High set up costs could stymie the fortunes of emerging and start up managers before they even make their first step. Malta offers such organisations the opportunity to set up their business in a low-cost jurisdiction while taking advantage of
The Managed Funds Association, the global alternative investment industry trade group, has elected and appointed eight new members to its board of directors. The new members are Eric Epstein, president, managing member, Davidson Kempner Capital Management; Gil Raviv, global general
Multi-family office Proficio Capital Partners, has launched a new Insurance Dedicated Fund (DF) – the Proficio Capital Strategic Opportunities IDF – a series of the SALI Multi-Series Fund, which is available on Prudential Financial and Crown Global Insurance Group platforms.
Mackenzie Financial Corporation (Mackenzie Investments) has appointed Arup Datta (pictured), to lead a new Mackenzie Global Quantitative Equity boutique, based in Boston, MA. “Creating this boutique strengthens our investment management capabilities in Global and Emerging Markets equities,” says Tony Elavia,
OptionsLive, a new OpenFin-powered trading platform for US listed options has launched providing high levels of ‘transparency, insight and execution quality’. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Q&A with Ivan Grech, Chief Operations Officer, FinanceMalta What are the key trends currently driving growth and development within Malta’s funds industry? Malta has always been attractive in the alternative space for the small-medium sized managers, thanks to the introduction of
The rally in emerging markets has “eroded the potential for alpha generation” in EM debt markets, but this weaker investment environment is only temporary, with hedge fund managers keeping their powder dry to capitalise on opportunities at a later stage.
Eikos Partners, fintech consultants who help capital market participants solve some of their most complex technology and operational challenges, is commercialising JSCatalyst, a JavaScript toolkit designed to accelerate application development and allow designers to build user interfaces that function across
CloudMargin, provider of a web-based collateral and margin management solution, has appointed Martin Adams as Head of Client Operations. Adams is a 26-year veteran of derivatives operations, with extensive experience in over-the-counter (OTC) and listed derivatives, as well as fixed
Man AHL, the pioneering quantitative investment unit of London-listed global hedge fund giant Man Group, has been given the green light for a qualified foreign institutional investor license in China. The QFII license will give Man AHL’s investment strategies based
