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Iris Weidinger, Chief Financial Officer, has decided to leave the Management Board of European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) for personal reasons. Weidinger has resigned from all positions at EEX Group effective 30 June 2020.
Weidinger has been with EEX since the foundation of the company. In 2000 she started at the predecessor exchange LPX. In 2008, she was appointed to the Management Board of EEX. As Chief Financial Officer, she was responsible for finance and personnel of the EEX Group. During this time, she also took over board mandates for the clearing house European Commodity Clearing (ECC) and the European spot exchange
Digital asset trading platform Bitfinex is offering zero fees on tether/US dollar (USDt/USD) pair to users who reach a trailing 30-day trading volume of more than USD15 million.
Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) has onboarded a new strategy on its alternative UCITS platform. Launched in partnership with Baltimore-based alternative investment manager Campbell & Company Investment Adviser (Campbell), U Access (IRL) Campbell Absolute Return UCITS is an absolute return fund.U Access (IRL) Campbell Absolute Return UCITS seeks to provide a balanced risk-reward profile across a broad range of market conditions through systematic investments in a diversified portfolio. The fund consists of underlying investment strategies that aim for low correlation and are differentiated by investment style (systematic macro, short-term, trend-following, and quant equity strategies), holding period, and instrument. Campbell is one
Global trade surveillance and risk management software platform provider Eventus Systems has partnered with VoxSmart, a specialist in communications surveillance technology. The firms are collaborating to build custom solutions for global market participants looking to enhance their ability to surveil and manage risk across the entire order and trade lifecycle, from pre-trade communications to execution and post-trade monitoring.
The announcement comes as individuals throughout the financial community continue to work from home and increasingly rely on electronic and mobile communications as well as access to trading platforms outside of the office or trading floor environment.
Eventus offers a comprehensive trade
Hedge funds are holding off from closing their short positions in crisis-hit e-payments firm Wirecard AG – with some even increasing their bets – in expectation that its share price will tumble yet again, boosting short sellers’ returns even further.
Sandberg Capital acquires a 35 per cent stake in Czech company Revolgy Business Solutions. The management team stays on board and continues to lead the company.
Most US hedge funds and other alternative managers expect to return to work before year-end, but a majority predict sweeping changes to work-from-home policies and office layouts, with close to a third of New York-based managers mulling a reduction in office space, a deep-dive industry study by Seward & Kissel has found.
RepRisk, a specialist in ESG data science combining machine learning and human intelligence, has formed a strategic partnership with alternative data platform and marketplace BattleFin that will significantly expand alternative data buyer access to ESG risk data.RepRisk’s daily-updated dataset on nearly 150,000 companies linked to ESG and business conduct risks will be available through BattleFin’s global alternative data marketplace, Ensemble. Investors, hedge funds, and other buy-side professionals will now be able to test, evaluate, and purchase RepRisk ESG data seamlessly within Ensemble. Through Ensemble, clients will be able to efficiently integrate and mine datasets for signals and leading indicators, as
Alvarium, an independent investment firm and global multi-family office, has lunched Alvarium Securities (ASL), which will provide customised, client centric advisory, distribution and research services for corporate clients. This move contributes to Alvarium’s expansion across service lines and geographies, following 24 months of organic growth and acquisitive activity.
Based at Alvarium’s London office, ASL will be headed up by ex-Peel Hunt broker Mark Thompson alongside Eddie Nissen, who joins from JP Morgan. It will give institutional and family office investors an opportunity to meet, analyse, trade and participate in the growth of some of the leading Investment Trusts and REITs.
INTL FCStone, a provider of execution, post-trade settlement, clearing and custody services across asset classes and markets worldwide, is rebranding the firm as StoneX Group (StoneX). The StoneX Group name was approved by an overwhelming majority at a recent meeting and effective 6 July, 2020 the Company will be traded under the symbol SNEX.
The StoneX Group name and its trade name “StoneX” carries forward the foundation established by Saul Stone in 1924 to today’s modern financial services firm. Today, the StoneX Group provides an institutional-grade financial services ecosystem connecting its clients to 36 derivatives exchanges, 175 foreign exchange markets,
