27 Oct 2015
Nissan Century Securities deploys Orc Execution Bricks to expand direct market access business in Japan
Nissan Century Securities (Nissan) has implemented an Orc Execution Bricks solution to meet the growing demand for high performance…
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Object Trading co-locates services in ASX data centre
Object Trading is expanding its Direct Market Access Service Platform by co-locating its managed software, client gateways and global…
New Capital introduces SFC authorised funds to Hong Kong
EFG Asset Management’s New Capital has launched its SFC-authorised funds in Hong Kong. The four Irish-domiciled UCITS funds were approved…
ICE to acquire IDC from Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus in USD5.2bn deal
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is to acquire Interactive Data Corporation (IDC), a provider of financial market data, analytics and…
Hedge fund administrator Opus Fund Services appoints Jorge Hendrickson as Head of Sales
Independent full-service fund administrator Opus Fund Services has appointed Jorge Hendrickson as Head of Sales and Marketing.“We have…
26 Oct 2015
Weekly Brief: A sense of déjà vu
Risk assets rallied in the wake of Draghi’s comments which signalled that the ECB stands ready to extend QE at its December 3 meeting.…
Praxis Fund Services launches new Guernsey investment company
PRAXIS Fund Services Limited has launched a new Guernsey incorporated closed-ended investment company, Alternative Liquidity Fund Limited,…
Linklaters appoints new global head of Investment Management Group
Linklaters has appointed Matt Keogh (pictured) as Global Practice Head of the Investment Management Group, succeeding Scott Bowie. The role…
Independent AIFMD depositary Indos Financial expands London team
Indos Financial, the UK’s only independent AIFMD depositary, is adding to its team with the appointment of Andrew Watson (pictured), a…
Hedge fund Scipion Capital boosts senior team
Scipion Capital has strengthened its legal division, on-the-ground operations and corporate governance with three new senior…
Hedge fund general counsel Kher Sheng Lee joins AIMA in Singapore
Kher Sheng Lee has joined The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) in its Singapore office.Lee joins AIMA from Azentus…
MiFID II tops list of regulatory strategy priorities for investment managers in the EU
Out of all the European regulations to affect strategy, MiFID II is expected to be the biggest priority for investment managers, according…
Trad-X USD volumes more than double in 2015
Total USD interest rate swaps (IRS) trading volumes since launch on Trad-X, a platform for the trading of global interest rate derivatives,…
US equity long/short managers avoid October whipsaw
October has provided an intriguing insight into the differing fortunes of equity long/short hedge funds for the year as a whole. Some…
Euronext launches new derivatives trade capture service AtomX
Euronext has launched AtomX, a flexible service that offers the efficiency and security of the regulated market and central clearing to…
