BTIG has expanded its Global Institutional Equities offering with the appointment of Simon “Sid” Martin as a Managing Director in London. Prior to BTIG, Martin spent eight years as a Director within the Equity Sales and Trading Group at Barclays.
MegaTrust Investments, a boutique fund manager specialising in Chinese equities, has launched the MegaTrust Yangtze Fund IV, the first offshore fund based on its award-winning A-share strategy with over nine years of track record. The Fund is specifically created for
Seward & Kissel has launched Seward & Kissel Regulatory Compliance, a new suite of services that provides comprehensive and cost-efficient assistance to asset managers in the onerous task of complying with regulatory obligations. Seward & Kissel Regulatory Compliance, or SKRC,
Following a record result in the business year 2016, EEX Group has published its half year volumes for 2017, achieving notable increases in the markets for emission rights, agricultural products and global commodities (Freight) alongside decreases on the power derivatives
Ocorian is to acquire MAS International (MAS), an independent fund administration and corporate services provider. The business operates in Luxembourg and Mauritius in addition to representation in the US. Expected to close towards the end of 2017, the transaction, which
Geneva-based Quaero Capital has re-named its ‘Argos Funds – Family Enterprise’ fund as the ‘Argos Funds – Smaller European Companies’ fund to better reflect its investment universe. Fund managers, Marc St John Webb and Philip Best say the management philosophy
South African market participants can now enjoy unprecedented automation and straight-through processing by leveraging newly available, integrated cloud-based technology to exchange tri-party SWIFT1 messaging for collateral instructions, settlement and confirmations. CloudMargin, the multi-award winning creator of the world’s first web-based
London-based startup Hedgd has launched its Hedgd OMS (Order Management System) that enables investment managers to take control of data, costs and productivity. Provided in, and built for, the cloud as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution, Hedgd provides enterprise-grade software to
The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) has gone live with Deutsche Börse’s new T7 trading platform for the Irish equity market. This new platform further enhances the performance and capacity of the ISE’s equity market offering. T7 delivers synergies, which make
Crystal Century Investment has launched a multi-asset alternative investment fund aimed at providing institutional clients and retail investors with access to an actively managed alternative fund. As uncertain market conditions continue to pressure investors into taking on more equity risk,
