09 Sep 2016
Sequoia Capital Fund Management passes USD100m in AUM
Sequoia Capital Fund Management (SCFM), a systematic manager in foreign exchange, has passed USD100 million in assets under…
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FASB proposes changes to hedge accounting guidance
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued a proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU) that would make targeted…
Alternative assets investors facing increasingly daunting fund selection process, says Preqin survey
Although alternative assets remain a crucial component of many portfolios, investors are finding it harder to identify attractive…
HFR reports hedge funds up 3.5 per cent year to date
Data from HFR shows that hedge funds advanced in August led by a resurgence in Energy/Basic Materials and Activist strategies. The HFRI…
08 Sep 2016
iCapital Network appoints Tom Iacono as CFO
iCapital Network, an online platform that provides RIAs with access to alternative investments, has appointed Tom Iacono as chief financial…
MidOcean appoints heads of business development and investor relations
Alternative investment firm MidOcean Partners has appointed Spencer Potts as head of business development and Ruth Lane as head of investor…
Lime Brokerage and Vela Trading Technologies integrate products
Lime Brokerage and Vela Trading Technologies, a provider of trading and market data technology, have integrated Lime’s Strategy Studio, its…
Sol Zlotchenko joins Hazeltree as chief technology officer
Hazeltree, a provider of integrated buy-side treasury management solutions, has appointed Sol Zlotchenko as the company’s chief technology…
Hedge fund launched by former International Fund Services head opens to specialist investors
Libero Development Fund, a hedge fund launched by Mary Murphy who helped to establish International Fund Services before its acquisition by…
07 Sep 2016
CTA performance dips in August, says Societe Generale Prime Services
The latest performance data for Societe General Prime Services CTA Indices shows that August was a difficult month for CTA strategies, with…
AFME calls for greater harmonisation of EU regulations on asset segregation
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has called for greater harmonisation of asset segregation across European regulation…
HSBC appoints head of sales and business development, securities services, Europe
HSBC Securities Services (HSS), part of HSBC’s global banking and markets business, has appointed Tony McDonnell (pictured) to head of…
AlphaDesk launches emerging manager package for hedge funds
AlphaDesk, a cloud-based software provider to hedge funds and other investment managers, has released a fast-track deployment of its…
Colt announces ecosystem for MiFID II compliance
Colt PrizmNet financial extranet is enabling connectivity to a cloud-based ecosystem of MiFID II compliant solutions, helping capital…
Pavillion acquires Altius and launches Pavillion Alternatives Group
Pavilion Financial has closed its acquisition of Altius Holdings, the parent company of Altius Associates, a private markets advisory and…
