10 Feb 2015
Hedge funds outperformed S&P 500 in January
Hedge funds started the year slightly down, but managed to out-perform the S&P 500 for the month of January, according to eVestment’s…
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CLSA Americas enhances high touch and electronic capabilities with IEX
CLSA Americas (CLSAA) has integrated the IEX Alternative Trading System (ATS) and Smart Order Router (SOR) across its Electronic Execution…
OPEC decision significantly impacts CTAs in Q4 2014
The vote by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on 27 November 2014 to not reduce oil production levels was widely…
Lionpoint Group launches alternative investments portfolio monitoring, compliance & reporting service
Lionpoint Group has launched a new service to help alternative investments clients address manager and investor requirements for greater…
DTCC’s legal entity identifier service gathers significant momentum in 2014
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) Global Markets Entity Identifier (GMEI) utility, offered in collaboration with…
Candriam Investor’s Group appoints Matthieu David as Head of Italy
Candriam Investors Group, the pan-European multi-asset manager, has appointment Matthieu David as Head of Candriam Investors Group…
Man GLG appoints Himanshu Gulati to launch new distressed investment strategy
Man GLG, the discretionary investment management business of Man Group (Man), has appointed Himanshu Gulati as Head of US Distressed…
Armstrong Investment Managers appoints Cenk Aydin
Armstrong Investment Managers (AIM) has appointed Cenk Aydin as Managing Director for MENA to expand AIM’s international network into…
09 Feb 2015
Digital Vega breaks daily volume records with year-on-year growth in excess of 160%
Digital Vega, provider of the award-winning Medusa multi-dealer FX Option platform, saw year-on-year growth of over 160% in 2014 with daily…
BGC launches electronic platform for Yen IRS market
BGC Partners has launched BGC Trader for Yen Interest Rate Swaps (IRS). BGC is the first interdealer broker to launch a fully electronic…
Morgan Stanley launches UCITS fund offering exposure to Tremblant Long/Short Equity UCITS Strategy
Morgan Stanley has launched a new fund, the MS Tremblant Long/Short Equity UCITS Fund under its FundLogic Alternatives Plc umbrella. The…
Weekly Brief: Spike in Oil spawns moderate loss
After a strong start to the year, hedge funds paused for breath in early February, with the Lyxor Hedge Fund index falling 0.4% for the…
Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services to serve as exclusive licensor of PEGAS real-time market data
Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services is the exclusive licensor of real-time market data for spot, derivatives and spread products traded…
Bolsa Mexicana de Valores selects Nasdaq's SMARTS for market surveillance efforts
Bolsa Mexicana de Valores is migrate its current real-time, proprietary market surveillance system to Nasdaq’s SMARTS platform.SMARTS has…
OppenheimerFunds appoints Eric Meltzer as CTO
OppenheimerFunds announced today that Eric Meltzer is to join OppenheimerFunds firm as Chief Technology Officer, effective 17 February. In…
