genesis, an international capital markets software firm, has made two senior hires following a sustained period of growth and investment. Simon McDowell has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer and Darren Newby joins as Solutions Director, to support the company’s long
Equity portfolio trading portal BidRoute has gone live to coincide with the introduction of the European Union’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, which requires dealers to be ab
CBOE Holdings is to launch futures and options on the CBOE Russell 2000 Volatility Index in the coming weeks. CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) will begin trading the futures (VU) on 18 November, and Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) plans to
BTIG has appointed Jennifer Bloom and Rachel Lucas, Managing Directors, as Co-Heads of US Capital Introduction. Bloom and Lucas have been instrumental in building the Capital Introduction business, holding key leadership roles within the division for nearly a decade. In
The SEC has issued and settled charges against professional boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr and music producer Khaled Khaled, known as DJ Khaled, for failing to disclose payments they received for promoting investments in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). These are the SEC’s
The Managed Funds Association (MFA) has released its first application on the iTunes App Store, the Hedge Fund Investor Map, giving policy makers, media, and the general public a powerful tool to track the impact and imprint of hedge funds
Henderson Global Investors has appointed Stephen Thariyan as head of credit, in charge of the firm’s 17-strong credit alpha team of portfolio managers and credit analysts responsible for m
The recent losses posted by Greater China equity fund managers nearly depleted their relative outperformance over their North American counterparts accumulated since the end of 2016, according to figures released by Eurekhedge. Owing to the underlying regional equity market rally,
ZEDRA, a global provider of trust, corporate and fund services, has acquired the JP Integra Group (JP Integra), a Cayman-based provider of fund, corporate and trustee services. JP Integra, which currently has in excess of USD6 billion in assets under
Grey, a global advertising and marketing organisations, has partnered with Meyler, a marketing/placement agency focused exclusively on the alternative investment sector. “The alternative investment sector really is one of the few remaining industries that has not fully embraced marketing, which
