07 Feb 2017
FXCM and founders fined USD7m over forex fraud
Forex Capital Markets (FXCM), its parent company FXCM Holdings and FXCM’s founding partners, Dror Niv and William Ahdout, are to pay a USD7…
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GAIN Capital to acquire client base of FXCM's US operations
GAIN Capital, a provider of online trading services, has signed a non-binding letter of intent to acquire the client base of FXCM's US…
Ogier appoints Jersey funds partner
Jersey funds and regulatory specialist Emily Haithwaite has joined Ogier as a partner.Haithwaite’s (pictured) wide-ranging investment funds…
06 Feb 2017
Merger arbitrage a lower-risk option to play US regulatory changes
Event driven was the top-performing hedge fund strategy in 2016, with the HFRX Event Driven index up 11.1 per cent in USD terms, according…
B Trading launches orders insurance service in London
B Trading has launched a systematic order insurance service exclusive to the financial services sector in London.Created by Oleg Bagrii…
A ‘KURE’ for regulatory fatigue
By Ras Sipko, KOGER – For the past four years, alternative fund managers with US investors have been coming to terms with the far-reaching…
Multiple growth drivers boost Ireland’s Funds Industry
There are a number of encouraging developments in Ireland that would, on the surface, appear to place it on a strong footing to further…
ML Capital evolves fund solutions offering
ML Capital, one of Ireland's leading management company groups, has grown to exceed EUR3 billion of AUM over the last 12 months. The growth…
Moving towards the paperless office
The Irish Government is keen to embrace the FinTech revolution as is evidenced by its IFS2020 strategy for International Financial…
Forging closer links with clients
Alternative fund managers have had a myriad of regulatory change to contend with over recent years. In the early stages, many chose to take…
Ireland: Positioning to be the European RegTech leader
Dublin's International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) employs over 38,000 people and is home to some of the world's leading financial…
Commodity fund achieves top performance
Cayman Islands-domiciled Montreux Natural Resources fund has come in as the second best-performing hedge fund in Preqin’s Global Hedge Fund…
Euronext cash order book ADV down 10.8 per cent in January
The January 2017 average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at EUR6,458 million, down 25.6 per cent compared to…
Nasdaq Commodities and Saxo Bank expand access to Nordic Power products
Nasdaq Commodities and Saxo Bank are teaming up to offer small and medium sized companies (SMEs) in the Nordic region direct access to…
Hedge fund Mercato’s Hepler to join Terex board of directors
Matthew Hepler, a partner at hedge fund Mercato Capital Management, has been appointed to the board of directors of Terex, with immediate…
