13 Oct 2016
GreenKey to launch mobile ‘turret' app for traders and brokers
GreenKey, a creator of a voice workspace platform for global financial market participants, is to launch a mobile application for iOS and…
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Hedge funds on eight-month winning streak, says eVestment
The average hedge fund industry performance was +0.73 per cent in September, marking eight months of positive aggregate industry returns…
12 Oct 2016
GLAS expands UK direct lending team
GLAS, an independent provider of finance administration services, has appointed Joe Knight to spearhead the expansion of the firm’s direct…
Pioneer Investments launches global inflation-linked short-term strategy
Pioneer Investments has launched a global inflation-linked short-term strategy as an approach to managing against inflation risk.The firm…
Mihaela van der Schaar named Man Professorship of Quantitative Finance
The University of Oxford has appointed Mihaela van der Schaar to the Man Professorship of Quantitative Finance, which is funded in…
Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index up 0.11 per cent in September
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category…
ESMA to focus on supervisory convergence issues in 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is to focus on supervisory convergence issues next year, according to its 2017 Work…
Crestbridge Luxembourg to act as manager in first RAIF platform
Crestbridge in Luxembourg will act as the manager for the first platform to be launched under Luxembourg’s recently introduced Reserved…
11 Oct 2016
Tradeweb and FTSE Russell named end-of-day reference pricing providers
Tradeweb Markets and FTSE Russell have been named by the UK Treasury as the joint future providers for end-of-day reference prices for…
Hazeltree partners with BlackRock to automate cash sweeps
Hazeltree, a provider of integrated buy-side treasury management solutions, has added BlackRock to the partner network of Hazeltree…
Anti-money laundering regulation top compliance concern for banking execs
The Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AML), the EU-US Privacy Shield and the Market Abuse Directive (MAD) and Regulation (MAR) are the three…
Crow Point Partners implements LiquidityBook POEMS
Crow Point Partners, a USD2.5 billion global alternative asset manager, has completed the rollout of LiquidityBook’s SaaS-based LBX…
100WHF raises more than GBP500,000 for SkillForce
100 Women in Hedge Funds’ (100WHF) annual London Gala raised more than GBP500,000 in support of SkillForce, a charity that seeks to…
Hedge funds up 0.5 per cent in September
Hedge funds were up 0.5 per cent during September, outperforming underlying markets as represented by the MSCI AC World Index (Local) which…
Flexible working needed to get more women in financial services, says Sturgeon Ventures
The introduction of compulsory flexible working hours would open the floodgates to more women working in the UK financial services…
