04 Apr 2018
Low beta strategies outperform in unstable market conditions
Recent unstable market conditions have proved supportive for hedge funds, in relative terms, with liquid hedge fund benchmarks were down 1…
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EEX achieves new record on emissions secondary market
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) achieved a total volume of 222.4 TWh on its power derivatives markets (March 2017: 311.2 TWh) in MArch…
Saxo Bank launches new trading platform for active traders and institutional clients
Saxo Bank, a Fintech specialist focused on multi-asset trading and investment, has launched SaxoTraderPRO, a new trading platform for…
03 Apr 2018
Steinbrugge predicts rising short term interest rates will benefit some hedge fund returns
Agecroft’s Don Steinbrugge (pictured) writes that rising short term interest rates should help some hedge fund strategy returns.Steinbrugge…
Aspect Capital promotes Rosie Reynolds to Chief Commercial Officer
Aspect Capital (Aspect), a USD7.5 billion systematic investment manager, has promoted Rosie Reynolds to Chief Commercial Officer and to the…
Elysium Technology Group and CRYPTALGO partner to launch cryptocurrency trading solutions for financial institutions
Elysium Technology Group (Elysium), a US-based specialist in trade processing solutions for Foreign Exchange and Futures, and CRYPTALGO,…
BMA reports increase in reinsurance registrations
The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) has experienced a recent uptick in reinsurance registrations. Registrations for the first two months…
02 Apr 2018
CoreCommodity names MD
Commodities asset manager CoreCommodity Management has appointed Lawrence Danter as Managing Director, a newly-created position which…
Thomson Reuters adds MSCI RiskMetrics to Eikon
Thomson Reuters has enhanced its investment portfolio risk management solutions on its financial flagship desktop product, Eikon, with the…
Institutional investors and family offices planning to increase allocations to alternative investments in 2018
Context Capital Partners’ latest Context Allocator Trends Report, which is based on a survey of more than 400 institutional investors and…
29 Mar 2018
Man Group appoints CIO of Credit at Man GLG
Man Group has appointed Simon Finch as CIO of Credit at Man GLG, its discretionary investment management engine. In this newly created…
Nasdaq launches Nasdaq Fund Network to expand market transparency
Nasdaq has expanded and relaunched its Mutual Fund Quotation Service (MFQS) as Nasdaq Fund Network (NFN). Nasdaq Fund Network is a global…
Saxo Bank welcomes ESMA’s measures in relation to margin trading
Saxo Bank has welcomed ESMA’s recently announced measures in relation to the provision of CFDs to retail clients. The measures include caps…
Quant Insight adds Predata geopolitical risk signals to quantitative macro analysis
Quant Insight, a London-based macro analytics firm, and Predata, the New York-based predictive analytics platform, today announced a new…
JonesTrading expands derivatives trading services
JonesTrading Institutional Services has named David O’Shaughnessy as Managing Director in its Derivatives Trading Group. O’Shaughnessy is…
