29 Jan 2019
MUFG Investor Services appoints new Chief Strategy Officer
MUFG Investor Services, the global asset-servicing arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has appointed Daniel McNamara as Chief Strategy…
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Re-insurance registrations on the rise, says BMA
The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) has recorded a year-on-year increase in new re-insurance registrations, from 58 in 2017 to 75 in 2018.…
Lazard Asset Management appoints co-heads of Sustainable Investment and ESG
Lazard Asset Management (LAM) has appointed Jennifer Anderson and Nikita Singhal as Co-Heads of Sustainable Investment and ESG…
EU Super ManCos’ time has come… but operational complexity poses barrier to success
By Roger Woolman, Business Development Director, Asset Management & Alternatives, SS&C Advent – Dual-authorised “Super ManCos" are…
28 Jan 2019
Transformative technologies… in private debt?
In 2017, investors allocated almost USD120 billion into private debt funds, on the back of approximately USD100 billion being raised in…
Cayman Islands Investment Group planning new cryptocurrency exchange
Cayman Islands Investment Group has announced the development of a brand new Digital Asset Trading Platform based in the Cayman Islands.…
BTIG adds MD in Institutional Equities division
BTIG Limited has appointed Nigel Fenn as a Managing Director in the firm’s Institutional Equities division. Based in London office, Fenn…
Maples and Calder and MaplesFS combine as the Maples Group
Maples and Calder and MaplesFS which together comprise Maples Fiduciary and Maples Fund Services, have consolidated their offerings under a…
2018 was a difficult year for many alternative UCITS funds
Many Alternative UCITS funds did not have a happy 2018, with only one in six funds able to post positive results for the year, and assets…
25 Jan 2019
European fund industry’s success in 2018 tempered by a tumultuous fourth quarter, says Morningstar
Europe’s fund industry, including ETFs, registered net inflows of EUR152 billion to long-term funds in 2018, a far cry from the…
tZERO security tokens begin live trading
Secondary trading of tZERO security tokens is now live. Accredited investors can now trade the tokens with other accredited investors…
ISN launches data management spin-off VendEx Solutions
VendEx Solutions, a San Francisco-based SaaS company with offices in London, New York, and Charleston, SC, has spun off from International…
NewAlpha forms strategic partnership with global macro manager Montrock48
NewAlpha Asset Management (NewAlpha), a Paris-based global fund incubation and acceleration specialist, has made a strategic investment…
Hedge Fund Association announces new Treasurer and Regional Chapter Directors
The Hedge Fund Association (HFA), an international non-profit trade and non-partisan lobbying organisation, has appointed a new Treasurer,…
24 Jan 2019
2018 was a challenging year for hedge funds, says eVestment
Forty-two per cent of hedge fund managers were able to raise new capital in 2018, but those who saw redemptions and/or lost money were in…
