30 Apr 2013
Armstrong appoints additional investment director
Singapore-based Armstrong Asset Management has appointed Yasushi Ujioka as investment director. Uijoka has 17 years’ experience as an…
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Conning and Ramius Alternative Solutions form strategic alliance
Conning, a provider of asset management services for the insurance industry, and Ramius Alternative Solutions LLC (RASL), which develops…
Lyxor strengthens cross asset research with appointment of Rob Koyfman
Lyxor Asset Management is reinforcing its cross asset research team with the appointment of Rob Koyfman as senior strategist. Based in New…
Jeremy Hester appointed head of Northern Trust global fund services sales in the UK
Jeremy Hester has been named as head of sales for Northern Trust’s global fund services business in the UK, responsible for offering…
EDHEC-Risk Institute launches multi-strategy platform for smart beta investing
EDHEC-Risk Institute has launched its smart beta index design and production activity, ERI Scientific Beta. The aim is to revolutionise the…
29 Apr 2013
SmartStream supports SWIFT’s Global Electronic Trade Confirmation solution
SmartStream Technologies’ TLM Trade Process Management solution, which addresses the post-trade allocation, confirmation, clearing and…
Fracking: Can UK learn lessons from the US?
Can Britain, like the US, successfully use the fracking technique to build energy reserves and cut costs? If so, what can be learned from…
BNP Paribas Securities Services launches Dealing Services in the UK
BNP Paribas Securities Services has launched its global Dealing Services solution in the UK – a new concept providing institutional…
Luxembourg offers east Europeans and Russians additional structuring options
Prospects are clouded for Cyprus as a domicile for investment and transaction structures set up by entrepreneurs and investors from Russia…
7Hedge launches FX services
7Hedge has launched exclusive FX services structured to provide clients in developing FX markets with dedicated access to an institutional…
ITG launches hosted solution for ITG OMS
ITG, an independent execution and research broker, has launched a new hosted solution for ITG Order Management System (formerly known as…
KCM appoints two new senior portfolio managers
Igor Puljic and Marjoleine van der Peet are to join the hedge funds team at Kempen Capital Management (KCM) in Amsterdam. Puljic (36) will…
28 Apr 2013
Regulatory costs might inhibit non-European fund houses from starting UCITS funds… asset manager Erste-Sparinvest restructures its Austrian equity funds…
SPDR ETFs, the ETF platform of State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), announced this week that it had launched the SPDR Barclays EM…
26 Apr 2013
Cayman commits to G5 multilateral exchange pilot
The Cayman Islands has indicated to the UK government that it is committed to joining the G5 pilot, recently announced by the UK, France,…
When ‘bad’ is ‘good’
Joel Copp-Barton, European Equities Product Director at Invesco Perpetual, shares his views on Europe’s recovery…Recent Purchasing Managers…
