Institutional Asset Manager 27/11/19 Newsletter

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NEWSLETTER | 27 Nov 2019

Tue | 26 Nov 2019, 17:01

Fintech has unleashed a golden age of innovation in consumer financial services. Highly specialised, free from legacy, and often able to bypass bank regulation, new entrants have gone after every piece of the banking value chain, reducing friction and addressing unmet needs, according to a new report GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

Wed | 27 Nov 2019, 10:13

SEBA, an integrated bank focused on digital assets, has launches its investment solutions service with the and introduction of a new index for crypto assets.

Wed | 27 Nov 2019, 10:58

Exchange Data International (EDI), a provider of global security corporate actions, pricing and reference data, has partnered with Columba Systems, an independent provider of international future financial events data to both sell-side and buy-side institutions.

Wed | 27 Nov 2019, 10:17

A common perception amongst academics and investors is that factor premiums, like Momentum, Value and Low-risk, exists in equity markets and should be best harvested via both long and short positions. But a team of three quant researchers and portfolio managers at Robeco have critically assessed the added value of shorts positions to harvest equity factors, and contrary to general market consensus, have found that there are none.

Aztec Group appoints first Chief People Officer

Wed | 27 Nov 2019, 10:16

Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has appointed Virginia Rothwell as its first Chief People Officer.

Wed | 27 Nov 2019, 10:11

MSCI, a provider of research-based indexes and analytics, has completed the third and final phase of the 20 per cent partial inclusion of China A shares in the MSCI Indexes, including in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.

eToro launches new foodtech portfolio

Wed | 27 Nov 2019, 10:09

eToro has launched a new global investment portfolio focused on foodtech, a sector which is on track to be worth USD700 billion by 2030.

Wed | 27 Nov 2019, 10:08

Nasdaq’s Quandl, an alternative data provider, has launched the E-Commerce Intelligence (ECI) dataset, which allows investors to track product-level e-commerce transactions on a near real-time basis.

Wed | 27 Nov 2019, 10:01

Intertrust Group (Intertrust), a provider of tech-enabled corporate and fund solutions to clients operating and investing in the international business environment, has appointed Michael Moncarz as Managing Director, Operations for Asia-Pacific (APAC).

Finantix opens new office in Sydney, Australia

Wed | 27 Nov 2019, 09:55

Finantix, a global provider of trusted technology to the wealth management, insurance and banking industries, has opened a new office in Australia to further support its expansion in the Asia-Pacific region.

Tue | 26 Nov 2019, 17:08

The Pensions Administration Standards Association’s (PASA) Master Trust Transition Working Group (MTTWG) has published its first guidance on DC Master Trust Transition.

Tue | 26 Nov 2019, 16:59

ROW Asset Management, a quantitative global macro investment firm founded in 2010, has hired Andy Schneider as Managing Director, Global Head of Business Development, effective immediately.