10 Mar 2016

Gresham House appoints former Morgan Stanley Chief European Equity Strategist to forestry subsidiary

Specialist asset manager Gresham House has appointed Richard Davidson (pictured) as Chair of the Investment Committee of its forestry…

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10 Mar 2016

Banc de Binary, ET Binary Options, BO Systems, BDB Services, and Oren Shabat Laurent to pay more than USD9m for violating CFTC off-exchange binary options trading ban

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that a federal court in Las Vegas, Nevada, issued a Consent Order…

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10 Mar 2016

Aspect hires the team behind Auriel Capital Management

Aspect Capital (Aspect), the USD6.6 billion systematic investment manager, has acquired Auriel Capital Management (Auriel) and hired the…

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10 Mar 2016

Silva Venture Group launches mock portfolio competition to recruit hedge fund analysts

Silva Venture Group has launched the Analyst's Arena, a mock portfolio competition designed to recruit new hedge fund analysts.In the hedge…

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10 Mar 2016

CHS Inc and CHS Hedging pay USD1m for inaccurately reporting positions in corn and soybeans

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against CHS, Inc (CHS)…

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10 Mar 2016

SEC creates Office of Risk and Strategy for its national exam programme

The Securities and Exchange Commission has created the Office of Risk and Strategy within its Office of Compliance Inspections and…

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10 Mar 2016

AlphaSense raises USD33m

AlphaSense, provider of the AlphaSense search engine for financial professionals, has secured USD33 million in growth capital from Tribeca…

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10 Mar 2016

MassMutual affiliates Babson, Barings, Cornerstone and Wood Creek to combine under Barings brand

Babson Capital Management, its subsidiaries Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers and Wood Creek Capital Management, and Baring Asset Management…

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10 Mar 2016

BNY Mellon urges buy-side companies to take comprehensive view of collateral strategy

Buy-side companies are being forced to rethink their strategies due to new regulations which have increased the value of collateral in…

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10 Mar 2016

SYZ Asset Management strengthens and expands multi-asset offering

SYZ Asset Management, the institutional management division of the SYZ Group, is adding two new multi-asset strategies to its range –…

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10 Mar 2016

AI Insight makes two new senior-level hires

AI Insight, a specialist in alternative investment research, education and compliance documentation, has recruited Laura Sexton and Patrick…

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10 Mar 2016

Mill Hill Capital adopts Fund-Studio as its portfolio management solution

Mill Hill Capital has chosen and implemented Fund-Studio as its front to back office portfolio management, investor reporting and shadow…

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09 Mar 2016

AIMA launches hedge fund directors DDQs

The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global representative body for alternative asset managers, has launched a set…

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09 Mar 2016

All hail the Swiss Collective Investment Scheme Act (CISA)

It is now one year in to the Swiss Collective Investment Scheme Act (CISA) and overall impressions appear to be that it has been a success.…

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09 Mar 2016

DST kasina report shows operating margins for asset managers falling on lower revenue and higher operating costs

DST kasina, a provider of data-driven insights and distribution solutions to financial companies around the world, thasoday released its…

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