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Fund governance firm DMS Offshore Investment Services (DMS) has appointed Westley Chapman as a Director.
Chapman will serve on the boards of investment funds, providing independent oversight on governance and compliance matters. He will also function as Director, Operational Due Diligence and will be based in New York.
As even more investors continue increasing allocations to private funds, investors and managers are spending more time on operational due diligence reviews, plus facing evaluating even more investment opportunities with less available resources.
DMS Operational Due Diligence aims to ease this burden and part of Chapman's role is to advise investors on
- 02/02/2015
Euronext has appointed Maurice van Tilburg as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Euronext Amsterdam with immediate effect, pending regulatory approvals.
Van Tilburg has almost 20 years’ experience in the exchange sector. Until this appointment, he was Head of Business Projects & Design of the European Equity and Equity Derivatives Markets at Euronext, where he was responsible for the process reform of business initiatives and project delivery of new products and services. Prior to that Mr. Van Tilburg was in charge of issuer support and execution of corporate actions across all Euronext Cash Markets in Europe. Van Tilburg started his career
- 02/02/2015
Misys, the leading financial software company, has signed an agreement with targit GmBH to become a member of the InFusion Partner Programme.
Misys and targit have been collaborating for many years with targit providing consulting, systems integration and project management support within the Germany-Austria-Switzerland region.
targit will focus on supporting the operations of financial institutions, implementing trading systems and risk management utilising the latest market-leading solutions from Misys. targit’s highly-skilled consultants have a deep knowledge of both Misys FusionCapital and FusionRisk, especially around software implementations and upgrades. targit’s product and IT expertise helps customers develop a centralised and
- 02/02/2015
- 02/02/2015
Tradition, an interdealer brokers in over-the-counter commodity and financial products, has hired three experienced market structure professionals to expand its hybrid and electronic businesses.
John Wilson will become Managing Director within Tradition’s Strategy and Business Development unit. A widely respected market professional for over 20 years, Wilson will play a central role in all aspects of Tradition’s strategic, hybrid and electronic initiatives globally.
Prior to joining Tradition, Wilson was Global Head of OTC Clearing at both Newedge and RBS. With extensive buy and sell-side experience, he has represented the industry in EU discussions in relation to cross-border regulatory proposals
- 02/02/2015
Stars were aligned for hedge funds in January, with most strategies ending in the black. The year starts with strong alpha generation and outperformance against major equity indices: the Lyxor HFI Index is up by 1.4% since 1 January, versus -1.2% for the MSCI World. Moreover, we have witnessed above average dispersion between managers. More than 10% of the hedge funds we monitor are close or above the 5% mark YTD. Using risk-adjusted metrics by strategy over a longer term horizon (below), the past 12 months suggest that L/S Equity, in addition to CTAs, has outperformed risk assets.
- 02/02/2015
Net revenues for the NASDAQ OMX group were USD517 million in the fourth quarter of 2014, down 1% from USD520 million in the prior year period, driven by the impact of foreign exchange rates.
On an organic basis, excluding the impact of foreign exchange rates, fourth quarter net revenues increased 3% year-over-year.
"Nasdaq's record profitability resulted from its improved strategic positioning, successfully meeting the evolving demands of our diverse client base, and maintaining the organization's relentless focus on efficiency," says Bob Greifeld, CEO, Nasdaq. "Moreover, the strong results in the fourth quarter, and 2014 overall, were driven by both
- 02/02/2015
Mirabaud Asset Management has recruited André Broijl, Bert Hospers, Sai Kit Lam and George Luijkx from Syntrus Achmea Asset Management to join its fixed income team, led by Andrew Lake, in London.
This move follows a number of high-profile hires over the past 36 months within the asset management division of Mirabaud, as the firm develops its range of capabilities to meet the needs of its wide range of clients. This new credit team has been operating for almost a decade, they have successfully managed over EUR 4 billion of institutional mandates for Dutch pension funds, building one of the
- 30/01/2015
- 30/01/2015
Maples Fund Services has hired Greg Wildes, Senior Vice President – Client Solutions and Relationship Management, to focus on delivering innovative client solutions to new and existing clients.
Based in New York, Wildes will be responsible for managing client relationships and expanding opportunities for continued growth of the fund services business in North America.
Wildes will work closely with Jason Brandt, Regional Head of Fund Services – Americas, and Toni Pinkerton, Global Head of Fund Services, to continue to provide investment managers, institutional investors and family offices custom solutions for their fund administration, middle office and reporting needs. With the
- 30/01/2015
Albert Fried & Company has selected SS&C’s Global Wealth Platform (GWP) to support its growing boutique prime brokerage business.
Albert Fried & Company was looking to gain a competitive advantage by using web-based performance reporting to enhance internal processes and client service. The broker-dealer will use SS&C’s performance and client reporting capabilities as part of a hosted middle- to –back-office platform to provide customers with high quality analysis and reporting.
The software will be deployed on a hosted basis, allowing Albert Fried to minimise internal technology costs while leveraging SS&C’s data management capabilities.
“Over the past several years,
- 30/01/2015
Jersey has affirmed its position as a leading centre for companies looking to list, with the volume and value of Jersey companies listed on exchanges around the world rising significantly in the past 12 months, according to figures collated by Jersey Finance.
The latest figures show that there are now a total of 110 Jersey companies listed on exchanges around the world, reflecting growth of 13% on 2013 figures, whilst the total market capitalisation of those companies rose by around 62% year-on-year to GBP269 billion in 2014.
Of the 110 companies, 57 are quoted on the London Stock Exchange’s (LSE)
- 30/01/2015
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