12 May 2016
Muddy Waters Capital names Terrence Ing as Head of Credit
Muddy Waters Capital, an activist investment firm, has appointed Terrence L Ing as Head of Credit. Ing will identify opportunities for…
More
Hedge funds returned +1.10 per cent in April and are +0.83 per cent YTD 2016
April hedge fund returns were generally positive with 2/3 of reporting funds up during the month, but smaller funds outperformed larger…
Will China’s fizzy drink spill over or go flat?
China is in the midst of a poor-quality rebound, says Geraud Charpin, Portfolio Manager, BlueBay…Risk assets were trading weaker in the…
11 May 2016
Professor Riccardo Rebonato joins EDHEC-Risk Institute
Professor Riccardo Rebonato, a specialist in interest rate risk modelling with applications to bond portfolio management and fixed-income…
Options deploys Fortinet to enhance email and network security
Options, a managed service and IT infrastructure provider to the global capital markets industry, has selected Fortinet to optimise key…
Mock audits can help hedge funds improve their cyber preparedness
Both the National Futures Association (NFA) and the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) are becoming increasingly active in assessing the…
Hedgeweek Special Report: Practical Steps to Becoming Cyber Secure – by James Williams, Editor
This report outlines the main talking points from a recent cybersecurity panel event, where experts provided four core principles which…
Imagine Software reveals clients’ most popular risk apps
Imagine Software, a provider of front-to-back office risk and portfolio management to asset managers, investment banks, prime brokers,…
HazelTree names Sameer Shalaby as President and Chief Executive Officer
HazelTree, a provider of integrated treasury management solutions has named hedge fund industry veteran Sameer Shalaby as the company’s…
CFTC issues proposed amendment to 2013 Final Order regarding RTOs and ISOs
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a proposed amendment to a final order the CFTC issued on 28 March, 2013 that…
Man AHL and the University of Oxford launch centre for machine learning
The Oxford-Man Institute (OMI), an academic institute for research into quantitative finance formed by the University of Oxford and Man…
10 May 2016
Everest Insurance launches Alternative Solution Group
Everest Re Group has launched the Alternative Solution Group at Everest Specialty Underwriters, offering transactional risk insurance as…
DTCC signs MoU on cooperation with KRX
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and the Korea Exchange (KRX), the sole securities and derivatives exchange operator…
Absolute Return Partners launches multi-strategy energy trading fund
London based Institutional investment consultant, Absolute Return Partners (ARP) has launched the ARP Energy Fund, a multi-manager solution…
LME Steel Scrap contract sees first voice-brokered trade
The London Metal Exchange (LME) has executed the first voice-brokered trade of its LME Steel Scrap contract. The trade was executed on 4…
