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ANALEC North America has appointed Richard Marcus as head of sales in North America. He will report to ANALEC CEO Indy Sarker.
ANALEC is a leading financial technology company providing a comprehensive suite of products for the buy- and sell-side enhancing transparency, efficiency and increased productivity within the investment research and client servicing functions. The firm has users of its product suites in the US, Europe, and Asia.
Marcus brings a wealth of software enterprise sales expertise and experience, and will, (through ANALEC’s ResearchWise and ClientManager software) enable banks and brokerages to increase productivity and reduce costs. These goals
- 13/10/2015
BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking today announced that it has hired Wike Groenenberg (pictured) as global head of emerging markets strategy.
Groenenberg will be responsible for strengthening the bank’s emerging markets franchise, combining global intelligence with local expertise in the bank’s research and strategy publications.
Groenenberg, who is based in London, will also drive dialogue with key decision makers including real money investors, absolute-return funds, central banks and policy makers. Additionally, she will lead the global house view on emerging markets internally and externally, co-ordinating the bank’s emerging markets strategy and trade ideas in all relevant regions.
- 13/10/2015
Docupace Technologies has launched its new ePACS AI Solution software, which is designed to streamline the entire alternative investment process while addressing compliance standards.
The ePACS© AI Solution will, automatically generate a tailored list of clients within an advisor’s book of business who are eligible for the public, non-traded alternative investment vehicles available on his or her broker dealer’s platform.
In addition it will ensure that investment recommendations comply with product eligibility and concentration regulations, and reduce paperwork redundancies by incorporating electronic signature functionality.
ePACS AI Solution simplifies the investment process to ensure transactions are processed in a
- 13/10/2015
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has released a white paper today exploring the role of interconnectedness in the transmission of risk and offering practical guidelines for risk management professionals.
Interconnectedness, or the relationship among economic agents that are created through financial transactions and supporting arrangements, is a key dimension of systemic risk and has become a critical topic for market participants and regulators following the 2008 financial crisis.
Most research completed to date has found that financial networks tend to be robust yet fragile, absorbing shocks up to a certain tipping point, and spreading risk beyond this
- 13/10/2015
The Ruddy Law Office, PLLC (`Ruddy Law') is a Washington, DC-based boutique law firm founded by Mark Ruddy in 2001. The firm is primarily comprised of former regulators with the SEC, NFA, and FINRA.
Ruddy Law services a diverse range of clients. The firm has previously received distinction as a "go to" firm for hedge fund startups. At the same time, the practice serves as legal counsel to investment funds with over $1 billion in AUM, brokerage firms, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs from a diverse group of industries. In the hedge fund space, the firm's transactional practice entails investment manager
- 13/10/2015
Although Peregrine only established a US office in New York 14 months ago, the firm has been recognised by readers of Hedgeweek as the runner up Best North American Public Relations Firm for Hedge Funds. Peregrine CEO Anthony Payne said: "We have been engaged with US media since 2002 but it was important for us to be on the ground in New York, the World's hedge fund capital! We are delighted that Hedgeweek readers have shown their support by voting for us and we hope we will deserve to be voted winner next year!"
Since opening doors in the US,
- 13/10/2015
This June saw Hedge Fund Research broaden its suite of indices with the introduction of the HFRL® family of indices, representing the performance of liquid areas of the hedge fund industry. This adds to the existing set of HFRI, HFRX and HFRU indices that are used by global investors and allocators to benchmark their hedge fund performance.
"We are very excited to offer the HFRL Indices," says Kenneth J Heinz (pictured), President of Hedge Fund Research. "The HFRL harnesses the universe of constituent funds from the HFRX to create an intraday performance benchmark, representative of the most liquid components of
- 13/10/2015
Preqin was established 13 years ago, over which time it has evolved to become the pre-eminent data and research provider for the alternative asset management industry. Since day one, Preqin's objective has always been to shine a light on what has, historically, been an opaque industry.
"We are the go-to people for anyone wanting information on alternative assets because of the timeliness, accuracy and breadth of data we provide," comments Amy Bensted (pictured), Head of Hedge Fund Products at Preqin.
With respect to hedge funds, Preqin looks closely at institutional investor activity, as well as fund manager performance, and has built
- 13/10/2015
At New York-headquartered Prosek Partners, the tag line is to "unbox communications" and deliver unique, unconventional strategies for financial firms. At the helm is Managing Partner and CEO Jennifer Prosek, who built Prosek from a small Connecticut PR company to an international communications consultancy with offices in London and a number of key partnerships with agencies in Asia and South America.
Speaking with Hedgeweek, Russell Sherman (pictured), Partner at Prosek, says he is excited by the awakening of the financial PR industry as firms become more receptive to creative PR programmes that go "above and beyond" the traditional programmes typical
- 13/10/2015
New York-based Pulteney Street Capital was established in 2013 by Sean McCooey. Launched in May of 2013, the PSP Multi-Manager Fund (`PSP') is a multi-manager, multi-strategy liquid alternative fund. By using an SMA structure, Pulteney Street is able to monitor portfolios in real time, allowing it to tactically re-allocate capital among managers. Typical investment strategies include: long/short equity, event-driven and liquid credit.
With respect to identifying new managers, emphasis is placed on combining both emerging and established fund managers into the PSP fund. Of the 800 managers that pass the initial screening stage, Pulteney's team then evaluates and performs due
- 13/10/2015
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