13 Jul 2017
FS Investments appoints Head of Strategy
Alternative asset manager FS Investments has hired Michael Carter as Executive Vice President and Head of Strategy. Carter will be based in…
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12 Jul 2017
Global Alliance Wealth Management launches private debt offering to Alternative Solutions Platform
Global Alliance Wealth Management has launched a private debt component to compliment its existing Alternative Solutions Platform. With…
How can hedge funds thrive in a challenging environment?
Regulatory and fee pressures are forcing the hedge fund industry to evolve, but a lively panel debate at the annual Linedata Exchange…
CFTC charges Daniel Winston LaMarco and GDLogix with foreign currency derivatives commodity pool fraud
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a civil enforcement action against Daniel Winston LaMarco and his company,…
The CFTC provides more robust protection to whistleblowers
By Daniel Viola, Sadis & Goldberg – In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and…
How to respond to increasingly targeted phishing attacks
According to the PhishMe 2016 Q3 Malware Review, the proportion of phishing emails containing ransomware grew to 97.25 per cent in Q3 last…
Risk assessing outsourced IT partners
The average hedge fund is often a lean operation with limited headcount, which leans more towards the front office. As such, areas such as…
Ransomware: Managers should expect the unexpected
Ransomware, malicious code that encrypts files and demands a ransom to decrypt, has been around for years, but why is this most recent…
Tages Capital launches Macro UCITS Alternative Fund with Atreaus Capital
Tages Capital, in partnership with New York-based alternative investment manager, Atreaus Capital, has launched the Tages Atreaus Macro…
Cybersecurity challenges for investment managers
The Cybersecurity phenomenon has completely changed the game in both the investment management industry and the broader financial services…
Insights on the evolving cyber threat landscape
Business has changed markedly over the last few years thanks to the rise and sophistication of digital technologies. As asset managers have…
What does a sound cyber strategy look like?
By George Ralph (pictured), RFA – Cybersecurity has never been as important as it is today. Cyber attacks are becoming ever more ambitious…
The implications of GDPR on cybersecurity
Next year sees the introduction of a comprehensive piece of European regulation that will overtly change the way that organisations handle,…
Emerging hedge fund managers are profitable below USD100 million
Emerging managers have a lot to be bullish about because even though the fund raising environment remains challenging, the break-even cost…
FundCount signs 11 new clients for a record H1 2017
FundCount, LLC, a provider of accounting and investment analysis software, has achieved the strongest first-half results in the company’s…
