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French systematic long/short equity hedge fund Quantology Capital Management’s flagship fund ended last month in positive territory, with the market neutral strategy withstanding the sharp stock market reversal during September.
KKR & Co (KKR) has appointed Joe Bae and Scott Nuttall as Co-Chief Executive Officers, while Co-Founders Henry Kravis and George Roberts will remain actively involved as Executive Co-Chairmen of KKR’s Board of Directors.
The leadership transition is effective immediately.
“Whether reflecting on the business, our mission or the team that undertakes it, we are proud of what we have built to support companies and serve our clients over the last four and a half decades. Joe and Scott—over the last 25 years—have played a significant role in that endeavour and in shaping the firm, its culture, and our market
Alternative credit-focused firm Selwood Asset Management has hired former Verrazzano Capital manager Karim Moussalem to launch a new equity long/short strategy.
FundGuard, an AI-powered investment management and asset servicing enterprise SaaS platform, continues its accelerated growth program with the appointment of John Lehner as President.
Lehner, who previously served as Global Head of State Street’s Investment Manager Services and CEO of BNY Mellon Technology Solutions, is responsible for driving the firm’s go-to-market strategy and client-facing activities including broader expansion globally, onboarding and servicing new clients, establishing new client relationships and working closely with product teams to build and roll out product strategy and marketing.
FundGuard helps asset managers and fund administrators to manage mutual funds, ETFs, hedge funds, insurance products, and
Options, a provider of cloud-enabled managed services to the global Capital Markets, has achieved the prestigious VMware Cloud Provider Principal Partner status.
This achievement demonstrates Options’ commitment to providing a modern, Multi-Cloud platform complete with VMware Cloud capabilities, including deployment, integration, and cost-optimisation. The partnership with VMware allows Options to seamlessly integrate with the public cloud, enabling the orchestration of client Multi-Cloud environments with ease. Options has dedicated significant resources to achieving this accolade, with employees attaining over 30 VMware certifications to ensure an industry-leading experience which will benefit their clients.
Options’ President and CEO, Danny Moore, says: “The receipt
SFOX, a digital asset prime broker focused on helping hedge funds embrace and expand crypto trading, has added two former Wall Street trading veterans, Eddy Sfeir and Daniella Gekhtman, to its senior sales team of institutional investors.
ESG analysis is more difficult in private debt but can uncover aspects often overlooked in traditional analysis. Less liquid and transparent, they hold some challenges for investors pursuing environmental, social and governance goals.
With traditional equity and credit returns set for a squeeze, and ESG, Covid-19 and remote working upending the hedge fund industry from both an investment and operations perspective, managers face both considerable challenges and sizable opportunities up ahead, speakers at EisnerAmper’s 6th annual Alternative Investment Summit said this week.
Hedge funds’ performances remained in marginally positive territory throughout September, with year-to-date industry returns staying above 10 per cent heading into the final quarter of 2021, as managers grappled with sharp reversals in equities and fixed income amid heightened inflationary pressures.
Monroe Capital LLC today announced Sweta Chanda has joined the firm as Managing Director, Head of Business Strategy based in the firm’s New York office. She will be responsible for firmwide strategy, product and corporate development, and new initiatives to expand Monroe’s global footprint.
Prior to Monroe, Sweta was a Director at New York Life Investment Management (NYLIM) within the Strategy and M&A team responsible for heading alternative investment strategy, where she helped launch a European Opportunistic Credit Fund, European CLO platform, GP Stakes Fund, and a Social Impact Fund amongst other strategic business development and growth opportunities for NYLIM.
