27 Feb 2018
QuantHouse adds CMC Markets to the qh API Ecosystem
QuantHouse, the independent global provider of end-to-end high performance market data and trading through API based technologies, had…
More
Institutional investors focusing on alternative investments, ESG and risk management, says Natixis survey
Volatility finally roared back to abnormally tame markets, but most institutional investors were already bracing for impact; their efforts…
Thomson Reuters partners with DealVector to enhance LPC desktop capabilities
Thomson Reuters and DealVector have partnered to integrate access to certain DealVector identity-protected messaging capabilities with…
Reed Smith adds fund finance partner to London team
Reed Smith has appointed fund finance partner Bronwen Jones to the firm’s Financial Industry Group in London. Jones (pictured), joins from…
26 Feb 2018
Hedge funds recover from stock sell-off
Hedge funds recovered strongly last week from the recent stock selloff, with two exceptions: fixed income funds, flat this week; and…
VIX 2.0 mutual fund offers absolute returns in volatile markets
The VIX is not broken says Taylor Lukof of ABR Dynamic Funds. “There was an opportunity for the VIX to break on the 5th of February and…
CFETS and NEX launch new trading platform for the Chinese FX market
NEX has partnered with China Foreign Exchange TradeSystem (CFETS), China’s interbank market trading platform and infrastructure provider,…
EFAMA reports ‘exceptional’ year for European funds industry
2017 was an exceptional year for the European investment fund industry, with net assets of UCITS and AIF surpassing the EUR15 trillion mark…
Hedge funds see best start to a year since pre-2008 financial crisis, says eVestment
Investors allocated about USD14.12 billion in new money to hedge funds in January and pushed overall hedge fund industry AUM to a new…
23 Feb 2018
Wealthfront launches Risk Parity strategy to replicate Bridgewater Associates’ All Weather Fund
Wealthfront has launched Risk Parity, the latest addition to PassivePlus, the company's signature suite of investment features, which is…
Imagineer and Synap to merge
Imagineer Technology Group, a provider of investor relations and fund marketing software to the asset management industry, and Synap…
SANNE appoints Head of Client Relationship Management – Americas
SANNE has appointed Hannah Correll Jaeger as Head of Client Relationship Management – Americas, to support the company’s strategic growth.…
Saxo Bank reports 33 per cent increase in profits in 2017
Online multi-asset trading and investment specialist Saxo Bank has reported a positive net profit of DKK401 million for 2017, an increase…
Morrison & Foerster adds experienced financial services partner
Morrison & Foerster has appointed Susan Gault-Brown as a partner in the firm’s Financial Services Group in Washington DC. Gault-Brown…
CUSIP request volume signals strong pace of US corporate equity and debt issuance in Q1
CUSIP Global Services’ (CGS) latest CUSIP Issuance Trends Report for January 2018 reveals an increase in CUSIP request volume for new US…
