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BNY Mellon Investment Management Names Bruce Feibel Head of Performance Analytics

BNY Mellon Investment Management has named Bruce Feibel as head of performance analytics with responsibility for leading performance and risk analysis processes to support oversight of BNY Mellon’s investment managers.

SWIP names new co-manager for Absolute Return Bond fund

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has promoted Dan Daldry as co-manager of the Swip Absolute Return Bond fund alongside James Carver.

Big data could have a transformational influence on the 21st century global financial system

New analytical approaches combined with the arrival of torrents of big data have the potential to shape a healthier and more prosperous future for the information-intensive global financial system, according to a white paper from BNY Mellon.

Advisors who moved to independent model saw greatest increase in compensation: Study

The independent channel is seeing the most growth from advisors on the move, as well as yielding the greatest compensation increases, according to Fidelity Investments’ 2nd annual Insights on Independence study.

Tomren Wealth Management acknowledges security breach

California-based Tomren Wealth Management has acknowledged that its server was breached between February 21 and March 6 of this year.

Segal Rogerscasey, Frontier Advisors form global investment research alliance

Segal Rogerscasey, a US-based investment solutions firm, and Australia’s Frontier Advisors have formed global investment research alliance. The objective of the alliance is to share research on investment managers among member firms across global regions.

RWC to launch global equity fund

RWC Partners has said that it will launch the RWC Global Horizon Fund for recent joiner Louise Keeling.

DTCC survey shows impact of new regulations as top concern in addressing systemic risks

The impact of new regulations in the financial services industry is by far the most important systemic-risk concern facing the global capital markets, according to a recent client survey conducted by The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). The survey revealed that 82% of industry leaders ranked meeting new regulatory requirements as a top concern in mitigating systemic risks.

Assets invested globally in ETFS and ETPS tops $2.13 trillion

Record net inflows of US$83 billion through the end of April helped to push assets invested globally in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) to a new all-time high of US$2.13 trillion, according to figures from ETFGI’s Global ETF and ETP industry insights report for April 2013.

Venture Capital Trust partners with GIMPA to establish centre for impact investing in Ghana

Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF) has signed a Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the Ghana Institute for Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) to establish a centre for impact investing in the country, according to BusinessGhana.