06 Apr 2015
JP Morgan Asset Management GRA launches dedicated direct real asset investment platform
JP Morgan Asset Management Global Real Assets (GRA) has launched Tactical Direct Investments (TDI), a dedicated cross-real assets…
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Euronext expands Spotlight options segment with options on GrandVision
Euronext has expanded its Spotlight options offering with options on GrandVision. The new products follow the company’s successful IPO on…
ERI Scientific Beta re-organises Asia-Pacific activities
ERI Scientific Beta, the smart beta index provider set up in 2013 by EDHEC-Risk Institute, has announced a new organisation for its…
Four out of six MVIS Long/Short Equity Indexes negative in March
Four out of six of Market Vectors Index Solutions (MVIS) investable Long/Short Equity Indices recorded negative performance in March. Each…
ACE and BlackRock launch ABR Re
ACE Limited and BlackRock have launched ABR Reinsurance, an innovative, independent reinsurance company. Through unique long-term…
Q&A: Market harmonisation and cross-jurisdiction selling
To what extent have UCITS and AIFMD created market harmonisation and allowed cross-jurisdiction selling? Answers provided by Christopher…
HEXL: A new disruptive player in the US healthcare system
“Most people think that of the USD3tn we spend on healthcare in the US, USD1tn is wasted. If we succeeded in taking out that waste and were…
Guernsey leads way on tax transparency
Guernsey is at the forefront of standards on tax transparency and information exchange, according to Tony Mancini, Head of Tax at KPMG in…
How is more regulation impacting fund distribution?
A plethora of new regulation coming down the pipeline but how is it impacting fund distribution, asks Dominic Wheatley, Chief Executive of…
Industry veterans join forces at new Swiss Representative Company
Dermot Butler, former Chairman of Custom House Group, and Lancelot Frick, Principal of Frick Capital, have formed SwissRepCo to help…
02 Apr 2015
Felice Shiroma joins TCW as Relative Value Equities Portfolio Specialist
The TCW Group, a global asset management firm, has appointed Felice Shiroma, as a senior portfolio specialist and client portfolio manager…
Diamond Hill adds Tom Skowron to investment team
Diamond Hill Investment Group has appointed Tom Skowron as a portfolio specialist. Skowron will primarily be focused on supporting Diamond…
CFTC issues no-action relief for swap dealers over legacy special purpose vehicles
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is providing no-action relief, subject to specified conditions, to registered provisionally…
01 Apr 2015
bfinance grows Investment Team
bfinance has made two new appointments to its investment teams – Witold Witkiewicz joins as a Director in Private Markets and John Amoasi…
MarketAxess expands liquidity in European credit with addition of four dealers
MarketAxess Holdings has enhanced its European credit trading platform with the addition of a further four market-making…
