Evercore Announces the Acquisition of Kuna & Co. KG
Evercore has announced the acquisition of Kuna & Co. KG, the Frankfurt-based investment banking advisory boutique, and the appointment of Walter Kuna as Senior Managing…
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Partech Ventures leads €10MM financing round for Kantox
Partech Ventures has announced that it has co-led a new €10MM financing round in Kantox, the pioneer in foreign exchange services for SMEs and mid-cap…
NewConnect alternative stock exchange relaunches in Warsaw
Warsaw sees the re-opening of their greatly reformed NewConnect alternative securities market. NewConnect 2.0 is the new opening of the market to ensure that it…
Calamos Investments Receives Mandate from Associated British Foods plc
Calamos Investments LLP is has announced the award of a pension scheme mandate from Associated British Foods plc. The mandate is for investment into the…
Standish Minority Business Enterprise Awards Presented to Castleoak Securities and Siebert Brandford Shank & Co
Standish Mellon Asset Management Company LLC, a fixed income specialist for BNY Mellon, has awarded the first Standish Minority Business Enterprise Awards to Castleoak Securities…
CBOE to develop hedge fund benchmarks with Eurekahedge
Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has entered into an agreement with Eurekahedge, a hedge-fund research and data collection company, to collaborate on the development of…
Broadridge Expands Wealth Management Business with Two New Executives
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. has announced the appointments of Liz Pedersen as senior vice president of wealth managed services and Traci Mabrey as head of…
FCA fines adviser for high risk recommendations
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Paul Reynolds (formerly known as Paul Brian Reynolds) £290,344 and banned him from performing any function in relation…
Risk appetite amongst investors rises again
Investor appetite for risk continued to increase in the last quarter, according to the findings of the latest Risk Rotation Index by NN Investment Partners,…
Market dislocation in energy offers higher yielding bond opportunities
By David Absolon, Investment Director at Heartwood Investment Management The fallout from the collapse in the oil price last year permeated in many sectors,…
Supporting ‘Long Term Broad Market Exposure’ Is The Main Reason Why Uk Professional Investors Use ETPS
New research commissioned by Source reveals that 76% of UK professional investors who have invested in ETPs, used them to gain ‘long-term broad market exposure’. …
Private equity firms see first fall in buyout holding periods since financial crisis
The average holding period for private equity-backed buyout deals hit a record high in 2014, but has seen a notable drop for companies exited so…
Privacy versus Piracy: Security in Cyberspace
More and more personal and business information worldwide is rapidly migrating into digital form on open and globally interconnected technology platforms. This trend poses serious…
Deepening South African stock market set to draw fresh investor interest
South Africa’s stock markets, long dominated by powerful mining companies, are acquiring greater depth and breadth as flourishing sectors such as Retail, Tourism and Hospitality,…
ESMA Updates its AIFMD QandA
ESMA has updated it’s Q and A for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive. The answers are intended to help AIFMs by providing clarity as…
BNY Mellon study on the effect of positive growth in 4 major markets
In a new white paper, BNY Mellon explores what might happen if four of the world’s largest economies all stopped floundering and started flourishing…
Research reveals strong focus by European investors on ETPs
New research from Source, provider of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) in Europe, reveals more than two-thirds (68%) of professional investors and advisers in Europe are…
Change in corporate Japan has only just begun
JAPANESE CONVICTION For us in the Baring Global Multi Asset Group, Japan has been one of our larger positions for some time. In the…
UBS AG first quarter 2015 report published
Following the publication of UBS Group AG’s first quarter 2015 report on 5 May 2015, UBS AG publishes today its first quarter 2015 report, which…
Societe Generale Prime clears with LCH.Clearnet
Societe Generale Prime Services says its Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) has conducted its first customer non-deliverable forward (NDF) cleared trade with LCH.Clearnet’s ForexClear service acting…