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Global funds transaction network Calastone has appointed James Donaldson as Chief Financial Officer.
Donaldson brings significant experience to Calastone having previously served as Chief Financial Officer of the Soros-backed digital solutions provider Ciklum, leading all aspects of finance, corporate development, legal and compliance.
Prior to this he worked for the Travelocity Group in numerous roles, including Global CFO, but also as COO for Europe and Asia, and CFO for lastminute.com, managing all aspects of financial control, planning, and compliance. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1995.
With the recent launch of Calastone’s blockchain-enabled Distributed Market Infrastructure for funds, Donaldson
TradingScreen (TS) an all-asset class order and execution management system (EMS) has announced a certified integration with thinkFolio, IHS Markit’s investment management platform.
The integration of TradingScreen with thinkFolio ensures that mutual clients benefit from a standardised and certified interface between the two platforms which will provide scalability and reduce costs. The certification offers thinkFolio clients access to TradingScreen’s EMS functionality that can be quickly adopted as a SaaS platform.
“We are excited to announce our certified integration with IHS Markit’s thinkFolio,” says Varghese Thomas (pictured), Chief Operating Officer at TradingScreen. “This development will allow thinkFolio clients to leverage
EDI has launched a newly designed website and refreshed branding, with the aim of creating a user-friendly browsing experience for users.
EDI says the website has a sleek, intuitive design and consistent site-wide navigation system with improved menu functionality that directs users to the most relevant information and product.
EDI has also introduced a search bar where users can browse products based on what data they are looking for by country and exchange or directly by product.
The website is designed to be fully responsive with mobile devices and tablets, making it easy to navigate on a wide range of
MJ Hudson, an asset management consultancy, has acquired Spring Associates Responsible Investment Service, an ESG (environmental, social and governance) consultancy and reporting business, based in Amsterdam.
This acquisition follows MJ Hudson’s establishment, in January, of a legal practice in Milan, and the acquisition of North American and European data & analytics and benchmarking specialist, Amaces, in December.
The deal is MJ Hudson’s first acquisition in the ESG sector, although it has been advising its clients on ESG factors for a number of years and recently produced a widely read guide on implementing ESG policies in private equity. The ‘MJ Hudson
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 1.62 per cent in June, barely outperforming the 1.61 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index.
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index family is a joint offering between Wilshire Funds Management, the global investment management business unit of Wilshire Associates, and Wilshire Analytics, creator of the Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index.
“Risk assets traded in a mixed manner during the second quarter as the market processed ongoing international trade relations, economic growth and th e Federal
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for June 2019 measured 1.67 per cent.
Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index declined 1.28 per cent in July.
“Given that the month of July typically produces net outflows, SS&C GlobeOp’s Capital Movement Index of -1.28 per cent for July 2019 should be viewed as a favourable result. For example, on a year-over-year basis, the -1.28 per cent reported for July 2019 is markedly better than the -1.92 per cent reported for the same period a year ago for July 2018, and in fact, represents
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has published the revised 2019 calendar as well as the new 2020 calendar for the auctioning of EU emission allowances (EUA) in coordination with the European Commission, the EU Member States and the EEA EFTA states auctioning on the common auction platform (CAP2) as well as with the German and Polish competent authorities.
The 2019 auction calendar has been adjusted for the period from September to December 2019 in accordance with the Auctioning Regulation due to the operation of the Market Stability Reserve (MSR) taking into account the publication of the 2018 total number of
For a third straight year, the US insurance industry as a whole pulled back from hedge fund investments, by roughly USD2 billion in 2018 to USD14.4 billion, with the life/annuity segment reporting a year-over-year reduction of more than 18 per cent, the largest among the major industry segments, according to an AM Best special report.
The new Best’s Special Report, titled, “Life Insurers Continue to Reduce Hedge Fund Investments,” states that the life/annuity segment cut its hedge fund holdings to USD5.8 billion in 2018 from USD7.0 billion in the previous year, and from USD14.2 billion in 2015. The property/casualty segment
The Abbey Capital Futures Strategy Fund (ABYIX), a multi-manager managed futures fund providing bi-directional exposure to equity indices, commodities, bonds, interest rates and foreign exchange through segregated managed accounts, has secured a 4-Star Overall Morningstar Rating among 96 rated Managed Futures Funds for the period ending 30 June 2019.
The fund was previously awarded a Morningstar Bronze Analyst Rating in August 2016.
ABYIX has an annualised return of 3.73 per cent over the five-year period ending 30 June 2019.
“We are delighted to reach this significant milestone and receive a Morningstar 4-Star Rating,” says Abbey Capital CIO & CEO Tony
INTL FCStone has executed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire outsourced trading firm Fillmore Advisors.
This news follows-on from the announcement that INTL launched a Prime Brokerage division in April of this year – with Fillmore Advisors now becoming an extension of that offering. This transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval, is effective on closing.
Fillmore Advisors is an independent firm and a leading provider of outsourced trading solutions and operational consulting to institutional asset managers. The firm, headquartered in Park City, Utah, is composed of traders with deep global expertise encompassing both buy-side and sell-side experience. Institutional
