03 Feb 2014
Major infrastructure investment reflects confidence in Jersey’s financial services industry
Recent major investment aimed at growth within Jersey’s financial services industry is a positive indicator of confidence within the…
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Commodities: Is the bear market near its end?
Commodities have had a tough time since the global financial crisis, but are we starting to see the light appear a little sooner than…
SEC charges two college professors in naked short selling scheme
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a pair of Florida college professors with perpetrating a complex naked short…
MarketAxess SEF Corporation’s available-to-trade determinations are self-certified, says CFTC
MarketAxess SEF Corporation’s self-certification of available-to-trade determinations for certain credit default swap (CDS) contracts is…
CBOE Futures Exchange to launch short-term VIX futures with weekly expirations
CBOE Futures Exchange plans to launch trading of futures with weekly expirations on the new CBOE Short-Term Volatility Index (VXST) on 13…
02 Feb 2014
Chile back on the map for managers of Irish UCITS… Alternative UCITS grew 21% year-on-year in Q4, says Alceda report…
Natixis Global Asset Management has come to market with the launch of a new UCITS fund. As reported by Citywire Global, the firm has…
31 Jan 2014
Non-US companies raised USD10.5bn through depositary receipts in 2013, says Citi
The market for non-US companies raising capital in depositary receipt (DR) form remained strong in 2013, with USD10.5bn in DR capital…
Increased risk but a positive 2014 for US leveraged credit, says DDJ
DDJ Capital Management is forecasting increased risk in 2014 along with positive returns for investors in non-investment grade bonds and…
Investor shift to alternative investments is credit positive for asset managers, says Moody’s
The structural shift among investors toward greater asset allocation to alternative investments will benefit asset managers with expertise…
Broadridge appoints Bennett Egeth as president of investment management business
Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed Bennett Egeth as president of its newly-expanded investment management business.Building on…
Funds to bet billions on European distressed opportunities as liquidity floods markets
Macro headwinds permitting, 2014 is set to remain awash with liquidity and rampant primary markets will enable companies to refinance and…
Confisio and Traiana collaborate on EMIR reporting solution
Traiana has entered into a strategic alliance with Confisio Managed Services to provide a middleware trade reporting solution to Confisio…
S&P Emerging Markets Domestic Demand Index launched
S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched the S&P Emerging Markets Domestic Demand Index, which is designed to measure the performance of…
30 Jan 2014
Asia’s Segantii hit by resignations… PCA Investments to shut down …
Reuters reports that Segantii Capital Management, one of Asia's fastest growing hedge funds, has been hit by five recent resignations,…
Reducing UK’s national debt for 2014 should be priority, says CISI survey
Reducing the UK’s national debt should be Chancellor George Osborne’s priority in 2014, according to a survey carried out by the Chartered…
