03 Feb 2016
Linedata launches Linedata Mobil'Ekip
Linedata has launched its digital Linedata Mobil'Ekip solution, which allows key tasks and information to be managed and accessed from…
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Legends Fund adds VR Global as new Legend
Dutch hedge fund specialist Theta Capital Management has added VR Global Offhore Fund Ltd (VR Global) to its flagship Legends Fund.VR…
Euronext sees record number of transactions in January
The January 2016 average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at EUR8,682 million (+0.6 per cent compared with…
Tofts launches Mygale Event Driven UCITS Fund on the MontLake UCITS Platform
Mygale, the new vehicle for the European-focused event driven strategy that CIO Neil Tofts previously deployed at Deephaven Capital…
02 Feb 2016
Shining a spotlight on independent research under MiFID II
The drive towards unbundling research budgets from execution services under MiFID II will alter the fund industry landscape, placing…
First Names Group appoints CFO
First Names Group has appointed Eric Fady (pictured) as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with immediate effect.Reporting directly to the CEO,…
DTCC’s legal entity identifier service issues over 200,00 LEIs
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) Global Markets Entity Identifier Utility (GMEI Utility) has issued more than…
CBOE Futures Exchange reports gain in January 2016 trading volume
CBOE Futures Exchange has reported that average daily volume (ADV) last month was up 19 per cent from January 2015 and 32 per cent higher…
Macquarie Investment Management appoints Dominic Janssens as Global COO
Macquarie Investment Management (MIM), the investment management arm of Macquarie Group, has appointed Dominic Janssens as the firm’s new…
Hedge fund ZAIS hires Gregory Barrett as head of client relations and business development
ZAIS Group Holdings has appointed Gregory Barrett as Head of Client Relations and Business Development, effective immediately. Barrett…
Cohen's Point72 names Joshua Varsano Global Head of Human Resources
Point72 Asset Management (Point72), the family office managing the assets of its founder, Steven A Cohen (pictured), and eligible…
Gains were available in a year of aggregate hedge fund declines, says eVestment
The hedge fund industry produced an aggregate return of -0.77 per cent in December. The decline was the industry’s fifth negative month in…
CFTC Grants Eurex Clearing AG registration as a derivatives clearing organisation
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an order granting Eurex Clearing AG (Eurex Clearing) registration as a…
All six MVIS investable long/short equity indices negative in January
All six of Market Vectors Index Solutions (MVIS) investable Long/Short Equity Indices recorded negative performance in January.Each index…
Hedge fund industry grows in 2015 despite concerns over performance
Preqin’s 2016 Global Hedge Fund Report finds that 2015 was another challenging year for the industry, during which the Preqin…
