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Saxo Markets UK Ltd, the UK subsidiary of Saxo Bank A/S, has appointed Charlie White-Thomson as a non-executive director.
White-Thomson brings more than 20 years of experience in financial services, including both developed and emerging equity markets. Having served in several senior management positions, he has a proven track-record of navigating through changing and competitive markets with a clear focus on scaling business models, while improving client experiences.
Andrew Edwards, CEO, Saxo Markets UK, says: “We are pleased to welcome Charlie to the board of Saxo Markets UK. He is a highly accomplished senior executive and will further strengthen
Fulcrum Asset Management (Fulcrum) has appointed Panos Dafas as Research Director in the firm’s quant and systematic team.
Dafas has more than 15 years’ experience, gained from Aspect Capital, where he was Principal Researcher and Portfolio Manager of the Absolute Return Programme with responsibility for the ongoing development of Aspect’s managed futures and alternative risk premia quantitative investment strategies.
At Fulcrum he will be at the forefront of developing the next generation of products, not only in the pure systematic arena but also in the hybrid space, combining discretionary and systematic strategies.
Andrew Stevens, CEO, Fulcrum Asset Management,
Active investment manager Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) has launched the Allianz US Micro Cap Equity Fund, which will be available as an OEIC (Open Ended Investment Company).
The fund aims to provide UK investors with access to US micro-cap equities which, as an asset class, have a strong performance history. The asset class’s strong total return can be explained by inefficient information flow, lack of institutional investor presence, and significant company level growth opportunities.
The fund’s objective is long-term capital appreciation, achieved by investing in companies undergoing positive fundamental change. Specifically, these are transformative company initiatives or industry growth
SYZ Asset Management, the institutional arm of SYZ Group, has established its total return strategies team under the leadership of chief economist Adrien Pichoud, who now takes the role of head of total return strategies.
The team will incorporate and enhance SYZ AM’s multi-asset, fixed income and equity premia portfolio range.
The investment philosophy of flexible asset allocation, disciplined risk management and liquidity remains at the heart of the proposition, while the combined expertise of the multi-asset, fixed income and global equity teams will benefit total return strategies. The new team will also be supported by quantitative analysis insights across
Fund managers may be unaware as to exactly where and how much money is being spent with brokers due to a failure to fully review all their relationships qualitatively and quantitatively.
That’s according to new research from OpenGamma, which reveals that despite the majority of fund managers having formal broker review processes in place, a mere 11 per cent assess how all their brokers are actually performing.
The study, carried out over a two-month period across 22 investment management firms, also looks at whether or not fund managers are calculating the implicit costs of trading. The findings showed that
Volante Technologies, a specialist in financial message automation and end-to-end payments processing – from capture through to clearing – has made two senior strategic hires to drive the continued growth of the company.
Executive in Residence and Non-Executive Board Director Harp Grewal has now been appointed COO with responsibility for managing and delivering on the Company’s growth.
Deepak Gupta, Chief Architect of Oracle’s hosted business and founder of Peoplesoft’s hosted business, has taken on the role of Global Head of Software as a Service (SaaS). Joining Harp and Deepak are a select group of senior hires with significant experience
Alpha FMC (Alpha), a specialist in asset and wealth management consulting, has appointed Paul Tan as a Director for its Asia Pacific regional team. Tan brings 15 years of experience to Alpha FMC, having worked in global, regional and domestic financial institutions across Asia.
Tan’s expertise spans operating model design, business development strategy as well as distribution and client experience management. Alpha’s APAC asset and wealth management team is already on an accelerated growth trajectory and Tan will help to expand Alpha’s Asia offices, a rapidly growing regional business.
Prior to his appointment, Tan spent five years at Greenwich
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) increased its volume on the power derivatives market by 4 per cent in August to 282.2 TWh compared to the previous year (August 2018: 271.3 TWh).
The Dutch power market recorded the largest growth rate of 62 per cent with a volume of 2.1 TWh (August 2018: 1.3 TWh). On the markets for Central- and South-Eastern Europe, trading volumes increased by 50 per cent to 15.5 TWh (August 2018: 10.4 TWh). The German Phelix-DE market contributed the largest share to the overall volume at 193.8 TWh and a year-on-year increase of 28 per cent (August
Tikehau Capital, an alternative asset management and investment group, and T&D Insurance Group, a major Japanese insurance company, have agreed to enter into a business and capital alliance.
T&D Insurance Group is one of the largest life insurance groups in Japan in terms of market shares and operates three life insurance companies each deploying a unique business model with distinct target markets, sales channels and products. T&D Insurance Group also operates an asset management subsidiary, T&D Asset Management, focused on investment trust and investment advisory activities.
This agreement enables Tikehau Capital to enhance its presence in Japan, following the opening
Alpha FMC (Alpha), a specialist in asset and wealth management consulting, has appointed Paul Tan as a Director for its Asia Pacific regional team. Tan brings 15 years of experience to Alpha FMC, having worked in global, regional and domestic financial institutions across Asia.
Tan’s expertise spans operating model design, business development strategy as well as distribution and client experience management. Alpha’s APAC asset and wealth management team is already on an accelerated growth trajectory and Tan will help to expand Alpha’s Asia offices, a rapidly growing regional business.
Prior to his appointment, Tan spent five years at Greenwich
