30 Aug 2018
CloudQuant announces eighth licensing agreement
CloudQuant has announced a new crowdsourced trading strategy license agreement. This marks the eighth successful partnership with a global…
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Neuberger Berman launches next-gen mobility fund
Neuberger Berman has launched a UCITS strategy tapping into the key enablers and beneficiaries of the long-term evolution of next…
29 Aug 2018
Deutsche Bank to pay USD30m to settle CFTC charges of manipulation and spoofing precious metals futures markets
Deutsche Bank AG (DB AG) and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc (DBSI) (collectively, DB), are to pay a USD30 million civil monetary penalty to…
DSIO issues time-limited, conditional no-action relief excluding certain loan-related swaps from swap dealer registration de minimis threshold
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) has issued conditional,…
Private fund managers need to pay attention to best execution practices, says Kleinberg Kaplan
According to a recent risk alert issued by the SEC, investment advisers continue to show deficiencies when it comes to best execution of…
Kingdom Trust Launches Lloyd’s of London-Insured qualified custody platform for digital currency
Kingdom Trust, a regulated financial institution offering qualified custody for digital asset investments like Bitcoin and Ethereum, has…
SmartStream launches QA testing as a service for collateral management
SmartStream Technologies has added Quality Assurance (QA) testing as a service for its TLM Collateral Management solution. The new service…
CFTC orders UBS to pay USD15m penalty for attempted manipulation and spoofing of precious metals futures
UBS AG (UBS) is to pay a USD15 million civil monetary penalty and to undertake remedial relief to settle CFTC charges of attempted…
JonesTrading adds to Equity Sales Trading Group
JonesTrading Institutional Services (JonesTrading) has appointed Timothy (Tim) Baker as Senior Vice President in its Equity Sales Trading…
28 Aug 2018
Pictet Asset Management launches SmartCity thematic fund
Pictet Asset Management (Pictet AM) has added a new strategy to its USD42 billion actively managed thematic franchise, the UCITS-compliant…
Coinfloor secures in-principle authorisation as DLT provider in Gibraltar
Coinfloor’s spot exchange in Gibraltar has received an in-principle authorisation as a distributed ledger technology (DLT) provider from…
DDJ Capital Management marks third anniversary of DDJ Opportunistic High Yield Fund
DDJ Capital Management, an independent manager of high yield and special situation investments on behalf of institutional investors, has…
Amber Capital launches Amber Event Europe Fund on Lombard Odier’s PrivilEdge platform
Amber Capital, an established event-driven investment manager in Europe, has been selected by Swiss bank Lombard Odier to manage PrivilEdge…
Societe Generale appoints new head of SGSS
Societe Generale has appointed David Abitbol as the new Head of Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS), effective 1 January 2019.…
Hedge fund flows positive in July but signs of industry consolidation continue
Global hedge fund flows were positive in July, with investors adding an estimated USD5.85 billion to funds around the world and bringing…
