Quedex, a crypto-centric futures and options exchange based out of Gibraltar, has bee ngranted a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Providers licence for trading of cryptocurrency derivatives and for custody of cryptocurrencies by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) making it
Societe Generale Prime Services has launched a new SG Multi Alternative Risk Premia Index, a performance benchmark for alternative risk premia managers who employ investment programs diversified across multiple asset classes and multiple risk premia factors. The new Multi Alternative
SS&C Technologies Holdings is to acquire DST Systems, a provider of proprietary technology-based information processing and servicing solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, SS&C will purchase DST in an all-cash transaction for USD84 per share plus assumption of debt,
PineBridge Investments, a private, global asset manager, has appointed Michael Karpik as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Karpik, who will be based in PineBridge’s New York City headquarters and will report to CEO Gregory Ehret, will be directly responsible for the
Northern Trust Corporation has reached an agreement with Citadel to bring Omnium technology development in-house – including a team of key development professionals as well as software development rights for its Omnium technology platform. The agreement gives Northern Trust greater
Cohen & Company has opened a new office in downtown Chicago, Illinois and announced several significant management-level hires. The firm recently announced it had merged with Arthur Bell CPAs to create the premier, full service accounting and consulting practice supporting
RFA has come a long way since it first opened for business in 1989. Now the firm, which has over 800 clients, is one of the biggest cloud providers to the alternative investment sector, offering state-of-the-art cybersecurity services and fully
Exchange Data International (EDI), a provider of global security corporate actions, pricing and reference data services, has launched a new Security Reference file feed, PIT (Point In Time). With the PIT Security Reference File feed, clients can track, at a
Gemini saw a surge in hedge and alternative fund clients during 2017, and expects this strong momentum to continue into 2018. David Young (pictured), President of Gemini’s hedge funds and alternatives business lines, says: “We have a track record of
Fenimore Asset Management (FAM) has selected Ultimus Fund Solutions to provide services for its three mutual funds, with USD1.6 billion in net assets. FAM, a Cobleskill, New York based firm, converted the servicing of their funds to Ultimus after performing
