19 Sep 2018
Derivatives analytics firm urges UK pension funds and asset managers to plan for initial margin rules
Post-financial crisis regulatory changes in derivatives trading have forced change on how UK pension funds and large asset managers conduct…
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UK Treasury Committee urges regulation for ‘Wild West’ crypto-assets
‘Wild West’ crypto-assets should be regulated according to the UK Treasury Committee which has published a unanimously-agreed report on…
Vela expands SuperFeed with additional Asia Pacific markets
Vela, an independent provider of trading and market access technology for global multi-asset electronic trading, has added key Asia Pacific…
QuantHouse and Enyx launch FPGA accelerated hardware as a service
QuantHouse, an independent global provider of end-to-end systematic trading solutions including market data services, an algo trading…
DSB invites OTC Derivative ISIN users participate in development of DSB Road Map
The Derivatives Service Bureau, founded by the Association of Numbering Agencies (ANNA) to facilitate the allocation and maintenance of…
ICAP Capital Markets to pay USD50m CFTC penalty over attempted manipulation of US Dollar ISDAFIX Benchmark Swap Rates
ICAP Capital Markets, now known as Intercapital Capital Markets, is to pay a USD50 million penalty to settle US CFTC charges that, through…
Hedge funds outflows slow substantially in July as investors redeem USD1.0bn
Outflows from the hedge fund industry slowed substantially in July amid mixed signals on trade and the global economy, according to the…
18 Sep 2018
Tourmaline Partners enhances web reporting
Outsourced trading solutions firm Tourmaline Partners has added an “execution dashboard” to its client website to provide its buy-side…
TORA integrates OEMS with NEX Regulatory Reporting
TORA, a provider of a cloud-based order and execution management system (OEMS), has expanded its support for MiFID II transaction and trade…
Alternative UCITS funds slide further in August
Close to 60 per cent of Alternative UCITS funds posted losses in August, pushing broad-based indices lower. The LuxHedge Global Alternative…
Hedge fund returns YTD are weakest since 2011
Hedge funds are up 0.45 per cent for the year, their weakest performance on record since 2011 when they declined 0.40 per cent in the eight…
Paraic Cosgrave joins Abbey Capital as Global Head of Sales
Paraic Cosgrave has joined Abbey Capital, a Dublin based multi-manager managed futures specialist, as Global Head of Sales. Cosgrave brings…
Exchange Council pleased with positive market feedback on long-term hedging via EEX
The Exchange Council of the European Energy Exchange (EEX) says it is particularly encouraged by the continuous trend of hedging long-term…
CMC Markets Institutional launches Prime Derivatives
CMC Markets Institutional – a provider of liquidity and white label trading solutions – has launched a new Prime Derivatives trading…
Growing prime services with an eye on sustainability
The last thing any hedge fund manager wants is to be off-boarded by a Prime Broker. It can be a destabilising and unsettling experience,…
