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Estera, a leading global provider of funds, corporate and trust services, has appointed Ethan Levner as Group Head of Funds, with overall responsibility for funds operations across the 11 jurisdictions the business operates in.
Estera is a specialist in fund administration and associated services. It provides a full range of administration services to a wide variety of blue-chip companies across asset classes including private equity, property, debt and funds listed on the LSE and TISE.
Levner has assumed this role in addition to his responsibilities as Managing Director of Estera Guernsey and Group Head of Corporate Development.
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The Market’s Compass (TMC), a provider of technical research and consulting services, is making its suite of ETF studies available to institutional investors, registered investment advisers, hedge funds and individual investors.
“A quantitative model like this has never been seen in the market, making it both unique and valuable to our clients,” says Timothy Brackett, Founder and CEO of TMC. “Together with my team we have developed a proprietary technical ranking system, that combines unexampled data visualisation and time-honoured technical tools.”
Mathew Verdouw, CMT, CFTe, CEO of Optuma, says: ”Tim Brackett is an incredible Technical Analyst who has dedicated the
Opus Fund Services has officially launched its European fund administration business based in Dublin, Ireland having secured authorisation by the Central Bank of Ireland under the Investment Intermediaries Act.
Launched in 2006, the Opus proprietary based technology has, to date, focused on the US market, adding 183 new funds across 133 new clients in 2018 alone.
Irish Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Heather Humphreys says: “I am delighted that Opus has obtained Central Bank authorisation, which will see them open up their new European office in Dublin. Ireland is now a major player in International Financial Services and we welcome
PanXchange, an OTC exchange and price discovery platform for physical commodities, is to distribute its proprietary pricing data for hydraulic fracturing proppants, better known as frac sand, through Quandl, a provider of financial and alternative data for financial professionals.
PanXchange provides the industry’s de facto benchmark prices for frac sand, considered by many to be a primary economic indicator. In addition, PanXchange currently offers an OTC marketplace for frac sand, allowing buyers and sellers to communicate directly as they navigate a 120 million-ton market.
Quandl, owned by Nasdaq, delivers financial, economic and alternative datasets to over 400,000 users, which include
Hauck & Aufhäuser, via its subsidiary Hauck & Aufhäuser Fund Services in Luxembourg, has acquired a majority stake in Crossroads Capital Management Limited (CCM).
CCM is a well-established Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) and a UCITS management company based in Dublin, Ireland, specialising in a range of services for investment managers and fund promoters in Europe.
The acquisition which is subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Ireland adds an international component to the product portfolio of the core business segment Asset Servicing. After completion of the transaction, Hauck & Aufhäuser’s assets under control will amount to
Crestbridge has established a branch of its Luxembourg Management Company (ManCo) in London as the business seeks to cement ties between the UK and Luxembourg and secure new opportunities post-Brexit.
The move comes after Crestbridge received formal regulatory approval to establish a branch of its EU-based ManCo, the ‘Crestbridge Management Company SA’, in London.
Operating out of Crestbridge’s existing London office in Mayfair, the branch is intended to act as a convenient point of contact for London fund managers making use of or exploring the potential offered by an EU ManCo as part of their European market access strategy.
Tishman Speyer has agreed a lease with Capital Fund Management for space at Smithson Plaza, a refurbished estate at 23-27 St James’s Street, previously known as ‘The Economist Plaza’.
Founded in 1991, Capital Fund Management (CFM) is an alternative investment manager and a pioneer in applying quantitative and systematic trading strategies to capital markets across the globe.
Designed by renowned architects Peter and Alison Smithson and completed in 1964, Smithson Plaza comprises three mixed-use buildings (Tower Building, Bank Building and Residential Building) totalling approx. 81,000 sq ft arranged around an elegant central plaza.
Following the acquisition of the estate in
CryptoCompare, a provider of cryptocurrency data and indices, has launched its first cryptocurrency Exchange Benchmark, which ranks over 100 active spot exchanges globally, offering investors and traders a comprehensive, granular and reliable source of information on the best trading venues.
Over the past year, a growing body of research has found that a significant number of cryptoasset exchanges are wash trading and using incentivised trading schemes to inflate volumes. The CryptoCompare Exchange Benchmark shows the problem has been getting worse with lower quality exchanges (ranked C-F1) increasing market share by 30 per cent in the last 12 months, demonstrating the need
EFG International is enhancing its global offering for Independent Asset Managers by expanding its services to include a comprehensive multi-custody platform.
The new platform, which is being developed in partnership with AM-One AG, a subsidiary of Expersoft Systems AG, will be launched on 01 September 2019. With this step, EFG aims to further strengthen its global coverage of the Independent Asset Manager segment.
The comprehensive multi-custody platform will include functionalities ranging from client relationship management to portfolio management and reporting, as well as compliance and risk management. As part of this new offering, Independent Asset Managers will benefit from an
CryptoCompare, a provider of cryptocurrency data and indices, and Nasdaq, have formed a strategic partnership to launch a cryptocurrency pricing product, the Nasdaq/CryptoCompare Aggregate Crypto Reference Prices.
The product will be made available on Quandl, a Nasdaq owned data platform and source of financial, economic and alternative datasets for institutional investors.
The new product will enable institutional investors to monitor the nascent digital asset class and assess investment opportunities using a trusted data source. The Nasdaq/CryptoCompare Aggregate Crypto Reference Prices will enhance institutional capabilities in the cryptocurrency markets across trading strategy, quantitative research, risk modelling, NAV calculations and back-testing. Based
