Maples Fund Services, an independent global fund services provider and division of MaplesFS, has appointed Brendan Tyne as Head of Business Development for North America. Tyne brings over 20 years of experience in the asset management industry. He was most
Credit investment manager Marathon Asset Management (Marathon) has closed its first fund solely dedicated to aviation leasing, the Marathon Aviation Fund (MAF). The new strategy, which was oversubscribed, will focus on leasing the most in-demand early- to mid-life aircraft, and
CME Group and Nasdaq are to launch a new futures contract based on the Nasdaq Veles California Water Index (NQH2O). CME Group will launch its new Nasdaq Veles California Water Index futures contract in late Q4, pending regulatory review. CME Group
Asset manager 1Sharpe Capital has completed an initial capital raise of USD500 million. The income generating strategy attracted strong support from global pension plans and foundations and will focus its investments on real estate related loans that can deliver superior
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned -0.51 p[er cent in October, underperforming the -0.22 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. The Wilshire
SEI’s latest middle office whitepaper, “Remote Working, Covid-19 and Middle Office Outsourcing,” explores some of the operations challenges and opportunities caused by Covid-19 lockdowns, woprkplace interruptions and the ‘new normal’.
ResearchPool, a digital platform for investment research, has appointed Antoine Loudenot (pictured), as Partner and Chief Marketing Officer to lead the communications, marketing and product design activities for the firm. Loudenot has top-tier experience in the investment banking industry as
By Amanda Daly – Cyber threats are on the rise and are increasingly becoming more sophisticated. It can be a daunting task to stay on top of new and evolving attacks and breaches, which is why proactively implementing the right technical
TradingScreen (TS) an all-asset class order and execution management system (EMS) has announced a certified integration with thinkFolio, IHS Markit’s investment management platform. The integration of TradingScreen with thinkFolio ensures that mutual clients benefit from a standardised and certified interface
ThirdYear Capital, a Munich-based quantitative macro specialist, has paired up with Cologne-based fund initiator Agathon Capital to unveil a new systematic global macro hedge fund strategy which targets opportunities stemming from short-term economic data trends. The ART Global Macro Fund
