12 Mar 2013
DTCC introduces settlement matching to reduce risk and boost intraday settlement finality
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has released details on how its depository subsidiary, The Depository Trust Company…
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Petrus Advisers completes re-domiciliation of Special Situations Fund to Cayman Islands
Petrus Advisers has re-domiciled its Petrus Advisers Special Situations Fund from Jersey to the Cayman Islands.The decision to move the…
11 Mar 2013
IMQ seeds systematic trading strategy from Romanesco
Early-stage seeding specialist IMQ has seeded a new systematic trading strategy, the Persistence Program, from Romanesco Capital…
LTRO continues to weigh on European repo market
The European Repo Council of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has released the results of its 24th semi-annual survey of…
Kinetic Partners establishes management company in Luxembourg
Kinetic Partners’ application to become a fund management company (MANCO) in Luxembourg has been approved by the Luxembourg Financial…
US sequestration poses downward risk
Joanna Shatney (pictured), Head of US Large Cap Equities at Schroders, shares her views on the recent sequestration in the US… We are now…
Fugitive hedge fund manager arrested in Italy
Florian Wilhelm Jürgen Homm, a German hedge fund manager who was on the run for more than five years, has been arrested in Italy on US…
Cayman Islands Government and Cayman Finance to attend Brazil Hedge Fund Forum
In a joint partnership with the Cayman Islands Government’s Ministry for Financial Services, Cayman Finance will be co-sponsoring the…
AXA Investment Managers launches implied volatility fund… VAM Funds opens its platform to retail and institutional investment managers…
Geneva-based Alix Capital, provider of the UCITS Alternatives Index, this week published its latest UCITS Alternative Index Trends survey.…
Hedge funds gain in February as equities approach record level
Hedge funds posted gains in February as broad US equity indexes approached record levels and the US dollar surged against most major…
Guernsey Financial Services Commission names new director general
William Mason will be appointed director general of the Guernsey Financial Services Commission on the retirement of Nik van Leuven.Mason…
08 Mar 2013
Investors predict hedge fund industry assets of USD2.42trn at end 2013
Institutional investors predict that total hedge fund industry assets will reach USD2.42trn at the end of 2013, according to a survey by…
The DE Shaw Group strengthens macro investing unit with two senior hires
The DE Shaw Group, an investment and technology development firm, has appointed Ángel Ubide and Brian Sack as senior vice presidents and…
Exchange-traded derivatives trading volumes decrease 15 per cent in 2012
The number of exchange-traded derivatives (ETD) worldwide decreased in 2012 for the first time since 2004, falling by 15 per cent to 21…
Lyxor Hedge Fund Index up 0.15 per cent in February
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up 0.15 per cent in February, bringing year-to-date performance to +1.73 per cent. Eight Lyxor Strategy…
