31 Oct 2016
Object Trading conforms to BM&F Bovespa for direct connection to deep liquidity
Object Trading, a provider of multi-asset trading infrastructure, has been fully approved by BM&F Bovespa in Sao Paulo as a conformed…
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Oaktree appoints Steven Gilbert to board of directors
Oaktree Capital Group has appointed Steven Gilbert to its board of directors, effective 24 October 2016.Gilbert is the founder and chairman…
CBOE reports net income of USD40.3 million in Q3
CBOE Holdings has reported net income allocated to common stockholders of USD40.3 million, or USD0.50 per diluted share, for the third…
28 Oct 2016
Global Advisors bitcoin fund appoints custodians
Bitcoin asset manager Global Advisors (Jersey) has appointed custodians and extended the trading powers for its flagship fund, Global…
Millennium Trust expands fund custody solution
Millennium Trust Company, a provider of custody solutions for institutions, advisers and individuals, has expanded its fund custody…
Jeff Parker joins Wall Street Horizon
Jeff Parker has joined Wall Street Horizon, a provider of corporate event dates and information for institutional investors and traders, as…
GPW reduces transaction and information service fees for exchange members
The Warsaw Stock Exchange will reduce exchange members fees on transactions on the GPW Main Market and the NewConnect ATS as of 1 November…
It all comes down to style in managed futures
Managed futures have become an alternative asset class that is widely used by investors seeking overall portfolio diversification and…
27 Oct 2016
CBOE launches Smile Index based on implied volatilities of S&P 500 options
Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has launched the CBOE S&P 500 Smile Index, a premium-capture strategy benchmark index based on…
Vincent Ip named partner at Ropes & Gray
Global law firm Ropes & Gray has named 11 attorneys as partners of the firm, effective 1 November, including Hong Kong-based Vincent…
Otterbourg appoints Daniel Fiorillo as head of restructuring group
Otterbourg has named Daniel Fiorillo as head of the firm’s restructuring practice group as of 1 January 2017.Jonathan Helfat, who led the…
City Index tightens major FX spreads
City Index has reduced its spreads across a wide range of FX pairs, with AUD/USD, EUR/USD and USD/JPY now to be priced from 0.5 pts and…
26 Oct 2016
Cultural fit is key to long‑term success
The pace of consolidation within the hedge fund administration space shows no let-up, with MUFJ Investor Services, the asset servicing arm…
Convergence drives strategic operational partnerships
In order for the alternative funds industry to evolve one point that needs to be addressed is that the term 'Hedge Fund Administration' is…
Strategy will be to focus on ‘growth from the core’
Conifer Financial Services is one of the world's leading independent fund administrators. It has more than 200 clients representing more…
