14 Apr 2015
Muzinich & Co appoints regional business development manager for north of England and Scotland
Muzinich & Co, an institutional asset management firm specialising in corporate credit, has appointed a business development manager to…
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13 Apr 2015
Weekly Brief: Hedge funds putting their best foot forward in Q2
Following a strong Q1, hedge funds have kept performing as we move to the next quarter. The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index is up 0.4% over the week…
Aquis exchange to launch new closing order type
Aquis Exchange is introducing a new order type – Market at Close (MaC) – that allows its Members to enter orders for matching on the Aquis…
SEI rolls out global framework for compliance management
SEI has launched SEI Firm Compliance, a new global regulatory management framework that equips investment organisations to oversee and…
Heptagon removes hedging overlay from equity hedge offering
Heptagon Capital has successfully completed the conversion of the Helicon Fund from an equity-hedge product to a global long-only equity by…
S&P DJI launches family of Global Sovereign Inflation-Linked Bond Indices
S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) has launched a new family of Global Inflation-Linked Sovereign Indices to effectively measure…
Commodities outlook for 2015: The four key sectors
Oil – According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) US oil production increased by 1.2m barrels per day last year to 8.7m…
Focus on CapEx cuts to deep-water production
The last six months have been turbulent times for crude oil. On 17 March, WTI futures fell to USD42.63 – their lowest level since March…
Soybean and sugar boom in response to dollar strength
“We’re dealing with a global glut of soybeans compared to what we’ve seen in years past,” states Nicole Thomas (pictured), Commodity…
Could El Niño drive up grain prices in 2015?
The price of wheat and corn fell quite substantially last year, mainly on the back of strong planting and favourable weather. Between April…
Agriculturals provide a greater diversifying effect than gold
There are some commodities that investors rarely overlook when building their exposure to the complex: gold and energy commodities being…
E*TRADE launches Apple Watch app
E*TRADE Financial Corporation is to launch an app for the Apple Watch on 24 April, 2015. The app will deliver essential market data in an…
LME appoints Andrew Dodsworth to lead new Market Operations department
The London Metal Exchange (LME) has appointed Andrew Dodsworth as Head of Market Operations. Dodsworth will lead an expanded Market…
10 Apr 2015
SunGard launches new US transfer agency utility
To address the changing dynamics of the fund services industry, SunGard is expanding its transfer agency capabilities by adding a…
RCM Alternatives promotes Paul Rieger to MD and Partner
RCM Alternatives, a brokerage firm that provides investors and wealth advisors with education and services for investing in managed futures…
