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William Blair Investment Management (WBIM) has launched an Absolute Return Currency SICAV strategy, which maintains long and short exposures across a broad universe of currencies with a view to profit from FX movements.
Employing an actively managed approach, the Absolute Return Currency Fund will include exposures to more than 30 currencies from developed and developing economies.
The portfolio will be managed by WBIM’s Dynamic Allocation Strategies (DAS) team, overseen by Brian Singer, CFA, Partner, Portfolio Manager and Head of the DAS team, and Thomas Clarke, Partner and Portfolio Manager.
The Fund aims to act as a diversifying complement
Horizon Software (Horizon), a SaaS provider of electronic trading solutions and algorithmic technology, has appointed Stéphane Sebah as Senior Business Development Manager, as part of its growing EMEA sales team.
Sebah brings with him over eighteen years of solid experience in the financial sector and will be tasked with addressing the markets’ challenges efficiently by accelerating the business growth of Horizon software in the region.
Horizon has witnessed a rapid growth in the EMEA region, which is an important development goal for Horizon moving forward. Having previously worked as a sales broker in the European indices for 10 years
The SBAI, a global alliance of alternative investment managers and allocators and custodian of the Alternative Investments Standards, has released the next instalment of its work on Responsible Investment.
A toolkit for asset managers and allocators on the practical implementation of responsible investment in different alternative investment strategies and asset classes. Four strategy specific publications can be found in their Responsible Investment Toolbox.
Much of the guidance provided for implementation of responsible investment is geared towards long only equity portfolios. Whilst there are some elements that are transferable to other alternative asset classes, there are many additional considerations dependent on
Vinod Paul, Chief Operating Officer at Align, the global provider of technology infrastructure solutions, has been accepted into Forbes Technology Council, an invitation-only community for world-class CIOs, CTOs and technology executives.
Paul was vetted and selected by a review committee based on the depth and diversity of his experience. Criteria for acceptance include a track record of successfully impacting business growth metrics, as well as personal and professional achievements and honours.
“We are honored to welcome Vinod into the community,” says Scott Gerber, founder of Forbes Councils, the collective that includes Forbes Technology Council. “Our mission with Forbes Councils is
Crestbridge has appointed Mike Edward as Chief People Officer.
In his role, Edward will be responsible for the implementation of strategic and practical plans to support Crestbridge’s international growth objectives in order to meet evolving compliance, regulatory and legislative obligations across each of Crestbridge’s eight jurisdictions.
With a career in human resources spanning more than two decades, Edward has particular expertise in devising strategies and techniques to support change and culture management and he originally joined Crestbridge on a consultancy basis, with a remit to manage a series of major HR projects. Prior to joining Crestbridge Mike worked in a
Boston-headquartered Invenomic Capital Management has launched a new UCITS version of its US-focused long/short equities strategy.
As the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) begins in Glasgow this weekend, hedge fund managers remain evenly split over the incorporation of ESG (environmental, social and governance) factors and sustainability metrics into their investment processes, according to a new poll.
Pico, a provider of technology, data and analytic services for the financial markets community, has enhanced its Corvil Analytics offering for electronic financial markets with the launch of a new flagship appliance, the Corvil 10000.
In today’s competitive, complex and evolving trading environment, Pico believes that maintaining performant trading infrastructure and robust monitoring systems for network transparency and data insights is paramount. The exponential increase in trading and data volumes, particularly since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, has accelerated this need for higher capacity infrastructure with up to four times faster initial uptake for 100Gbps deployments when compared to
British macro analytics firm Quant Insight (Qi), the new quantitative financial market analytics and trading insights provider, has made a major expansion across Europe and the Middle Eastern (ME) territories, opening a new headquarters based in Limassol, Cyprus, in the Cedars Oasis Tower.
FX trading is often seen as the poor cousin of equities when it comes to establishing and retaining a relationship with prime brokers (PBs); yet FX traders need access to services and liquidity just the same. One way for funds to access these requirements is the prime of prime model.
