Scipion Capital, a commodity trade finance investment manager, has appointed Paul Baker as head of trade finance to oversee all of the company’s trade functions. In this newly created role, he will report to the firm’s chief investment officer, Nicolas
BnkToTheFuture, a global online investment platform and digital asset securities business, is moving its clients’ assets to new trust partner, First Digital Trust (FDT), to provide additional protections to client funds.
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has conducted the first primary market auction under the new CAP2 contract on behalf of the participating 25 EU member states. In the auction, 3,664,000 EU Allowances (EUAs) were sold at a price of 4.02
European Commodity Clearing (ECC) has introduced a new membership model – the Direct Clearing Participant Model (DCPM). The new model will allow trading participants to have direct access to trading and clearing of spot markets without the requirement of a
Cowen Prime Services prepares to launch its platform in London in the coming weeks with prime brokerage and outsourced trading, among the high-touch services that will be on offer to European hedge fund managers. London is the latest focus of
Avelacom has established a point of presence (PoP) in the new DataSpace data centre in close proximity to the Moscow Exchange (MoEx), allowing the firm to optimise customer access to the exchange’s electronic systems. DataSpace, Russia’s first Uptime Institute certified
Aquila Capital is expanding its advisory board with the appointment of Daniel Just (pictured), chairman of the executive board at Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK), Germany’s largest public pension fund. Just has chaired the executive board at BVK since 2013 and previously
Linedata, a provider of credit and asset management technology, data and services, has partnered with analytics platform Invisage to help global hedge funds and asset managers streamline investment research costs in the post-MiFID II environment.Linedata’s global fund manager clients can
Alternative investment management firm PAAMCO has appointed hedge fund veteran Basil Williams as managing director. During the next year, he will transition into head of portfolio management, succeeding David Weinberger who plans to retire in mid-2017. Williams, who was
Man Group has introduced a new senior management structure alongside a number of internal promotions, following the naming of Luke Ellis as chief executive officer (CEO). The internal management changes will reallocate certain responsibilities, in line with the growth and
