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Europe’s leading global insights platform, Atheneum, has planted more than 22,000 trees in over 10 months as part of its initiative to tackle global deforestation.
Atheneum’s platform provides a gateway to reliable industry knowledge, sought after by renowned investment firms, leading global corporations and well-known professional service firms.
In partnership with environmental charity One Tree Planted, Atheneum is committed to planting one tree for each expert interview conducted.
By collaborating with One Tree Planted, Atheneum has helped to rebuild ecosystems and support communities across the globe. Since the collaboration start in February 2019, a total of 22,168 trees have
Corry Capital Advisors (CCA) appoints Northern Trust to provide fund administration and related services for CCA’s US commingled funds.
Pittsburgh-based CCA selected Northern Trust earlier this year to provide fund administration and depositary services for Irish-domiciled funds to support its expansion into Europe and distribution of its longevity-based life settlement strategies to new investors.
“Northern Trust has provided exceptional client service and broad-based capabilities across asset classes and investment strategies,” says William Corry, founder and general manager of Corry Capital Advisors. “We look forward to expanding our relationship through this new mandate for our US funds.”
“CCA’s selection of Northern
Capital Generation Partners has chosen SatuitCRM for the firm’s Client Relationship Management (CRM) platform.
Capital Generation Partners is an investment manager serving ultra-high net worth clients.
The firm included Satuit Technologies in their search for a new CRM solution because they outgrew their legacy platform. CapGen sought a cloud-based solution and a vendor with experience with their business requirements. Chris Wilkinson, Head of Portfolio Analytics, Reporting and Data at CapGen spearheaded the efforts to move to a new CRM. The key requirement was the ability to manage complex relationships and seamless integration with Outlook.
Wilkinson says: “We appreciated Satuit’s knowledge
The Carnrite Group has added Senior Director, Geoff Angulo, to its team. Angulo brings over 25 years of experience in energy banking and management consulting.
“We have worked with Geoff before, and are excited to add him to the team. He is a great addition to our growing group,” said Alan Carnrite, CEO.
Angulo is an executive with over 25 years of experience in the upstream and midstream oil and gas industry. In his most recent role at Jefferies LLC, Geoff led the execution of more than USD38 billion of oil and gas industry transactions, including asset acquisitions/dispositions, corporate mergers
Cindicator, an international fintech company, has launched the first quantitative crypto hedge fund powered by Hybrid Intelligence.
Cindicator Capital is an ecosystemic fund, based on an alpha-generating vehicle including thousands of decentralised analysts from 135 countries. The data flow of millions of forecasts from the analytical platform (app.cindicator.com) is enhanced with machine learning models and then feeds a variety of algorithmic strategies. Additionally, the fund develops strategies based on quantitative research on a variety of data sets.
Part of the fund’s revenues will be used to reward analysts for correct forecasts in proportion to their intellectual efforts and the quality
Chicago-based alternative in investment firm Victory Park Capital (VPC) has appointed John Martin as senior advisor. Based in Chicago, Martin will support VPC’s private credit strategies, leveraging his thirty years of experience in the investment industry.
“Victory Park Capital has built a world-class private credit business with a highly talented and dedicated group of individuals, and I have an immeasurable amount of respect for the firm,” says Martin. “I look forward to working closely with this accomplished team to create sustainable value for the firm’s clients.”
Martin served as managing partner and co-CEO of Antares Capital, LP, a private
By Lisa Lewin, Business Development, Prime Services, BNY Mellon Pershing – We understand that our hedge fund clients face challenges when marketing to the RIA community. Providing a look inside the mind of the adviser is just one of the ways the Prime Services team at BNY Mellon’s Pershing can help fund managers build strategies to help grow their businesses.
I recently had the pleasure of moderating a panel discussion at Pershing’s Alternative Investment Forum, which highlighted the potential benefits of alternative strategies. The event brought together registered investment advisers (RIAs) who were interested in learning more about alternative strategies and
Cowen has dramatically changed its presence in Europe and is aggressively investing in all of its businesses while the likes of Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, and others continue to downsize their operations. In the Prime Brokerage and Outsourced Trading businesses, the firm is planning meaningful expansions for 2020 and beyond. In the former, this effort is aimed at filling the void being created by others, while in the latter the commitment is in response to a sharp increase in demand for such services.
Speaking to Hedgeweek, Jack Seibald, Managing Director, Global Co-Head of Prime Brokerage and Outsourced Trading at Cowen,
According to industry data provider Coalition, the world’s 12 largest investment banks produced USD18.3 billion in prime services revenue last year, up 8.3 per cent on 2017 but despite this the PB arena remains as gladiatorial as ever.
On 7 July, Deutsche Bank announced that it was selling its PB business to BNP Paribas. This has led to a period of uncertainty, during which other bank-owned primes have sought to capitalise; most notably Barclays, which has reportedly attracted USD20 billion of hedge fund assets over to its balance sheet.
As hedge funds continue to deal with their own margin constraints, they
Jamie Stuttard, Head of Global Macro Fixed Income Team at Robeco, comments on the UK election result…
The UK now has a less uncertain landscape for investment, FDI, M&A and private sector spending for the first time since Q2 2017 when the hung parliament that has so dominated headlines, began.
Until yesterday, large hikes in corporation tax, confiscation of shareholdings, nationalisation of utilities and other key infrastructure – even possible financial crisis from unsustainable fiscal plans – were all possible. The tail risk of a return to 1970s economic dysfunction – which led to the UK’s 1976 IMF bailout –
