Watson Wheatley, a specialist in securities reconciliation, has added four new alternative asset management clients to its roster in the last month. Interfaces with five new systems have also been added to the iRecs platform; Enfusion, Orchestrade, Eze Tradar, Calypso
By Jeremy Lang, partner and co-founder of Ardevora Asset Management – Humans are notoriously poor at forming subjective probabilities – the mind prefers dealing with absolutes: ‘yes’ or ‘no’. We are also very susceptible to anchoring when forming our views. The
AcadiaSoft Inc, a provider of margin automation solutions for counterparties engaged in collateral management worldwide, has launched AcadiaSoft Expert Services, a suite of consultative offerings designed to support firms as they comply with new regulations. AcadiaSoft’s ISDA SIMM Approval Guidance,
London based investment manager Helford Capital Partners has launched a new AIFM fund manager hosting platform aimed at investment professionals looking to launch their own fund under the Alternative Investment Fund Manager Directive (AIFMD). The platform offers prospective managers a
Skylar Capital Advisers has added energy trading veteran Brenden O’Neill to the firm’s trading desk. O’Neill, a veteran natural gas options expert, joins Skylar with over 20 years of successful trading experience. O’Neill began his career at Koch Energy where he
Pzena lnvestment Management has expanded its usage of Indata’s Intelligent Portfolio Management software suite by upgrading to Epic Data API, a new solution launched in May 2017. Pzena Investment Management is a global investment management firm based in New York
The Castlewood Select Funds flagship fund, the Castlewood Select Opportunity Fund, posted a 3.2 per cent return net of fees and expenses for the third-quarter 2017, its fourteenth consecutive monthly gain. Mark Wittenstein (pictured), Managing Partner of the Castlewood Select
GSK Stockmann has added Arne Bolch to the firm’s Luxembourg team of partners alongside Dr Marcus Peter, Andreas Heinzmann, Dr Philipp Mössner and Mathilde Ostertag, as a new local partner. Arne Bolch has been working in Luxembourg for more than 11 years
Risk assets were again on the rise in July and several asset classes broke records. Last week, the S&P 500 reached an all-time high, while the spot VIX index reached an all-time low. The MSCI World (net total return local currency index)
The team behind the first regulated bitcoin hedge fund and Exchange Traded Bitcoin notes has launched CoinShares, a new brand for their growing portfolio of crypto investment vehicles. With the announcement, GABI, the group’s bitcoin fund and XBT Provider, issuer
