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AccessFintech, a fintech company aiming to evolve the financial operating model through data and workflow collaboration, has appointed Boaz Zilberman as Executive Vice President for Business Development.Zilberman brings 20 years of broad experience in financial services, predominantly at IHS Markit, where he managed legal, business development, alliance partnerships, M&A, strategic initiatives and new ventures across IHS Markit’s information, software and processing divisions. Zilberman joined IHS Markit during its early stages and worked closely with the company’s founders and senior executives over 12 years, successfully delivering an explosion of new services and phenomenal growth in revenues from USD4 million to USD4
Central Park Group, an independent investment advisory firm delivering private clients access to institutional hedge fund, private equity, real estate and fund-of-funds talent, has launched CPG Cooper Square International Equity (NASDAQ: XCSIX), an international (ex-US) long/short equity fund created for qualified individuals and smaller institutional investors. Select Equity Group, a premier manager of long/short and long-only equity portfolios, serves as Sub-Adviser to CPG Cooper Square International Equity.
Founded in 1990 and managing over USD30 billion, Select Equity Group established its first dedicated international strategy, Cooper Square, in 2011. Select Equity Group’s fiercely independent research process and narrow focus on a
London-based energy hedge fund Westbeck Capital’s high-flying flagship strategy was brought back down to earth during a dismal October – but the oil-focused fund is staging a November fightback following news of a Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough.
The Westbeck Energy Opportunity Fund slipped 10.8 per cent last month – its second double-digit loss in as many months, having suffered a 15 per cent slide in September – after most oil equities were hammered in October.
The strategy “aggressively” cut its oil stocks portfolio in late September which helped ease equity losses. But the announcement of renewed lockdowns in Europe in late
Leatherback Asset Management, in partnership with Tidal ETF Services, has launched its first Exchange-Traded Fund – the Leatherback Long/Short Alternative Yield ETF (LBAY).Read the full story at ETF Express…
Lukka, a crypto asset software and data provider, has partnered with global business information provider IHS Markit to redistribute Lukka’s institutional-grade blockchain and digital asset data products, including Lukka Prime and Lukka Reference Data, as part of the comprehensive IHS Markit Pricing, Valuations and Reference Data offerings.
AlgoDynamix, a specialist in behavioural based forecasting for financial markets, has launched powerful new Quantum Computing capabilities. The new cloud-based service uses technology provided by D-Wave Systems and is a world first in behavioural forecasting for financial analytics.
The new service is a no-cost upgrade for premium-level clients; the cloud-based calculations will be up to 10,000 faster and will enable additional customer functionality. The analytics alert flags are sent to clients via e-mail, browser or an optional API. These analytics now provide much more functionality including the new, crucially important FX and FX treasury forecasting capabilities. This is in addition
Nasdaq’s Quandl, a provider of alternative and core financial data, has appointed Hamza Khan as Head of European Data. Khan was formerly the CEO and founder of Suburbia, a technology company that specialised in alternative data solutions.
Based in Amsterdam with connections across the continent on the buy and sell side, Khan will lead the organisation’s data strategy in Europe and help expand its presence in the European market.
Khan began his career as a quantitative analyst and was the head of commodities strategy at ING prior to founding Suburbia. Khan brings to Nasdaq a deep understanding of both
The Managed Funds Association (MFA), the trade association for the hedge fund and global alternative investment industry, has announced initial keynotes at MFA Network 2021.
Registration is now open for the event, a business development and networking conference for the hedge fund and alternative investment industry, which will be held virtually on 19-21 January, 2021.
MFA Network keynotes will include:
Cliff Asness, Managing and Founding Partner, AQR Capital Management
Afsaneh Beschloss, Founder and CEO, RockCreek
David M Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chairman, The Carlyle Group
Hailed as one of the leading networking events for the alternative investment industry, MFA Network
With surges in volatility tipped to become increasingly frequent, so-called “black swan” events are more likely to become part of “the new normal”, speakers at this year’s Hedgeweek LIVE Europe summit heard.
By Matthew Chapman (pictured), Director, ACA Compliance Group – Geopolitical change and uncertainty, regulatory sabre-rattling and industry shake-ups have combined to create a perfect storm for many financial services firms when it comes to their trade and transaction reporting obligations under MiFIR, EMIR and SFTR.
