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Allfunds adds three senior execs

Thu, 17/01/2019 - 09:08

Europe’s largest funds platform, Allfunds, has appointed three Senior Executives at its Group level to help drive its international expansion and further accelerate its development. »

Thornburg launches Strategic Income UCITS Fund

Thu, 17/01/2019 - 09:00

Thornburg Investment Management (Thornburg), a global investment firm with USD41 billion in assets under management, has launched the Thornburg Strategic Income Fund, a UCITS fund domiciled in Dublin, Ireland. »

GMEX Fusion adds pioneering Digital Asset Custodian and Vault capabilities

Wed, 16/01/2019 - 10:19

GMEX Technologies (GMEX), a provider of multi-asset exchange and post-trade business and technology solutions, has launched ForumCustody and ForumWallet, part of the GMEX Fusion product suite, to include Digital Custodian and Vault capabilities. »

Rational Funds launches Context Insurance Linked Income Fund

Wed, 16/01/2019 - 10:16

Rational Funds, a family of funds rooted in the investment philosophy of applying a rational approach to investing, has launched the Context Insurance Linked Income Fund (ILSIX). »

Brooks Macdonald launches Responsible Investment Service on platforms

Wed, 16/01/2019 - 10:14

Brooks Macdonald has launched its Responsible Investment Service ‘Advance’ mandate on select platforms. It is available as a Managed Portfolio Service (MPS) across three risk profiles: Low to Medium risk, Medium risk and Medium to High risk. »

Optima Partners appoints compliance veteran

Wed, 16/01/2019 - 08:42

Optima Partners has appointed compliance industry veteran Portia Amato as a Director in the firm’s New York office. »

Currency.com launches tokenised securities trading platform

Wed, 16/01/2019 - 08:37

Blockchain technology company Currency.com has launched a fully-functional trading platform for tokenised securities, which allows investors to trade, invest in, and benefit from exposure to, real-world financial instruments by directly using cryptocurrencies. »

eVestment Private Markets Group and PitchBook form strategic data partnership

Tue, 15/01/2019 - 14:00

eVestment, a specialist in institutional investment data and analytics, and PitchBook, a data provider for the private and public equity markets, have formed a strategic partnership through which PitchBook’s private market fund performance data is now available in the eVestment Private Markets platform. »

BakerHostetler adds to Securities Litigation Practice

Tue, 15/01/2019 - 10:06

BakerHostetler has added Teresa M Goody to the firm’s Washington DC office, where she will continue her broad-based securities and corporate law practice that includes defending SEC investigations and assisting clients with securities litigation, as well as serving as general securities and corporate counsel. »

Quest Partners selects QuantHouse for global quantitative trading solutions

Tue, 15/01/2019 - 09:32

QuantHouse, an independent provider of systematic trading solutions including market data services, algo development tools and global network infrastructure has been selected by Quest Partners (Quest) to support the diverse needs of the firm’s automated traders. »