28 Jan 2016
Franklin Square lowers retail investor fees
Franklin Square Capital Partners, a manager of business development companies (BDCs), has unveiled an new structure for non-traded…
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New CBOE study examines weekly and monthly S&P 500 PutWrite indexes
A new study from The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) examines the monthly CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index and the CBOE S&P 500…
27 Jan 2016
Intercontinental Exchange makes senior management promotions
Intercontinental Exchange has made three senior management promotions – Ben Jackson, President and COO of ICE Futures U.S., has been named…
Hedge fund Voce Capital adds two industry veterans to senior management team
Voce Capital Management has added two industry veterans to its executive team with both Mark Shamia joined as Chief Operating Officer and…
ParFX launches trading in Hungarian forint
Wholesale electronic trading platform ParFX has expanded the number of currencies in its offering with the addition of the Hungarian forint…
The real concern for Apple is China
Mark Hawtin, Investment Director, GAM, on the challenges facing Apple…The numbers reported by Apple last night showed that Apple is…
Credit Suisse opens new trading floor in Dublin
Credit Suisse to open Front Office trading floor in Ireland for Prime Services businessIrish Taoiseach Enda Kenny has opened the first…
European Swap investors shun electronic trading despite pending regulations
The implementation of MiFID II and EMiR will dramatically increase the use of e-trading of European interest-rate derivatives, but it will…
Richard Franzen joins Deimos Asset Management as MD and portfolio manager
Deimos Asset Management, a multi-strategy hedge fund manager, has appointed Richard Franzen (pictured) as a Managing Director and Portfolio…
Agecroft Partners to host new hedge fund conference to benefit Hedge Fund Cares and World Pediatric Project
Agecroft Partners is to donate all the profits from its new conference Gaining the Edge – 2016 Hedge Fund Marketing Leadership Summit…
Alternative assets industry grows to record USD7.4tn in 2015
Alternative assets fund managers hold a record USD7.4 trillion in combined assets under management (AUM) in 2015, up from USD6.9 trillion a…
Euronext launches sugar contract
Euronext is to launch a new Sugar commodities futures contract in the autumn of 2016 allowing the industry to hedge its positions against…
26 Jan 2016
Institutional investors wary of increasing correlations, turning to alts, says Natixis survey
Institutional investors worldwide say it is challenging to find diversification among traditional asset classes, with more than half (54…
Cayman LLC proof that Cayman is listening to US managers
The Cayman Islands Government published The Limited Liability Companies Bill, 2015 on 18 December 2015 which, when enacted, will provide…
Increased use of ‘funds-of-one’ among hedge funds
Susan Lock (pictured) is a partner in the investment funds team at Campbells, a leading Cayman Islands law firm which has been established…
