Nomura Appoints Hugh Karseras as Global Sales Chief Operating Officer
Nomura, Asia’s global investment bank, announced today that it has appointed Hugh Karseras, as Managing Director, Global Sales Chief Operating Officer (COO) to its Global Markets division.
Instinet Appoints Greg Treacy as Head of International Electronic Sales
Instinet, LLC announced that it has appointed Greg Treacy as Head of International Electronic Sales. Based in New York, Greg will be responsible for further expanding the firm’s delivery of algorithmic and electronic trading capabilities and services to US clients trading (...)
Larry Young appointed Head of BNP Paribas Real Estate’s "International Investment Group"
Larry Young, 41 years old, has been appointed head of BNP Paribas Real Estate’s “International Investment Group”, reporting directly to Thierry Laroue-Pont, Chief Executive Officer of BNP Paribas Real Estate. He takes over from Etienne Prongué, Deputy CEO of BNP Paribas Real (...)
Alexandre Déruaz joins Unigestion as Head of Portfolio Construction
Unigestion, the boutique asset manager that focuses on providing its clients with risk-managed investment solutions, today announces the appointment of Alexandre Déruaz as Head of Portfolio Construction for the firm’s equities (...)
Christian Vollmuth joins Solactive as Chief Risk Officer
Solactive is pleased to announce the appointment of Christian Vollmuth as Chief Risk Officer starting on the 1st of October 2017. In this new role, Christian, formerly Managing Director at the German Derivatives Association, will be responsible for legal, compliance and (...)
In recent weeks, market conditions switched swiftly from panic mode to exuberance mode. Active investors are scratching their heads as markets no longer seem to be discounting a U.S. recession and any Fed rate hike in (...)
The positioning of CTAs and Global Macro strategies on equities remains very cautious at present. Meanwhile, long Fixed Income positions have increased over the past few weeks. The stance has thus turned more defensive, even though the outlook on EM assets has turned more (...)
Luxcara has acquired the solar project Guillena-Salteras located in southern Spain.
The plant will have a projected capacity of approximately 121 MWp. Construction works will begin shortly. The facility is expected to be connected to the grid in Q2/2020. Like project El Salobral, which Luxcara acquired in December 2017, Guillena-Salteras will sell the (...)
Market Neutral L/S struggles as momentum stocks take a hit
Risk assets failed to reach a bottom early December despite the U.S and China agreeing to negotiate on trade at the G20 summit. The near-term outlook remains unclear from political uncertainties, which prevent investors from adding risk in portfolios despite lower equity (...)
Jupiter backs financial innovation with fund rebrand
Managed by financials veteran Guy de Blonay since 2015, the Jupiter Global Financials fund is being repositioned with the aim of continuing to take advantage of the digital transformation of the financial services sector – a structural shift the manager views as an (...)