07 Jul 2016
EBS BrokerTec and ICAP Information Services launch EBS CNH Benchmark
EBS BrokerTec and ICAP Information Services (IIS) have launched the EBS CNH Benchmark, a fully electronic, trade-backed reference rate for…
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MUFG Investor Services appoints Marc Russell-Jones as head of business development for EMEA
MUFG Investor Services, the global asset servicing arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has appointed Marc Russell-Jones as head of…
Barclays Bank fined USD560,000 for submitting inaccurate LTRs for physical commodity swaps
Barclays Bank is to pay a USD560,000 penalty to settle Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) charges that it failed to submit…
Mourant Ozannes Hong Kong moves to new premises
Law firm Mourant Ozannes has moved to new office space at Landmark in order to accommodate rapid expansion in its Hong Kong office.Driven…
Prestige launches direct lending fund on MFEX investor platform
Prestige Capital Management has launched its Commercial Finance Opportunities Fund on the Sweden-based Mutual Funds Exchange (MFEX)…
HIG Bayside Capital closes USD1.1bn Loan Opportunity Fund
HIG Bayside Capital, the distressed debt and special situation affiliate of private equity firm HIG Capital (HIG), has closed the HIG…
Unigestion makes strong commitment to carbon reduction with Montreal Carbon Pledge
Boutique asset manager Unigestion has signed the Montreal Carbon Pledge, an ambitious collaboration between the United Nations-supported…
Investors and hedge and private equity fund managers gauge Brexit impact
Many alternative fund managers expect performance and investment decisions to be affected following the UK’s Brexit vote, while…
ALTIN to reduce exposure to alternative investments
The board of directors of Alpine Select has taken the decision in principle to reduce in medium-term its exposure in hedge funds – held…
06 Jul 2016
Hedge funds weather choppy political storm, says GAM
Politics and central bank policy took centre stage through the second quarter in the lead up, and in reaction, to the 23 June Brexit…
AMG completes investments in three alternative investment firms
Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) has completed its investments in Capula Investment Management, Mount Lucas Management and CapeView…
Investment managers must embrace technological innovation or risk being displaced, says SEI
The investment management industry is lagging others in exploiting the vast potential of information technologies, and asset managers are…
ITG launches enhanced US smart order router
ITG has launched an enhanced version of its smart order router which, in early tests, has returned 35 per cent size improvement over the…
CBOE options contracts ADV up in June
June average daily volume (ADV) for options contracts traded on Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and C2 Options Exchange (C2), and…
Euronext ADVs up in June
June average daily transaction value (ADV) on the Euronext cash order book stood at EUR8,345 million in June, 9.3 per cent lower than June…
