04 Sep 2013
Moscow Exchange bolsters management team with senior hires
Moscow Exchange has made a number of senior hires to its management team to strengthen key operations and increase the exchange’s…
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REGIS-TR and TriOptima to provide reconciliation of trade repository data for OTC derivatives
REGIS-TR and TriOptima will provide portfolio reconciliation of REGIS-TR’s trade repository data with data in TriOptima’s triResolve…
ESMA advises Commission on equivalence of non-European derivatives rules
The European Securities and Market Authority (ESMA) has published its advice to the European Commission on the equivalence of the…
Macquarie Futures USA fined USD150,000 for failing to maintain adequate funds in secured accounts
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Macquarie Futures…
Gold continues uptrend amid increased investor interest and economic uncertainty
Comment from Angelos Damaskos, CEO of Sector Investment Managers and fund adviser to the Junior Gold fund…Following confirmation by UN…
Average daily volume of 6.6 million contracts at Eurex Group in August
In August 2013, the international derivatives markets of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 6.6 million contracts, compared…
Wake2o adds to hedge fund secondaries sales team
Wake2o has appointed Jean-Michel Montandon as a vice president in the firm’s global hedge fund distribution business, which comprises…
VIX futures trading volume up 83 per cent y-o-y in August, says CBOE
August trading volume in VIX futures totalled 3,488,149 contracts, an increase of 83 per cent over August’s total in 2012 and a gain of 19…
Momentum in asset growth is vital to successfully raising hedge fund assets, says Agecroft
Many small to mid-sized hedge funds become frustrated because their firm’s assets under management are not growing and they believe the…
ICAP files swap execution facility application with CFTC
ICAP SEF (US) has filed its application to be a swap execution facility (SEF) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in…
Estancia makes minority investment in Equinoxe
Private equity fund Estancia Capital Partners has acquired a minority interest in Equinoxe Alternative Investment Services, joining XL…
03 Sep 2013
European certificates market continues to rise
The second quarter of 2013 saw a strong increase in turnover in investment certificates and leverage products on the European exchanges,…
ALTIN strike price of put options at a 20 per cent premium over share price
The board of directors of ALTIN has disclosed the main terms of the issuance of put options announced on 18 July 2013. The final strike…
Turnover at Deutsche Börse’s cash markets at EUR84.6bn in August
Order book turnover on Xetra, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Tradegate stood at EUR84.6bn in August 2013 compared with EUR86.6bn in…
Equity dark trading volume exceeds 10 per cent as MiFID II trialogue meeting looms
European politicians may want greater transparency but by pushing all equity market order flow onto traditional primary “lit” exchanges,…
