Saxo Capital Markets UK Ltd (SCML), the UK subsidiary of Saxo Bank A/S, has appointed Andrew Edwards as its new CEO effective from January 2018. Edwards (pictured), joins SCML as an experienced CEO with over eighteen years in the sector,
Law firm Goodwin has expanded its private equity and private investment funds practices with the appointment of six new partners, 15 associates and five trainees in the London office, all of whom join from the London office of King &
There has been a distinct shift of research budgets away from the top nine investment banks, according to an analysis of the readiness of asset managers for the research unbundling rules coming into effect in January 2018. The survey from
Alternative UCITS indices performed strongly during December across almost all strategy styles, according to the latest LuxHedge Alternative UCTS Overreview. The LuxHedge Global Alternative UCITS Index representing 1,352 funds increased with 0.76 per cent, slightly underperforming the broader Hedge Fund
The Bank of England has raised interest rates by a quarter point to 0.5 per cent, the first interest rate rise in a decade. Commenting on the decision, Andrew Fowkes, Head of Retail Centre of Excellence, SAS UK & Ireland
Exchange Data International (EDI), a provider of global security corporate actions, reference data and end-of-day pricing, has launched a Worldwide Cost Basis service (WCB). The WCB service has been designed to enable users to track both a security’s cost basis,
H2O Asset Management, an affiliate of the Natixis Global Asset Management Group, has acquired a strategic stake in Poincaré Capital Management, a Hong-Kong-based asset manager focusing on global equities driven by Asian growth. This move followed H2O’s recent communication on
CME Group has launched of options on its Micro E-mini S&P 500 and Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures contracts, which are now available for trading. Options on the Micro E-mini S&P 500 and Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures are 1/10th the size
International law firm Proskauer has promoted 23 lawyers, 14 to partner and nine to senior counsel, including three partners promotions in the private investment funds and private equity teams in London. “We are pleased to promote this outstanding group to
Active asset manager Quaero Capital is expanding into Asia with licensed local fund distributor Peak Capital to promote Quaero’s Family Enterprise Fund and other high conviction investment strategies to professional investors in the region. Quaero Capital is a specialist asset
