European Fund Administration (EFA) has appointed Noel Fessey (pictured), to replace Thomas Seale as CEO, following the latter’s retirement at the end of 2017. After two decades of leadership, EFA has become an industry reference in the Luxembourg fund industry.
Boutique asset manager Unigestion has appointed Frank Maret as Head of Marketing. He will lead the firm’s marketing efforts focusing on delivering a strategic agenda that showcases digital initiatives as a means to further serve and engage the firm’s clients.
Bricknode has launched Bricknode Fund Manager, a cloud based tool for fund companies to manage their funds, holdings, and investors. With Bricknode Fund Manager a fund company or fund operator/transfer agent only has to use one system for managing its
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 0.32 per cent in September, underperforming the 0.60 per cent return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. The Wilshire
Bricknode has launched a new application in the Bricknode Add-On Marketplace called Transaction Viewer. The application can be launched as an add-on to Bricknode Financial Systems (BFS) as a tool to make the life of back office users easier.
Thomson Reuters has added additional research management and search capabilities to its flagship desktop product, Eikon aimed at meeting the challenges of MiFID II requirements, set to be implemented on 3 January, 2018. Launched and incorporated into Eikon this year,
Chicago-based hedge fund Citadel, and global market maker Citadel Securities are to open an new office in Singapore.
Both hedge funds and risk parity strategies gained in August despite rising tensions with North Korea and the impact of Hurricane Harvey, with Equity Hedge and Macro strategies leading the HFRI to the tenth consecutive monthly advance, and the 17th
Apex Fund Services (Apex) has been granted official approval and licensing by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (AGDM) and has become one of the first Independent fund administrators approved to carry out Regulated Activity
PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, has launched new spot and futures contracts on the Danish ETF (Exchange Transfer Facility). This launch completes the process announced in July 2016 where Powernext acquired 100 per cent of Gaspoint
