03 Nov 2016
Synchronicity Futures launches commodity long-short programme
Synchronicity Futures, a licensed commodity trading adviser (CTA), has launched the Commodity Long-Short Programme with a USD10 million…
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EEX registers first trade in post 2020-EUA futures period
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has registered its first trade in EUA Futures beyond 2020, thereby extending into the fourth trading…
02 Nov 2016
RBC Wealth Management appoints head of alts platform
RBC Wealth Management-US has appointed Bryan Mullin as head of the firm’s alternative investment platform.Mullin (pictured) most recently…
Lombard Odier IM adds Volantis team to 1798 hedge fund platform
Lombard Odier Investment Managers (IM) has added the eight-strong Volantis investment management team from AlphaGen Capital to the firm’s…
Rising alternative funds sustain Swiss-Asia growth despite global economic slowdown
Swiss-Asia Financial Services, a provider of dedicated incubation services to hedge funds, reports that rising alternative funds incubated…
All six MVIS long/short equity indices negative in October
All six of MV Index Solutions’ (MVIS) investable long/short equity indices recorded negative performance in October.The MVIS Western Europe…
LMAX Exchange joins IPC's FX Hub
LMAX Exchange, a multilateral trading facility (MTF) for FX, has joined the IPC FX Hub in the Equinix NY4 data centre.The IPC FX Hub…
LCM Partners Credit Opportunities III reaches hard cap
LCM partners has closed the LCM Partners Credit Opportunities III strategy, with in excess of EUR2 billion in commitments across a mix of…
Fincad launches mortgage-backed securities solution
Fincad, a provider of valuation and risk analytics, has added coverage for mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and structured fixed income…
Elliott to acquire a controlling interest in Aeolus
Multi-strategy hedge fund manager Elliott Management Corporation, through an affiliate, is to acquire a controlling interest in Aeolus…
GAM launches fund based on Cantab process
Following the completion of its acquisition of Cantab Capital Partners in October, GAM has launched its first purely quantitative equities…
Candriam Investors Group appoints head of long short equity
Candriam Investors Group, a European asset manager owned by New York Life Investment Management (NYLIM), has appointed César Zeitouni as…
Activist hedge funds only deliver returns during takeovers, says UNC research
Activist hedge funds often push the management teams they target to pursue a sale of the company, which is the only reliable strategy for…
EEX achieves new monthly record in Spanish Power Futures
In October 2016, the monthly volume on EEX’s power derivatives market amounted to 410.1 TWh, increasing by 52 per cent from October 2015…
Investment managers optimistic about own growth prospects, says SimCorp survey
Investment managers are expecting significant growth in terms of assets under management (AuM) and revenue in the next three years,…
