Newedge has appointed Nicole Wesch as Global Head of Media and Public Relations. Wesch is based in the company’s London office and is responsible for leading Newedge’s PR activities internationally. She reports directly to Kevin Russell, Managing Director and Global
Fiona Le Poidevin, Deputy Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance – the promotional agency for the Island’s finance industry, explores how Guernsey is ideally suited to providing financial products and services for a rapidly developing Russia. Russia straddles Europe and Asia,
Jesús Mardomingo Cozas and Jorge Canta from the Banking Law and Financial Institutions Group at Cuatrecasas, Madrid, outline the changes in Spain. Act 35/2003 on Collective Investment Instit
“It is most welcome to have a dedicated regulatory framework for alternative funds than no framework at all,” comments Lionel Paquin (pictured), head of Lyxor Managed Account Platform (MAP), when discussing the potential impact of the AIFM Directive on the alternatives
Duco, a provider of enterprise data quality and reconciliation services, has added HSBC and Merrill Lynch veteran Spencer Lake as a non-executive director. The company has also significantly bolstered its senior management team with the appointments of Danielle Price as
GAM’s systematic alternative risk premia strategy has won an AUD275 million investment from an Australian superannuation pension fund. GAM’s alternative risk premia strategy typically targets around 15 risk premia strategies across the style categories of value, momentum and carry. The
GSO Capital Partners, the credit business of The Blackstone Group, has held the final closing of the Blackstone/GSO Capital Solutions Fund with total commitments of over USD3.25bn. The fund’s strategy is focused on providing privately negotiated capital solutions to companies
Swisscom Blockchain AG, a joint venture between ex Ernst & Young executives and Swisscom, the Swiss communications giant, have launched their new Digital Asset Custody solution into the global Financial Institution market place. Mark Lally (pictured), Principal Advisor with Swisscom
Vela, an independent provider of trading and market access technology for global multi-asset electronic trading, has partnered with CoinRoutes, a provider of consolidated data, smart order routing & algorithmic trading for crypto investors, to extend the crypto-asset capabilities of the
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged two individuals who provided the biggest influx of investor funds into one of the largest-ever Ponzi schemes in South Florida. The SEC alleges that George Levin and Frank Preve, who live in the
