Schulte Roth & Zabel (SRZ), a law firm focused on the private investment funds sector, has appointed Owen Schmidt as a partner in its Investment Management Group. Schmidt brings deep experience in private fund formation and compliance to SRZ’s funds practice.
Ramsey Quantitative Systems’ (RQSI) has launched Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum, a new investment tool that enables investors to generate, evaluate, and compare hedge fund fee structures.
SS&C Technologies Holdings has signed on more than 150 clients to Eze Eclipse, SS&C Eze’s cloud-based front-to-back office investment management platform.
Trucost’s climate analytics and environmental data is now available via the S&P Global Market Intelligence.Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
The European Fund and Asset Management Association’s (EFAMA) Quarterly Statistical Release for the first quarter of 2019 reports a strong increase in net assets of UCITS and AIFs, driven by the rebound of financial markets. Net assets of UCITS increased
What’s the situation? Asset managers today are faced with having to deal with a plethora of liquidity regulations. Most of the liquidity-related concerns in respect of Comprehensive Capital Analysis Review (CCAR) prescribed by the Federal Reserve Board, Solvency II, MiFID
The Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE) has filed a product certification with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to offer bitcoin futures trading. The product certification is subject to regulatory review. The impending launch date of Cboe bitcoin futures, which will trade
Independent Trading Group (ITG), Canada’s only brokerage firm dedicated specifically to professional trading, has selected OneMarketData’s OneTick Trade Surveillance. The cloud hosted deployment will enable ITG to meet demanding regulatory requirements and create an auditable workflow to monitor and protect all
Galaxy Digital Holdings has acquired two cryptocurrency trading firms: DrawBridge Lending (DrawBridge), an specialist in digital asset lending, borrowing, and structured products, and Blue Fire Capital (Blue Fire), a proprietary trading firm specialising in market-making and two-sided liquidity for digital
StoneX Group’s Prime Brokerage Group has launched an Emerging Manager Platform, which combines the full scope of the firm’s execution services offering – multi-asset, global connectivity, high-touch expertise, and middle & back office support – into a one-stop-shop resource for
