23 Feb 2017
Sycomore AM strengthens investment team
Sycomore AM has appointed Alexandre Taïeb as fund manager-analyst within the firm’s asset allocation team.Taïeb (pictured), who will report…
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The ‘three Is of data’ financial firms need to address
State Street Corporation has identified three elements leaders in financial services will need in order to excel in the new digital era,…
Emerging market hedge funds reach record capital levels
HFR reports that total capital invested in Emerging Markets (EM) hedge funds climbed to a record level to begin 2017, as energy commodities…
Reg-Room launches Reg-Impact tool
Reg-Room has launched Reg-Impact, a technology solution designed to help banks, broker-dealers, advisers, insurers and hedge funds monitor…
Seabury Global Markets and BYFX launch Spotex suite of electronic forex products
Seabury Global Markets (SGM), a subsidiary of Seabury Capital and a provider of FX liquidity management and trade execution solutions, has…
RiverNorth appoints institutional portfolio specialist
RiverNorth Capital Management, a boutique investment management firm specialising in opportunistic strategies, has appointed Greg Uythoven…
IndexIQ hedge fund indices continue positive trend in January
Five of the six IndexIQ Hedge Indices were positive in January, with the IQ Hedge Event Drive Index up 1.7 per cent and the IQ Hedge…
Investors diversify alternative assets exposure
Institutional investors are looking for exposure to an ever-widening range of alternative asset classes, with half now holding allocations…
22 Feb 2017
Mirabaud develops MiFID II-proof electronic trading and outsourced dealing
Mirabaud Securities has enhanced its execution offering by launching a new electronic trading platform designed to provide efficient…
Hedge fund investor confidence remains strong, says SS&C
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for February 2017 measured 3.25 per cent, up from 2.60 per cent in January."SS&C…
Global Alliance Wealth Management extends alternative solutions platform
Global Alliance Wealth Management, an alternative investment management firm with offices in New York and Hong Kong, has extended its…
Alpha capture to gain momentum, says TABB Group
As alpha capture has become an accepted and essential practice at top tier European banks, it is also evolving in how it operates within…
KeyQuant secures USD100m from TRS of the State of Illinois
KeyQuant, a Paris-based systematic asset management company, has secured a USD100 million allocation from the Teachers’ Retirement System…
Dow Jones launches multicast news feed via Equinix New York data centre
Dow Jones has launched a multicast news product, delivered in a faster, lighter format throughout the New York trading community in…
Global Prime Partners launches structured products business
Following the appointment of Mike Ward in October 2016 to head new business development, Global Prime Partners has launched a new…
