Crestbridge has appointed former Director General of the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC), John Harris, as non-executive Chairman of the Crestbridge Group, effective 1 January 2019. This newly created role reflects the significant success and growth of the Group, which
JP Morgan Worldwide Securities Services (WSS) has named Kirit Bhatia (pictured) as Head of Technical Sales, Asia ex-Japan, as the firm continues to strengthen its client servicing capabilities and further align its business with its clients’ strategic growth plans. Responsible
Axioma, a provider of enterprise risk management, portfolio management and regulatory reporting solutions, has added a new Emerging Markets risk model (AXEM4) to its Equity Factor Risk Model Suite. AXEM4 incorporates the latest methodologies and research, plus a deep daily
Edward Park, Deputy CIO at Brooks Macdonald, comments on Wednesday parliamentary votes… Wednesday saw many twists as the indicative vote options began to be revealed. Theresa May’s offer to step aside as Prime Minister should backbenchers support her deal initially
RWC Partners is to launch a new fund, the RWC Next Generation Emerging Markets Fund, for its Emerging & Frontier Markets team, after seeing significant interest from investors. The fund will be managed by James Johnstone (pictured), who, together with
361 Capital, a provider of alternative investment portfolios to institutions, financial intermediaries, and high-net-worth investors, has launched two mutual funds built on two of the firm’s existing alternative strategies, the 361 Long/Short Equity Fund and the 361 Managed Futures Strategy
The Isle of Man Financial Supervision Commission has announced that Tynwald, the island’s parliament, has approved the legislative orders required to revamp the jurisdiction’s fund legisla
The Isle of Man has succeeded in attracting Bridge Asset Management, a specialist in emerging markets, to establish operations on the island as part of a strategy led by Isle of Man Financ
By James Williams – In 2009 the BVI, perhaps surprisingly given that its been a long-time member of IOSCO, found itself on an OECD ‘grey list’ of jurisdictions deemed to have done an insufficient amount to implement international standards on
Link Asset Services, part of Link Group (ASK:LNK), a provider of technology-enabled administration solutions, has gone live with the Transfer Agency bank reconciliation module for its fund solutions business in Ireland. Fund Recs Transfer Agency Bank Rec module, part of
