03 Jun 2015
US M&A deal pace is deliberate
David Shine, Partner – Corporate Department at international law firm Paul Hastings, comments on the news that US bound M&A deal…
More
Custom House Fund Services enhances Gateway portal for US market
Custom House Fund Services, a provider of financial services to the alternative investment sector, is to release significant enhancements…
CBOE Holdings to acquire data and analytics platforms of Livevol
CBOE Holdings is to acquire the market data services and trading analytics platforms of Livevol, a provider of equity and index options…
Elian opens New York Office
Elian, a provider of corporate services, fund services, private wealth and capital services, has extended its international footprint with…
CBOE Futures Exchange VIX futures ADV up 9 per cent in May
Average daily volume in VIX futures in May on the CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) totalled 174,923 contracts, an increase of 9 per cent from…
02 Jun 2015
HedgeCoVest platform goes live
HedgeCoVest, the first real-time hedge fund replication platform, offering advisors and retail investors real-time replication of hedge…
Northern Trust launches alternative asset manager 50 South Capital Advisors
Northern Trust has established a registered investment advisor subsidiary, 50 South Capital Advisors, which will provide investors with…
Vertex One Asset Management leverages Linedata’s Global Hedge technology
Vertex One Asset Management, manager of over CAD2.1 billion in assets through six investment funds in Canada, including one of the…
VaR shocks are ‘now inevitable’, says Fasnara Capital
In its latest Investment Outlook to investors, London-based hedge fund Fasanara Capital explains how liquidity-induced markets are prone to…
Backstop Solutions Group acquires Cogency Software
Backstop Solutions Group has acquired Cogency Software, a provider of accounting solutions for multi-manager investment firms. Cogency’s…
MarketAxess appoints Scott Eaton as COO for Europe
MarketAxess Holdings, the operator of an electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities, and the provider of market data and…
Are CTAs mumbo jumbo or additive for a diversified hedge fund portfolio?
By Donald A.Steinbrugge, CFA, Managing Partner, Agecroft Partners – Commodity trading advisors’ (CTAs) perception among investors is more…
Hint: Extended trading hours offer new opportunities…
When CBOE introduced the CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX) in 1993 it quickly became the world's barometer for market volatility. Since…
Six trends shaping the next generation
Just 20 years ago, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were novelties. Now, after two decades of explosive growth, they are firmly entrenched in…
Cybersecurity: Walking a tight rope between transparency and control
Trevor Chisholm, Director of Alternative Investments at Intralinks has appeared in a new video on Asset TV. The interview discusses how…
