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eVestment, a specialist in institutional investment data and analytics, has appointed Jean-Philippe (JP) Quittot as Managing Director – Head of EMEA based out of the firm’s London office.
Quittot has been with eVestment for over 10 years, initially joining as a sales representative in 2009 and serving most recently as head of sales in the EMEA region.
In his new role as Managing Director – Head of EMEA Quittot will be responsible for overseeing strategic direction and growth in the region, reporting to Jerrod Stoller and Gene Luciani, eVestment’s Co-CEOs based in Atlanta, Georgia.
“JP has extensive knowledge
Acknowledging the growing potential for future disruptions to critical business services that could create market instability, a new white paper from The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has called for establishing business resilience as an industry-wide priority.
In the paper, Resilience First, DTCC says a paradigm shift is required to protect the global financial system from the significant threats posed by cyber-attacks, the rapid development and adoption of new technologies, the increased interconnectedness of the financial ecosystem, and growing industry-wide concentration risks, among other dynamics. Business resilience refers to an organisation’s ability to safeguard its critical services against the
PGIM has secured approval from the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets to operate an Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) from its newly established office in the Netherlands.
The office, based in Amsterdam, acts as the AIFM for its existing Irish alternative investment fund and provides investment management, marketing and distribution services in the European Union.
This newly authorised entity follows the announcement in July 2019 that PGIM Investments, the global manufacturer and fund distributor of PGIM, established operations in Switzerland. It further enhances PGIM’s European footprint, which includes operations in the UK, Germany, France, Ireland and Luxembourg.
CMC Markets has partnered with FX Blue (www.fxblue.com) to provide an extensive range of free tools for clients using the MT4 trading platform. A total of 27 additional applications will be available to any CMC Markets client actively trading across the online platform.
Available add-ons include a correlation matrix and sentiment trader, whilst indicators on offer range from simple order histories and pivot points through to Renko blocks and Keltner channels.
Ryan O’Doherty, Head of Product Development at CMC Markets, says: “Our proprietary and flexible Next Generation platform remains incredibly popular with the vast majority of traders, but we
The Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) is to launch the world’s first offshore Nasdaq-100 index futures contract on 30 September 2019.
Denominated in Taiwan dollars, this new futures contract is based on the Nasdaq-100 index, which is sub-licensed by CME Group for listing on TAIFEX. One of the world’s most frequently-cited technology indexes, the Nasdaq 100® tracks the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on Nasdaq, complementing closely with the strong technology-focus of TAIFEX’s most popular trading products, including TAIEX Futures and TAIEX Options.
The launch of the new contract is TAIFEX’s second collaboration with CME Group, following the launch of
Charles River Development is collaborating with MSCI to integrate MSCI Analytics capabilities with Charles River Investment Management Solution (Charles River IMS).
Charles River clients will be able to use MSCI’s portfolio and risk analytics, enabling access to MSCI’s industry-leading capabilities and content in multiple asset class factor modelling, stress-testing, statistical analysis (VaR), and optimisation. In addition, MSCI Analytics clients can now use Charles River IMS as their single source for portfolio and data modelling needs.
MSCI Analytics provide investment and risk professionals with a common language for identifying and communicating the sources of market, credit, liquidity and counterparty risk
The value of regulated funds serviced in Jersey rose by 7 per cent to a new record high in the first half of 2019, according to the latest figures to be collated by the jurisdiction’s financial regulator the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC).
Figures for the second quarter of 2019 (ending 30 June 2019) show that the net asset value of regulated funds under administration in Jersey grew by GBP22.1 billion over the first six months of the year to stand at GBP342.1 billion, a new record high and a figure that has grown by more than 70 per cent
Suburbia, a technology company specialising in alternative data solutions, today launched its first-ever offering that leverages millions of anonymised transactions across Europe to provide predictive insights into consumer goods companies.
A multi-source platform with granular insights into brand performance, it delivers daily signals on over a hundred publicly listed and large private companies. This data product has been built specifically for hedge funds, asset managers and other institutional investors to generate alpha and manage risk.
“Investors have long been tapping into transactional data to anticipate trends and consumer behaviour,” says Hamza Khan (pictured), CEO, Suburbia. “But we realised most of
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has charged Tate Street Trading of Richmond, Virginia and Leonard J Cipolla of Chesterfield, Virginia, with misappropriating customer funds and fraudulent solicitation in connection with a commodity pool.
The complaint also charges Tate Street and Cipolla with failure to register as a Commodity Pool Operator (CPO) and Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA), respectively.
“As these allegations show, the CFTC is committed to protecting customers from fraud in our markets,” says CFTC Director of Enforcement James McDonald. “We will continue to work in parallel with our law enforcement partners to identify and prosecute the type
Genesis, a specialist in digital currency trading and lending, has acquired the assets of Qu Capital, a New York-based quantitative investment and research firm.
Founded in 2017, Qu Capital has developed trading technology including faster exchange connectivity, improved order routing, and advanced execution tools, and conducted quantitative research on the digital currency market. Qu Capital was co-founded by Alex Price, Lucas Schuermann, and Edward Yu, who met at Columbia University.
“We have been very impressed with the Qu Capital team and believe they will provide key technology enhancements that will benefit our trading and lending clients,” says Michael Moro,
