Dr J Bollag & Cie, a Zug, Switzerland based group with a focus on multi-family office services for over 40 years, has appointed Urs Klingelfuss as a Partner.
Alternative investment platform CAIS has surpassed USD10 billion in transaction volume, with over 3,200 unique adviser firms/teams who oversee more than USD1.2 trillion in assets actively using the platform for product access and education.
Barclays Private Bank has strengthened its team with the appointments of Olivier Franceshelli, as Head of Private Banking in Monaco and Alan Werlau as Head of Investments for Barclays Bank Ireland PLC.
By Roger Aitken – With eSports revenues projected to reach USD1.8 billion worldwide by 2022 and seeing a robust CAGR of 22.3 per cent, the Esports Gaming League (EGL), an agency providing a platform for gamers to enter tournaments across multiple games on a global basis, has launched a ‘Series A’ funding valuing the business at around GBP5.5 million (cUSD6.7 million) on a ‘pre-money’ basis.
FactSet has hired Bill Goldsmith as Senior Vice President to lead the company’s global market data efforts.
UK wealth management group Tilney, which looks after over GBP24 billion of assets for clients, is continuing to recruit during the Covid-19 crisis. The firm's latest addition is Mark Stone who joins the team in Bristol area as a financial planner.
In a bumper week for new ETF launches, Legg Mason entered the brave new world of the semi-transparent ETF with the launch of the ClearBridge Focus Value ETF (CFCV), a series of the firm’s ActiveShares ETF Trust, on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe). Staying with active fund launches, Fidelity launched a family of three ESG funds, while TDAM added five new equity ETFs on the Toronto Stock Exchange, and Hamilton ETFs debuted the Hamilton Financials Innovation, also on the TSX.
The current Covid-19 crisis provides the financial services sector with an opportunity to respond to the needs of consumers, provide them with the help and support they will need in the coming months and help them stay safe from scams, Baroness Morgan of Cotes told delegates at PIMFA’s inaugural Virtual Fest on Wednesday (3 June).
ANote Music, a European marketplace for investing in music royalties, is to officially launch to the public on 28 July, 2020.
Finantix, a provider of technology to the wealth management, insurance and banking industries, has appointed Christine Ciriani as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).