14 Sep 2017
ThinkMarkets adds Bitcoin & cryptocurrency trading to CFD offering
ThinkMarkets, a fintech provider of financial derivatives trading, has expanded its offering of CFD trading to the four most liquid Crypto…
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Kettera expands Hydra marketplace to equity hedge funds
Kettera Strategies has expanded its Hydra global macro, FX, and commodity managed account marketplace with the launch of Hydra Global…
McKay Brothers adds key metals futures to Quincy Extreme Data Service
McKay Brothers International has added select futures from the London Metal Exchange to its Quincy Extreme Data (QED) service. QED now…
Broadridge appoints President of International Sales
Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed Bob Santangelo (pictured), as President of International Sales, based out of the firm’s London…
Mid-year figures reflect sustained appeal of Jersey’s private placement regime and strong uptake in new fund structure
The number of alternative fund managers marketing into Europe through Jersey’s national private placement regimes (NPPRs) continued to rise…
Barclays and Novus launch new family of equity indices based on hedge fund public filings
Barclays has expanded its offering of Quantitative Investments Strategies with the launch of the Novus Barclays Public Ownership HF…
13 Sep 2017
EEX to launch Wood Pellet Futures
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) is to introduce futures on wood pellets, which will be available for Trade Registration as of 19…
Jibrel Network to hold first token sale
Jibrel Network, the first protocol with built-in regulatory compliance that allows anyone to put traditional assets like currencies, bonds…
Nearly half of institutional investors suffer trading losses due to bad event data
Nearly half (45 per cent) of institutional investors say that have lost money by missing a trading opportunity due to an incorrect event…
IndexIQ multi-strategy index dominates returns in August
IndexIQ’s hedge indexes’ results for August 2017 revealed the top performing index as the IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Index, up 0.67 per cent…
Hedge Fund Standards Board becomes Standards Board for Alternative Investments
The Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB), the global standard-setting body for the alternative investment industry, has changed its name to…
Post Advisory Group to launch CLO business
Post Advisory Group, a multi-strategy asset management firm majority-owned by Principal Financial Group, is to build a collateralised loan…
Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index up 0.38 per cent in August
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category…
S&P Global invests in Algomi
S&P Global has formed a strategic partnership with, and taken a minority stake in Algomi, a fintechcompany with offices in New York,…
SS&C launches exception management and workflow solution for Geneva
SS&C Technologies has launched a new Exception Management and Workflow solution for Geneva, which enables clients to pre-emptively…
