19 Jan 2016
SEEPEX to launch Serbian Day-Ahead market on 17 February 2016
The South East European Power Exchange (SEEPEX) and its project partners are to launch the Serbian Day-Ahead market on 17 February 2016,…
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Shockwaves from China spare hedge funds
Risk assets continued to be bruised and shaken during the second week of January, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross…
TOM publishes report analysing liquidity on options exchanges
TOM has published a report analysing liquidity on the various exchanges listing Dutch equity derivatives ahead of the introduction of…
18 Jan 2016
Mirabaud Securities builds oil & gas equities expertise
Mirabaud Securities, the brokerage and corporate finance arm of Swiss financial and banking Group Mirabaud, has enhanced its expertise in…
Liquidnet launches EMEA Next Gen Algos
Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, has launched its EMEA Next Gen Algo suite, which is designed to enhance the trading…
Marc Desmidt to Join Point72 Asset Management as CEO for Asia-Pacific region
Marc Desmidt has been named Chief Executive Officer for the Asia-Pacific region at Point72 Asset Management (Point72).In this newly created…
Hedge funds post lowest annual returns since 2011 2015
December was another difficult month for the hedge fund industry, as the Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark recorded performance of…
Lyxor Hedge Fund Index down 0.7 per cent in December
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down -0.7 per cent in December, with three out of 11 Lyxor Indices ending the month in positive…
Northill Capital to acquire majority interest in Danish credit hedge fund firm Capital Four
Northill Capital (Northill) is to acquire a majority interest in Capital Four Holding, a European High Yield asset management firm, based…
New media, new tactics: effective and efficient
After a year of media planning and buying for a leading global financial services client, Opportet Media Group has utilised a combination…
Institutionalisation raises operational bar for hedge funds, says survey
Institutionalisation of the hedge fund industry continues apace. According to Credit Suisse’s mid-year Hedge Fund Investor Sentiment…
15 Jan 2016
Portfolios with Purpose adds Imagineer Technology Group as a sponsor
Imagineer Technology Group, a provider of technology solutions for investment management firms, has recently been added to Portfolios with…
Martin Nilsson appointed as co-manager of Catella Hedgefond
Catella has appointed Martin Nilsson (pictured) as new co-manager of the award-winning fund, Catella Hedgefond, in addition to his current…
DTCC’s Avox Data Services validates two million entries
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has announced that Avox Data Services, a specialist in legal entity reference data,…
14 Jan 2016
Electra Information Systems enjoys record-breaking year in 2015
2015 was a record breaking year for Electra Information Systems (Electra), a provider of software solutions for the asset management…