible for
Powernext has developed an auction system for Guarantees of Origin (GOs) which will be launched in September 2019. In August 2018, the French Minister for an Ecological and Solidary Transition appointed Powernext as the sole operator of this auction system,
Commcise, a Euronext company and provider of commission management and research valuation solutions to the buy-side and sell-side, has added Richard Hooke and Scott Douglass to the firm’s global business development and product strategy teams. Hooke is based in London
