21 Aug 2014
Northern Trust strengthens hedge fund investment team
Tristan Thomas has joined Northern Trust’s alternatives group as director of portfolio strategy for hedge funds and Greg Jones has joined…
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Arrow Capital Management merges two funds
Arrow Capital Management has merged two fund which are sub-advised by Raven Rock Capital Management – the Arrow High Yield Fund and the…
20 Aug 2014
Euronext launches equity options on Euronext NV
Trading in equity options on Euronext NV shares will start trading on the Amsterdam derivatives market on 28 August. The new options will…
CFTC issues no-action relief on confirmations of uncleared swap transactions
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a no-action letter providing swap execution facilities (SEFs) time-limited,…
CFTC issues no-action letter for Clearing Corporation of India Ltd
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a time-limited no-action letter it will not take enforcement action against…
Deutsche Börse launches US dollar hedged version of HDAX
Deutsche Börse has launched the HDAX Hedged USD Index, which measures the performance of the underlying HDAX while eliminating foreign…
Commodity hedge funds’ positive performance halted in July, says Newedge
Commodity funds on the whole, as represented by the Newedge Commodity Trading Index, suffered slightly negative performance during the…
19 Aug 2014
General insurance accounts increasing use of alt investments
An anticipated rise in interest rates is accelerating the use of alternative investments by insurance general accounts, according to…
Thomas Conheeney to step down as Point72 president
Thomas Conheeney will step down as president of Point72, a family office managing the assets of its founder and chief executive officer,…
SEC report details use of Form PF data
The SEC’s second annual staff report on the use of data collected from private fund systemic risk summarises how the data received from…
CFTC issues no-action letter for Chicago Mercantile Exchange
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a no-action letter stating that it will not take enforcement action against…
No Russian stocks to be removed from S&P Dow Jones Indices
S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) has announced that no Russian stocks will be removed from its indices.The index provider launched a…
CIMA adopts SQL Power’s XBRL Power Suite
SQL Power is to integrate its pre-engineered, eSignature ready regulatory platform at the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA).The…
18 Aug 2014
Philippe Teilhard de Chardin joins Common Sense Investment Management
Philippe Teilhard de Chardin, chief executive officer of Advisors & Partners, has agreed to join the advisory board of Common Sense…
Where is home to the listed clean energy fund?
By Fiona Le Poidevin – A number of clean energy funds have been launched in the last two years, a significant proportion of which have…
