30 Jan 2019
GPP appoints Chief Risk Officer
GPP, a prime broking, investor services and wealth solutions firm, has hired James Parker for the position of Chief Risk Officer (CRO).…
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IHS Markit teams with Cobalt to re-engineer FX post-trade
IHS Markit’s MarkitSERV and Cobalt are collaborating to accelerate the delivery of new post-trade processing services for foreign exchange…
Shelton Capital Management acquires Cedar Ridge Partners
Shelton Capital Management has acquired Cedar Ridge, effective 25 January 2019, and is now the investment advisor to the Cedar Ridge…
Bipsync secures USD7m growth investment led by Edison Partners
Bipsync, a research platform provider for investment management firms, has secured USD7 million in a growth investment round led by Edison…
LiquidityBook appoints Principal Software Engineer
LiquidityBook, a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based provider of buy- and sell-side trading solutions, has appointed Alexander…
29 Jan 2019
Skittish investors drive hedge fund redemptions to USD29.1bn in November
Hedge fund redemptions picked up speed in November, falling short of September’s five-year high but outpacing October’s level, according to…
DG Partners appoints head of marketing and business development for Systematic Strategies in North America
London-based global macro and systematic trading investment manager DG Partners has appointed Tony Fenner-Leitao to head marketing and…
CME Group clears first FX Cash-Settled Forwards
Citi and Eaton Vance Management have begun clearing FX Cash-Settled Forwards at CME Group with two Euro/US dollar trades cleared on 15…
Algo trading uptick propels Liquidnet Australia to a record year
Liquidnet, a global institutional investment network, reached a new record for volume traded in the Australian market in 2018. Local and…
CTAs face renewed downward pressures in January, says Lyxor
The market rebound started at the end of December fuelled strategies that were most exposed to risk assets, such as L/S Equity and Special…
Citco passes USD1 trillion in AUM
The Citco Group of Companies (Citco), a provider of asset servicing solutions to the global alternative investment industry, has passed the…
Northern Trust appoints Head of Private Capital Fund Administration in North America
Northern Trust has named Kimberly Evans as head of Private Capital Fund Administration in North America, leading a growing practice…
CIFC launches first structured credit UCITS fund
American credit specialist CIFC has launched a UCITS fund as it builds its presence in Europe. The CIFC Global Floating Rate Credit Fund…
Wedbush Futures signs with Trillium Surveyor for trade surveillance
Trillium announced today that leading futures broker Wedbush Futures will now use Trillium’s Surveyor platform for trade surveillance. “I…
Thalēs appoints Managing Director of Capital Strategies
Thalēs has appointed David Modiano as Managing Director of its Capital Strategies group. In his new role, he will be based out of New York…
