11 Jan 2019
CTAs see out challenging 2018 with improvement in performance
Following a challenging October and November, CTAs ended the year with positive performance, with the SG CTA Index up by 1.44 per cent and…
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Charles River and AcadiaSoft form alliance to expand STP support for OTC and exchange traded derivatives
Charles River Development, a State Street Company, and AcadiaSoft have announced a business alliance to automate communication of margin…
Catena expands North American and European trade reporting with CME Group
Catena Technologies has expanded the capabilities of its TRACE Reporting solution through integration with CME Group's North American and…
HedgeAssist merges with Catalina Partners
Operational Due Diligence (ODD) specialist firms HedgeAssist and Catalina Partners merged on 1 January 2019. The combined firms’…
RD Legal appoints Portfolio Manager
RD Legal, an investment management firm focussed on post-settlement litigation finance, has appointed Amy B Hirsch to the additional role…
BNY Mellon adds to Hedge Fund Services team
BNY Mellon has appointed Jorge Sanchez to its Hedge Fund Services team with responsibility for overseeing the delivery of hedge fund…
Nordea Asset Management appoints senior macro strategist
Nordea Asset Management (NAM) has hired Sébastien Galy to the role of senior macro strategist. Based in Luxembourg, Galy will deliver…
10 Jan 2019
Franklin Templeton appoints Head of Alternative Sales for EMEA
Franklin Templeton Investments has appointed George Szemere as its new Head of Alternative Sales, EMEA. Based in London, Szemere joins…
Hedge funds end 2018 with near historic performance woes, says eVestment
The global hedge fund industry ended a volatile 2018 in the red, with aggregate performance for December at -2.15 per cent and for the year…
Maples Fiduciary extends service offering to Jersey
Maples Fiduciary, a division of MaplesFS and provider of specialised fiduciary, entity formation and management, insurance and…
Sterling Partners Quantitative Investments launches Equity Market Neutral Strategy
Sterling Partners Quantitative Investments (SPQI), an investment manager specialising in a variety of quantitative alternative investment…
Circle Partners appoints VP of Business Development United States
Independent fund administrator Circle Partners has appointed Nick Neri as Vice President of Business Development United States. Neri…
Coinfloor Group spins off CoinfloorEX crypto futures exchange
CoinfloorEX, a physically delivered bitcoin futures exchange, has been spun off from Coinfloor Group. The new entity will be known as…
09 Jan 2019
Osmosis Investment Management appoints senior research analyst from Carbon Disclosure Project
Osmosis Investment Management, a sustainability specialist with USD1.4 billion in client assets, has hired Lennart Hermans from the Carbon…
Natixis appoints Head of Portfolio Management Americas, Corporate & Investment Banking
Natixis has appointed Douglas Lenart as Head of Portfolio Management, Americas in its Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) business.…
