Man Group, the largest listed hedge fund group in the world, has published interim results to end June 2016 that show that funds under management are down from the end December figure of USD78.7 billion to USD76.4 billion. Net inflows
The Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) has welcomed the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) recommendation to the European Parliament, Council and Commission that Jersey should be among the ‘third countries’ granted an AIFMD passport. The JFSC has fully engaged
Japan Exchange Group (JPX) has gone live with a new Nasdaq-powered trading system for its subsidiary, Osaka Exchange. "We are proud to be supporting JPX as they successfully launch their new trading system on the Osaka Exchange," says Lars Ottersgård, executive
AltX, the San Francisco based hedge fund intelligence platform, has launched AltX Estimates, providing clients with return data on more than 17,000 funds, including performance data on over 80 per cent of the ‘Billion Dollar Club’ funds. AltX Estimates delivers
Large institutions are shifting trading volume to algorithmic avenues of execution as the overall commission pool remains flat, according to a study from Greenwich Associates. Greenwich Associates, which conducted interviews with 223 US equity portfolio managers and 321 US equity
By Vladimir Rabotka (pictured), Castle Hall Alternatives – Cybersecurity has rapidly become one of the most discussed issues in the alternative asset management industry. Regulators have provided multiple warnings around the need for investment managers to protect their businesses from
Emerging technology has a tendency to go through a ‘hype cycle' when investor optimism leads to runaway valuations. The classic reference point is the dot.com bubble at the turn of the century, when tech stocks saw their price to earnings
The impending introduction of General Data Protection Regulation ('GDPR') in 2018 is going to affect all organisations in terms of how they protect data. Marcus Lewis (pictured), Director, Technical Sales at Capital Support, a leading managed IT services provider, believes
RFA (Richard Fleischman & Associates) is a leading technology and financial private cloud provider for the asset management industry supporting more than 500 global private equity, hedge fund, fund-of-fund and investment management firms. To help organisations remain cyber secure RFA
Bats Global Markets has created the Bats Community Policing Program for its US equities and options exchanges, an initiative designed to further enhance the company’s capabilities in monitoring markets. “We believe this initiative will be an important innovation in the
