15 Jan 2014
Franklin Pelagos Commodities Strategy Fund launched for US investors
Franklin Templeton Investments has launched a commodities fund to be managed by Pelagos Capital Management, an alternative investments…
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GrizzlyRock Capital expands management team
Alternative asset management firm GrizzlyRock Capital has appointed Chris Ricciardi as managing partner and head of business development…
PAAMCO names four new partners
Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company (PAAMCO), the USD15.6bn fund of hedge funds investment firm, has promoted Ronan Cosgrave,…
CFTC charges Vertical Integration Group over off-exchange commodity transactions
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a civil injunctive enforcement action against Vertical Integration Group,…
14 Jan 2014
Argos Investment Managers to expand in the UK
Argos Investment Managers, a boutique investment firm which manages specialist high conviction investment strategies including the European…
Markit enters OMS Arena with acquisition of thinkFolio
Financial information services company Markit has acquired thinkFolio, a London-based maker of portfolio management software.The software…
Credit Suisse’s AES joins REDI’s multi-broker EMS platform
Credit Suisse’s Advanced Execution Services (AES) has joined REDI Global Technologies’ broker-neutral platform – the REDIPlus Execution…
Increased institutional equities flow drives Liquidnet performance in 2013
Liquidnet, whose 740 members include the world's largest asset managers, has seen institutional investor flows return to markets, such as…
Commodities demand still outpaced by supply
Demand for commodities is still outpaced by supply, says Esty Dwek (pictured), Investment Strategist at HSBC Private Bank…We believe that…
Deutsche Börse acquires enterprise software firm Impendium Systems
Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services has acquired Impendium Systems, a London-based firm that deploys cloud-based software solutions to…
New partner to join Simmons & Simmons’ funds team
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has appointed Dale Gabbert to its funds practice in London.Gabbert will join from Reed Smith,…
Traiana launches service to reconcile reference data ahead of mandatory SEF trading
Traiana has launched a service to reconcile client reference data ahead of the introduction of mandatory electronic trading of swaps on…
13 Jan 2014
Gibraltar signs up to new international financial standard
Gibraltar has become a full signatory to the Multinational Memorandum of Understanding (MMoU) of the International Organization of…
Is the equity market really overvalued?
As the relentless bull market march in equities continues, alarm bells are ringing in many bear camps around the world, says Peter Garnry…
BNP Paribas and Morgan Stanley join EurexOTC Clear
BNP Paribas and Morgan Stanley have joined EurexOTC Clear for Interest Rate Swaps (IRS), Eurex Clearing’s central counterparty service for…
