02 Nov 2015
Quant hedge fund manager Man AHL launches coding prize worth GBP1 001 110 001 000
Man AHL, Man Group’s diversified quantitative investment manager, has launched the Man AHL Coder Prize, a coding competition for students…
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Weekly Brief: Upgrading European L/S credit to overweight
October saw hedge funds delivering returns close to 2 per cent on the back of a renewed sense of market optimism. Event-Driven and Global…
Cybersecurity simulation tests can help managers shut the back door
On 22 September, the SEC hit RT Jones Capital Equities Management, a St Louis-based investment adviser with a USD75k penalty for failing to…
RSRCHXchange doubles the number of research providers on online marketplace for institutional research
The number of research providers available on the RSRCHXchange platform, the online marketplace for institutional research, has doubled…
“Save the date”: ABN AMRO Clearing’s 5th Amsterdam Investor Forum
Alternative fund managers and allocators looking to connect with their peers in the Benelux region should put the following date in their…
30 Oct 2015
Rock Creek Founder appointed as Chair of web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee's Foundation
The World Wide Web Foundation — the global advocacy organisation established by Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee — has appointed Afsaneh…
Aviate to donate trading commissions to War Child charity
Equity brokerage Aviate Global is to donate hundreds of thousands of pounds of trading commissions earned on 24 November 2015, to War…
Private debt fund performance and dry powder: Q3 2015
Fund performance and industry dry powder is analysed in this extract from the Preqin Quarterly Update: Private Debt, Q3 2015.Fig 1 displays…
The South Korean private real estate market
Preqin’s Real Estate Online currently tracks 62 South Korea-based institutions that are actively investing in the real estate asset class,…
SSE Deutsche Börse and CFFEX jointly launch China Europe International Exchange
The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), Deutsche Börse Group and China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) have officially founded a joint…
29 Oct 2015
Jon Winkelried to join TPG as co-CEO
Alternative asset management firm TPG has named Jon Winkelried (pictured) as Co-Chief Executive Officer of TPG Holdings alongside TPG…
Hedge fund manager RWC Partners bolsters team with ex-Polar Capital hire
RWC Partners’ Priya Kodeeswaran (pictured) has hired Colin Moar to join his team as a senior analyst. Moar has over 17 years’ investment…
Options opens new Midtown Manhattan office
Options, a managed service and IT infrastructure provider to the global capital markets industry, has has expanded its operations in New…
Interest rate derivatives trading going electronic, but investors still value sell-side relationships
The business of trading interest-rate swaps is moving to electronic platforms at breakneck speed, largely driven by the implementation of…
Euronext expands reach to Hong Kong
Euronext has received approval from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (HKSFC) to provide automated trading services (ATS) to…
