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Drooms, a provider of virtual data rooms in Europe, and Oodrive, a European specialist in sensitive data management, have formed a strategic partnership and will market their joint solution in their respective markets: France and French-speaking territories for Oodrive, and Germany and German-speaking territories for Drooms.
Oodrive, a French specialist in highly-secure collaboration and electronic signature solutions, meets the highest French and international certification standards and requirements with regards to sensitive data processing. It provides a solution in over 90 countries and for over 15,000 customers, including BNP Paribas, Banque de France, Axa, DGA, Air Liquide, Airbus, Kering, Air France
AKJ Crypto, a full-service platform for crypto hedge funds, is bringing institution-grade services and support to the world of digital asset management.
The firm has been onboarding the first wave of funds onto the platform and has seen the strong interest as an indication of the fundamental market opportunity for crypto. As far as the recent downturn in crypto assets is concerned, Neal Mitra (pictured), AKJ Crypto CEO sees this as a sign of growing maturity in the sector.
“The initial enthusiasm for digital assets was driven at the retail level and had outpaced the development of the market itself.
Conyers has appointed Nicholas Pattman as a Partner in the Corporate practice in the Cayman Islands. Pattman advises on a broad range of corporate and finance matters with particular experience in venture capital, private equity and hedge funds.
“With a move to new offices, new branding for the firm and some recent key strategic hires, it is an exciting time to join Conyers in Cayman. I am looking forward to collaborating with colleagues and offices from across the network and playing a part in the continued growth and overall success of the firm,” says Pattman.
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Quantitative asset manager Trowbridge Capital Partners (TCP) has made its strategies available through the Adhesion Wealth Advisor Solutions’ (Adhesion) managed accounts platform.
The Trowbridge Dynamic Alpha and Dynamic Low Volatility Investment Solutions have been added to the Adhesion Model eXchange (AMX).
“Trowbridge’s Dynamic Alpha and Dynamic Low Volatility is a great addition to our AMX lineup, further expanding the options available to advisors utilising our personalised UMA platform,” says Barrett Ayers, President of Adhesion. “The unique process and quantitative risk management will be a great asset for our advisors as they work to help their clients reach their financial goals.
Purpose Investments (Purpose) has launched the Purpose Enhanced Premium Yield Fund providing investors with a new way to access an alternative-income strategy.
Purpose has completed the initial public offering of the fund which is now trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange nder the ticker symbol “PAYF.” The Fund is also available in mutual fund versions.
“We built PAYF for investors familiar with our PYF strategy and in search of greater yield. At its core, PAYF thoughtfully writes put options and is prepared to hold the underlying equity. It allows investors to access the options market without having to develop deep
Independent financial risk advisor JCRA has launched Ada, a new digital financial risk management portal for finance directors, portfolio managers and accounting teams.
Ada provides real-time access to debt and derivative portfolios and treasury and accounting reports. Ada is named after Ada Lovelace, the 19th-century British mathematician and computer pioneer whose former home at 12 St James’s Square in London is the European headquarters of JCRA.
Through Ada, clients can quickly access an overview of debt and derivative instruments in their portfolio or drill down into individual entities and instruments to the mark-to-market (MtM) value. Clients are further able
IHS Markit, a specialist in critical information, analytics and solutions, is to exchange the majority of the IHS Markit Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) intelligence business for Informa’s Agribusiness Intelligence group.
“This agreement is very positive for both IHS Markit and Informa, increasing the focus of each company on core markets where it has particular strengths and a long-term commitment to invest and grow,” say Lance Uggla (pictured), and CEO of IHS Markit and Stephen A Carter, Group Chief Executive, Informa PLC.
Uggla says: “The Informa Agribusiness Intelligence portfolio is a clear extension of our Chemical and Downstream businesses and
Almost three quarters (71 per cent) of asset managers believe that using alternative data gives them an investing edge over competitors, according to a new study by Greenwich Associates commissioned by business information provider IHS Markit.
Some 74 per cent of firms surveyed agreed that alternative data is starting to have a big impact on institutional investing, demonstrating its valuable explanatory power to both quantitative and fundamental investment models.
Around half of investment managers are currently using alternative data with another quarter planning to do so in the next 12 months, according to the research.
Nearly 30 per cent of quantitative
BrokerTec, a provider of electronic trading platforms and technology services in fixed income markets, is launching BrokerTec Quote, a new dealer-to-client Request for Quote (RFQ) trading solution for the European Repo market.
Launching in the second quarter of 2019 (subject to regulatory approval), BrokerTec Quote will provide market participants trading European Repo with a new, enhanced RFQ capability, providing a more intuitive and efficient means of trading. This will enable participants to make more informed trading decisions and will provide significant enhancements to negotiation and execution.
BrokerTec Quote will be available for the trading of European Sovereign Debt, UK Gilts
Mariner Investment Group, a global alternative asset manager and subsidiary of ORIX Corporation USA (ORIX USA), has appointed Edward G (EG” Fisher III, as co-Chief Investment Officer (CIO) and head of liquid market strategies.
Mariner founder Bill Michaelcheck will assume the role of co-Chief Investment Officer and continue with his responsibilities as lead portfolio manager for Mariner’s flagship multi-strategy hedge fund as will Matt Shulman in his role as deputy portfolio manager.
Fisher has more than 29 years of industry experience and 18 years of proprietary trading experience. He joins Mariner from BNY Mellon Bank where he was Managing
