IHS Markit has launched RPA Manager, a comprehensive service helping asset managers acquire investment research in compliance with MiFID II. To reduce the potential for conflicts of interest, MiFID II requires asset managers to separate payments for research from trading
A new survey by JWG has found that 90 per cent of buy-side firms believe they are at either high or medium risk of not being MiFID II compliant by the January 2018 deadline, despite this date having already been
CIBC Asset Management has launched the CIBC Active Global Currency Pool for institutional investors seeking an uncorrelated source of alpha in a liquid, absolute-return solution for their alternatives portfolios. “We are excited to launch the CIBC Active Global Currency Pool,
Sanne has appointed Sean Murray as its new head of fund services for the EMEA region. Based in Sanne’s Luxembourg office, Murray will take responsibility for the development of the company’s fund services offering, working with all of the Alternative
TORA, provider of a cloud-based order and execution management system (OEMS), has joined the London Stock Exchange Group’s UnaVista Partner Programme to help clients meet the transaction reporting requirements of MiFID II. When MiFID II comes into force in January
GPP has formed a joint venture with Edgefolio to provide a Capital Introduction service to its prime brokerage clients. Edgefolio’s platform connects investors and hedge funds, creating technology-driven solutions for a traditionally conservative and fragmented industry. Sean Capstick (pictured), GPP
Velocity Trade, an equity, foreign exchange and precious metals broker dealer, has opened a new office in Johannesburg. “Our Cape Town office was established in early 2011 and has grown substantially over the last 6 years in line with
A new survey by RSRCHXchange shows a significant slippage in terms of timing for MiFID II compliance, with the vast majority of asset managers leaving this until Q4 or later, despite the regulations coming onto effect in January 2018. In
Luxembourg is one of the world’s leading onshore domiciles where, over the last 30 years, it has become the default option for managers wishing to establish UCITS funds. It is, by size, the world’s second largest fund centre after the
MPL Management (Luxembourg) SA is a third-party `Super Management Company’ providing fund governance, operational support and oversight to both UCITS funds and AIFs. It is part of MPL Group, founded by William Jones in 2006, who has, over the past
