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The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and Alternative Credit Council (ACC) have cautiously welcomed the Capital Market Union (CMU) initiatives proposed by the European Commission.
Capital markets play a key role in funding and supporting sustainable economic growth across the EU. These proposals are a signal that the EU is committed to enhancing the role of market-based finance in the European economy.
The much-needed ELTIF reforms, for which AIMA and the ACC advocated, will support greater investment in the real economy and provide European SMEs with a new source of long-term growth capital. The proposals on market data transparency
EFAMA has welcomed the European Commission’s review of the Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive (AIFMD), setting out targeted improvements to key provisions in the current framework.
Such targeted improvements will make strides in advancing the Capital Markets Union. At the same time, they maintain the framework which has underpinned a decade of growth in the European Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) market and proven resilient even throughout recent market stresses.
Tanguy van de Werve, EFAMA Director General, says: “Tweaking a successful framework is a science in its own right and requires measured judgement and data-based input from relevant sources. If
ALFI has issued a statement following the publication of a draft directive amending Directive 2011/61/EU on Alternative Investment Fund Managers and of a draft regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2015/760 on European Long-Term Investment Funds.
The European Commission published a legislative package aimed at revising the regulatory framework for managers of alternative investment funds (AIFMD) and European long-term investment funds (ELTIF Regulation).
Following dedicated consultations a year ago, the European Commission has submitted concrete recommendations for changes, which will be considered in the coming weeks by both the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, before trilogue negotiations may begin.
Stableton Financial AG (Stableton), a European Fintech platform for alternative investments, has hired Freddie Cunningham as Head of Sales.
Cunningham’s appointment aims to broaden Stableton’s fast growth and distribution capabilities further and prepare its international expansion upon its Series A funding round.
In this newly created position, Cunningham will report to Stableton’s Chief Revenue Officer Igor Shelemetiev and will be responsible for Stableton’s global sales, distribution and client service activities. He will head the respective teams that focus on servicing financial intermediaries, institutional and private investors.
Before joining Stableton, Cunningham was the Zurich-based Head of EMEA for i2i Logic, a
Financial software company NeoXam has strengthened its ties with Refinitiv to provide market participants with greater choice and simplification over their data.
Refinitiv will be providing reference, pricing, ESG, regulatory and tax data sets and more, while NeoXam will be disseminating and providing quality control through its NeoXam DataHub platform. The partnership enables financial institutions to seamlessly connect to key data sources without putting additional strain on IT infrastructure.
Through the NeoXam DataHub, asset managers and other market participants can connect to new data sources in much less time and at less cost compared to legacy data management or
Digital token trading platform Bitfinex has launched a Financial Information eXchange (FIX) gateway, a message routing service using the FIX protocol that enables high-speed connectivity to the exchange, amid a surge in demand for high-speed connectivity among the exchange’s growing user base.
FIX is a language used extensively by institutional customers and trading platforms to communicate trade information. The non-proprietary, free and open standard is constantly being developed to support evolving business and regulatory needs, and is used by thousands of firms every day to complete millions of transactions.
Bitfinex’s launch of a FIX Gateway will enable institutional customers
More than one-in-four hedge fund managers are expecting to increase their exposure to cryptocurrencies in the next one to two years, according to the 2021 EY Global Alternative Fund Survey.
Golding Capital Partners, a European independent asset managers for alternative investments, is combining all of its ESG functions into a new position filled by Christian Schütz, who will be the central liaison officer for implementing the company’s ambitious sustainability goals both internally and with regard to its investments.
Alter Domus, a provider of integrated solutions for the alternative investment industry, is enhancing its European service offering by making substantial investments in its central operations.
The initiative is focused on building additional technology capability, expanding its European footprint, and continuing to recruit exceptional, multilingual talent to support Alter Domus in providing corporate and fund services to investors and managers in private equity, real assets, and debt capital markets.
At the core of its EUR50 million investment is technology. Alter Domus is pursuing an ambitious digital agenda in software development, network and infrastructure, security and systems engineering, and quality
Quantile Technologies (Quantile), a provider of multilateral optimisation services, has appointed Guido Van Ingen as Head of the Netherlands and Relationship Management.
Van Ingen, who took up the position in November 2021 and reports directly to Andrew Williams, CEO, has over 20 years’ experience in Financial Markets. He started his career at ABN Amro Bank NV, before joining Merrill Lynch as Pan European Equity Sales Director where he was responsible for sales to institutional clients in the Benelux region.
Van Ingen then spent 10 years working at ING, as Head of Financial Markets Corporate Sales EMEA and as Head of
