22 Jan 2015
Financial industry expecting significant impact from T2S
The financial industry is expecting Target2-Securities (T2S) to have significant impact in business, according to a survey by GFT and the…
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21 Jan 2015
Prime-of-Prime service launched for institutional investors
FxPro Financial Services Limited (‘FxPro’) has launched a Prime-of-Prime service in a bid to attract institutional investors and enable…
Providing a gateway for new entrants
“Basel III and other regulatory issues and restrictions have a number of driving factors and downstream effects on tier one primes, which…
Threat of rising funding costs
“Our history is that we’ve been very welcoming to start-up hedge funds. Even as the opportunities to service larger managers grow, we’re…
Basel III set to create a richer array of prime brokers
By James Williams – On 4 August 2014, the Wall Street Journal reported that Goldman Sachs had commenced culling its hedge fund client…
A new paradigm for prime brokers
Scotiabank is one of a stable of Canadian banks that have decided to enter the prime services space as regulation begins to shake up the…
Opportunities for HFs
Japan attracted significant international interest following the launch of Abenomics – how should global hedge fund managers assess Japan,…
Well placed to grow prime brokerage offering under AIFMD
Today’s evolving regulatory landscape is playing to the strengths of ABN AMRO Clearing, certainly with respect to EMIR and AIFMD. Over the…
A new chapter begins
Celebrating its 150th year anniversary in 2014, Societe Generale took the decision in May 2014 to buy out Credit Agricole’s 50 per cent…
Prime brokers focus on holistic relationships
By James Williams (pictured) – A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it. (Chinese…
20 Jan 2015
Strategies that stand up to long-term scrutiny
By James Williams, Hedgeweek – It is widely acknowledged that many CTAs have failed to deliver any meaningful performance over the last few…
Why trend-following strategies are back on track
By James Williams (pictured), Hedgeweek – Trend-following strategies have endured a difficult few years. At the height of fear regarding…
15 Jan 2015
Company culture is key to avoiding regulatory problems, says Kinetic Partners’ survey
Company culture is the most important factor cited in avoiding regulatory problems, according to Kinetic Partners’ survey of almost 300…
Hedgeweek Global Awards 2015 – Voting now closed
Voting for the 6th edition of the Hedgeweek Global Awards has now closed. The Awards will be presented at a lunch ceremony to be held in…
08 Jan 2015
Private debt: A fundamental shift in markets or a temporary yield play? – January 2015
In the midst of a shifting market environment, alternative fund managers are experiencing a surge of demand for primary financing activity.…
