09 Oct 2014
Tzur Management and Gilboa launch Israeli Hedge Fund Index
Tzur Management and the Gilboa Fund of Funds have launched the Tzur Gilboa Israeli Hedge Fund Index (TGI) which tracks the performance of…
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Pierre Schoeffler joins La Française as senior global asset allocation advisor
La Française has appointed Pierre Schoeffler as senior global asset allocation advisor, a role that will cover all asset classes managed by…
SS&C launches integrated front- to back-office solution for hedge funds
SS&C Technologies has launched an integrated front- to back-office technology platform for hedge funds.The end-to-end offering features…
Mount Lucas launches MLM Symmetry
Mount Lucas Management has launched MLM Symmetry, a globally diversified and quantitatively driven macro strategy.The fund officially…
AII Barometer: Hitting the wall on FED and the rising dollar
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down -0.7% in September (YTD +1.0%). 5 out of 12 Lyxor Indices ended the month of September in positive…
LME proceeds with warehousing reforms
The London Metal Exchange (LME) is to implement its linked load-in/load-out (LILO) rule and to proceed with further warehousing reforms…
Wilshire launches five liquid alternative sub-strategy indices
Wilshire Associates has launched five liquid alternative sub-strategy indices, which now comprise the Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index.The…
Netagio launches Application Programming Interface
Netagio, the first British bitcoin, gold and sterling exchange, has launched an Application Programming Interface (API) which aims to help…
08 Oct 2014
HFA cautions SEC on impact of raising accredited investor net worth requirements
The Hedge Fund Association (HFA) has submitted a comment letter to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as the regulatory agency…
ERI Scientific Beta smart beta indices underperform cap-weighted indices in September
The SciBeta Developed Multi-Beta Multi-Strategy EW index and the SciBeta Developed Multi-Beta Multi-Strategy ERC index posted negative…
TASE launches options and futures on TA-100 Index
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) board of directors has approved the launch of derivatives (options and futures) on the TA-100 index.The…
Euronext opens Dutch and Belgian equity options markets to US investors
Following consultation with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Euronext has received new class no-action relief for foreign options…
A developed and expanding financial centre
By Derek Adler (pictured), IFINA – There are many questions being asked by Investment Managers (IMs) today and relatively few satisfactory…
Five Continents launches governance services offering
Five Continents Financial Limited, a Cayman Islands-based asset management and corporate services company, has launched its governance…
Regulation drives wider range of reporting solutions
With the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) which came in force last July 22, together with the introduction of the…