French-based USD10.2 billion quantitative fund manager TOBAM has expanded its Anti-Benchmark Multi-Asset strategy institutional offering to include IFAs, retail investors and other distributors across Europe. The Multi-Asset Fund was launched in December 2016 and had an annualised return of 9.3 per cent to the end of March this year, with volatility of 4.8 per cent and a Sharpe Ratio of 1.6 (gross of fees). »

Fintech business veteran, Stewart Foster, with over 21 years of experience in the financial technology industry, has joined 1st Risk Solutions “1RS”, a provider of Risk and Compliance Software and Services to the financial services industry as both a Director and shareholder to drive new business growth and build out the software side of the 1RS business. »

Compliance firm Robert Quinn Consulting and family office Capricorn Capital Group have joined forces to create a discretionary management regulatory hosting platform, Capricorn Regulatory Hosting, with offices in London, New York, and through Capricorn, Johannesburg and Hong Kong. »

Milltrust International has close to half a billion US dollars invested in the emerging markets, and Eric Anderson Managing Partner at Milltrust International, Head of Emerging Market Investments and the Lead Portfolio Manager on all their Emerging Market strategies, explains that one third of this is used through the firm’s ETF strategy. »

RiskFirst has taken its PFaroe product and expanded it to include an attribution service for asset managers. Matthew Bale (pictured), chief strategy officer, explains that the PFaroe platform services USD1.5 trillion in assets across 3,000 defined benefit (DB) pension plans, helping them better manage their risk. »

Catalyst Funds is a USD 6.4 billion fund group, founded in 2006, and is actively seeking hedge funds to convert into mutual funds. Catalyst CIO and senior portfolio manager David Miller explains that his firm has so far converted nearly a dozen hedge funds to mutual funds. »

Wealth management fintech firm, JHC Systems (JHC), has spent 30 years servicing the technology needs of its wealth management clients. The firm started with its first client Charles Stanley, who still use it today, and has advanced through the industry observing the increasing digitisation of the wealth sector. »