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AkinovA Limited has selected Aquis Technologies, the financial and regulatory technologies arm of Aquis Exchange, to be part of its marketplace technology stack.
AkinovA and Aquis Technologies have already developed specific functionalities and services for use in AkinovA’s electronic marketplace for the transfer and trading of (re)insurance risks. AkinovA is incorporating Aquis’ suite of exchange technologies and services, including the market-leading Aquis Matching Engine (AME) together with its state-of-the-art Aquis Market Surveillance (AMS) system. Assistance in the post trade environment will involve reporting and a first line surveillance service.
Aquis will supply AkinovA with an institutional grade, high speed,
Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ: HLNE) has expanded its Business Development team, with the appointment of Jean Reynolds as Head of Consultant Relations and Stephanie Strid Davis as Principal of Intermediary Sales.
In their roles, Reynolds will focus on developing and managing relationships with the consultant community globally, while Davis will focus on financial intermediaries and platforms including broker dealers, wirehouses, RIAs and private banks. Both Reynolds and Davis are based in the firm’s Bala Cynwyd headquarters and report to Stephen Brennan, Hamilton Lane’s Global Head of Business Development.
“As the private markets continue to develop in complexity and scope, we’re
Nut Tree Capital Management (Nut Tree), one of the alternative managers within Investcorp’s Hedge Fund Partnership platform, has reached USD1 billion in assets under management. Investcorp first announced its strategic relationship with Nut Tree in late 2015.
“We congratulate the talented team at Nut Tree for achieving this notable milestone,” says Lionel Erdely (pictured), Head and Chief Investment Officer, Absolute Return Investments at Investcorp. “From the first day we met Jed and his team back in 2015, we have been confident in the firm’s holistic approach across the capital structure, focus on fundamental research and portfolio construction, and deep experience
Prestige Funds, a provider of private finance to the UK’s agriculture, clean energy and SME markets, has completed a GBP14.7 million funding deal to finance an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Kent.
The deal is the latest in a long series of financing agreements to fund anaerobic digestion facilities in the UK, which are helping farms and food business to process waste into energy. Prestige, via its specialist asset backed lending funds, provides funding for loans. The latest project, which is being managed by dedicated Finance Arranger and Project Manager Privilege Finance, part of the Prestige group of companies, is
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced a whistleblower award totalling more than USD2 million to be paid to an individual whistleblower.
The CFTC granted the whistleblower’s award application for both a CFTC action and a related action brought by another federal regulator. In ordering the award, the CFTC recognises the contribution of a whistleblower in providing critical information through independent analysis of market data.
James McDonald, Director of CFTC’s Division of Enforcement, says: “The Commission is dedicated to working cooperatively with other federal regulators, and this case highlights how successful we can be when we appropriately share
ACA Compliance Group’s Head of Prudential Practice, Michael Chambers, comments on the agreement struck last week by the EU for new prudential rules for investment firms across Europe…
New agreement heralds tighter controls for financial firms operating in the EU
Having tracked the development of the new prudential framework for a number of years, it is promising to see that it’s approaching finalisation. We await further news to see which of the amendments proposed by the Parliament and Council make it into the adopted version.
While Brexit impacts all existing and developing EU legislation, it is highly unlikely that the UK will
PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, established a new monthly record on its TTF spot market in February with 47.97 TWh, eclipsing the previous high mark of 46.53 TWh set in January.
The total volume traded in February amounted to 182.5 TWh on the PEGAS platform, including 120.8 TWh on the spot and 61.8 GWh on the futures segments, which represents an increase of 4 per cent over last year (February 2018: 174.9 TWh).


Overall spot trading volumes in February reached 120.8 TWh , up 7 per cent from last year (February 2018: 112.4 TWh). With
ARI Network Services (ARI), a provider of software and marketing solutions to dealers, equipment manufacturers and distributors in select vertical markets, has secured a strategic growth investment from TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm.
True Wind Capital, a San Francisco-based private equity firm that completed a take-private transaction of ARI in August 2017, will remain the largest shareholder in the company. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 1981, ARI provides lead-generation, e-commerce, digital marketing, electronic catalog and dealer management solutions to dealers in end markets such as power sports, outdoor power equipment, marine,
Emerging markets (EM) L/S Equity strategies remain cautious regarding the sustainability of the rally in EM assets, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team.
Managers report that good news tend to be priced in with EM valuations back in their medium range. They are not convinced that global growth bottomed for good. They are also concerned that political uncertainties will continue to make stock picking opportunities vulnerable.
In contrast, EM top-down and credit strategies largely turned bullish on EM markets. Managers report that positive economic surprises in China are only at their beginning. They expect
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) increased volumes on its power derivatives markets by 31 per cent to 359.3 TWh in February (February 2018: 274.3 TWh).
In particular, significant increases in the German Phelix-DE product (248.4 TWh, + 62 per cent) as well as in the Spanish market (13.1 TWh, +56 per cent) contributed to this development. Volumes in the Dutch market more than doubled to 4.0 TWh (February 2018: 1.6 TWh). In the Central and South-Eastern European (CSEE) markets, EEX almost tripled its trading volumes year-on-year to 14.0 TWh (February 2018: 4.9 TWh).
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