Carmignac, a French independent asset manager, has added David Beacham and Edward Aram-Dixon to the UK business development team. Beacham joins as Business Development Director, Head of Regional Sales, while Aram-Dixon joins as Business Development Manager. Both will report to
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global representative for alternative asset managers, has appointed a new Chair and Vice Chair as well as the formation of the new AIMA Council, the Association’s global board of directors for the 2020-2022
FlexTrade Systems, a specialist in cross-asset execution and order management systems, has launched an enhanced version of its multi-OMS aggregation functionality, an in-built feature of the FlexTRADER EMS, which allows users to merge and net orders across multiple OMSs regardless
Michael Potts, managing partner at Byrne and Partners, comments on the news that the number of cases opened by the FCA doubled between 2014 and 2017… These statistics represent a clear shift in both the behaviour of the FCA and
  Institutional investors are to increase allocations to crypto assets over the next five years, according to new research from crypto asset issuance company Evertas.Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc (CME) and the CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) have self-certified new contracts for bitcoin futures products, and the Cantor Exchange (Cantor) has self-certified a new contract for bitcoin binary options. “Bitcoin, a virtual currency, is a
Hedge fund capital invested in Emerging Markets (EM) rose to a record level to begin Q4 2017, with the primary contribution coming from the industry-leading performance of Chinese hedge funds. Total EM hedge fund capital increased to USD223 billion (RMB1.48
IHS Markit, a specialist in critical information, analytics and solutions, has launch of new Event Management tools within its investor relations workflow solution BD Corporate suite. The functionality, in pilot testing with customers for several weeks, helps investor relations teams
Neo has launching a new international multi-currency account service offering FX execution capabilities for spot, forwards, swaps and options in up to 80 currencies for hedging and risk management purposes. Read the full story at Private Equity Wire…
Exberry, a provider of exchange technology has appointed Tony Mackay, the the founding CEO and Chairman of Chi-X Europe – an Instinet led consortium of global trading firms and investment banks– to its Advisory Board. Mackay will play a key role
