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A micro-networking scheme for women in private equity and investment has connected 100 members, six months after launching.
The group helps women in the investment sector make professional connections and aims to establish a supportive network to address gender inequality across the industry.
Kea Clusters are small, unsponsored networking events for women in investment. Each cluster has six to ten members who meet every eight weeks to share professional and personal advice and support.
In an industry where fewer than 10 per cent of senior professionals are women, the scheme has ambitious plans for expansion as it seeks to address
Frederik van Tuyll has been appointed to the Board of the holding company of Ocorian, a provider of bespoke administration and fiduciary services to corporate, institutional and private investors, and will take on the role of Chairman to help support and shape the business in its continued growth phase.
A highly experienced and industry recognised figure, van Tuyl joins Ocorian following a distinguished career having first built a significant owner managed business across the Asia Pacific region, before joining Equity Trust as Head of Asia and then Chief Executive Officer of the group. Following the merger of Equity Trust and TMF Group,
Vistra, a global trust, fund administration and corporate services provider, has appointed Anita Yu as Regional Compliance Director – North Asia, effective immediately.
Anita will be responsible for the strategic direction and implementation of Vistra’s compliance strategy in the region, covering markets including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan. Based in Hong Kong, she will report directly to Chief Compliance Officer Tanya Scott-Tomlin.
Yu is a seasoned compliance professional with 20 years of experience in compliance, business development and client services. She joins Vistra from a global investment management firm with key operations in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, Paris and Dublin. Prior
The State Street Global Investor Confidence Index increased to 79.5 in May, up 6.6 points from April’s revised reading of 72.9.
Confidence among North American and European investors improved, with the North American ICI rising from 71.3 to 76.7, and the European ICI rising from 86.6 to 92.5. By contrast, the Asia ICI dropped by 4.2 points to 88.4.
The Investor Confidence Index was developed by Kenneth Froot and Paul O’Connell at State Street Associates, State Street Global Exchange’s research and advisory services business. It measures investor confidence or risk appetite quantitatively by analysing the actual buying and selling patterns
eXate, a data privacy solutions provider, has joined OpenFin’s growing community of financial institutions and FinTech firms deploying their desktop applications on OpenFin’s OS.
In the analogue world, ink bombs ensure that stolen cash is rendered useless. In the digital world, where data is the new currency, eXate acts like a digital ink bomb and renders data useless upon a breach.
With the implementation of GDPR, eXate enables firms to more easily handle onerous data privacy requirements by allowing sensitive data to be secured, tagged and sharded, and then reconstructed if permitted. The solution allows users to implement a data
KRM22, a technology and software company focused on risk management in capital markets, is to acquire Object+, a risk management and post-trade services technology company for capital markets firms.
Based in the Netherlands with offices in Amsterdam and Chicago, Object+ services global banking and trading firms across Europe, North America and Asia. Its market risk management technology includes real-time P&L and margin management, as well as pre-trade order limit management capabilities.
The acquisition represents another milestone in the evolution of KRM22’s risk management offering. KRM22 offers post-trade market risk solutions through previous acquisitions and partnerships, and adding Object+ capabilities
Saxo Bank, a specialist in online multi-asset trading and investment, is adding a combination order ticket for all clients trading listed options in SaxoTraderGO and SaxoTraderPRO.
Rather than trading options leg-by-leg using multiple trade tickets, clients will be able to execute orders for different legs as one order. The combination order ticket provides Saxo Bank clients with unique opportunities to participate in established option strategies such as straddle, ratio spreads and iron condor. The options strategies are pre-filled and enables traders to simultaneously place orders to buy and/or sell different options from the same order ticket.
Patrice Henault, Saxo’s
Exchange Data International (EDI), a provider of global security corporate actions, pricing and reference data services, has launched its Real Time and Historical FX Feed service in partnership with TraderMade Systems.
Covering 40-plus spot currencies plus gold and silver against major currencies the data feed is sourced from Tier-One banks & Institutions.
Through this collaboration, EDI offers Bid/Ask & Mid prices. Rates are comparable to the EBS reference rate feed for a fraction of the cost of other providers.
Jonathan Bloch (pictured), Chief Executive Officer of EDI says: “We are getting increased demand from our clients for real time and
Christine Trent Parker has joined Reed Smith as a partner resident in the firm’s New York office. Parker joins from Sullivan & Cromwell, where she was a member of its Commodities, Futures and Derivatives, and Capital Markets groups.
Artificial Intelligence-powered hedge fund, Castle Ridge Asset Management Limited (Castle Ridge), has secured a strategic investment from Canaccord Genuity Group (Canaccord Genuity), a global financial services firm that specialises in wealth management and capital markets.
The investment will enable Castle Ridge to expand its distribution channel with Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management, which manages over USD60 billion in client assets in Canada, the UK & Europe and Australia.
Adrian de Valois-Franklin, CEO of Castle Ridge, says: “We are thrilled to be backed by an investor with such global reach. Together, we believe Castle Ridge represents the future of asset management. Our
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