05 Feb 2013
BofA Merrill Lynch launches Instinct Natural
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has launched Instinct Natural, an enhancement to its alternative trading system (ATS) Instinct X, aimed at…
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QuantHouse selects KVH for low latency access to Japanese exchanges
QuantHouse, S&P Capital IQ’s real time operation and the global provider of trading solutions, has aligned with KVH, Asia’s leading…
04 Feb 2013
The attractions of convertible bonds
Lee Manzi fund manager, Jupiter Fixed Interest and Multi Asset Team on the attractions of convertible bonds in the current…
Akin Gump adds senior tax professional in London
Jon Hanifan has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld to lead its European hedge fund tax advisory team. He joins from Ernst &…
Investors: What are their investment targets?
By Marianne Scordel, founder, Bougeville Consulting – Recent alternative investment surveys have sought to answer the following question:…
Trading volume at CBOE, C2SM and CFE totalled 89.02 million contracts in January
January trading volume for options contracts on Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and C2 Options Exchange (C2SM) and futures contracts…
Eurex Group sees average daily volume of 8.7 million contracts in January
In January 2013, the international derivatives exchanges of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 8.7 million contracts, compared…
IFG Trust and Corporate Group reveals new brand
IFG Trust and Corporate Group has unveiled its new brand – First Names Group. A coordinated launch of the new First Names Group brand was…
03 Feb 2013
Alceda’s Q4 review shows managed futures continue to lag… Schroders adds US equity long/short manager to GAIA platform…
More than half the inflows into UCITS hedge funds (56 per cent, EUR13.2billion) went into fixed income strategies during 2012 according to…
ESMA issues guidelines on market-making and primary dealer exemptions
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its final Guidelines and a Feedback Statement on the Exemption for…
01 Feb 2013
NFA takes emergency enforcement action against Prodigy Asset Management
The National Futures Association (NFA) has taken an emergency enforcement action against Prodigy Asset Management (PAM), a commodity pool…
Schulte Roth & Zabel adds litigators Barry Bohrer and Lisa Prager
Schulte Roth & Zabel (SRZ) has appointed Barry A Bohrer and Lisa A Prager as partners and Lara Covington as special counsel in the…
Fiera Capital acquires fixed income, equity and balanced account business of UBS Global Asset Management (Canada)
Fiera Capital has closed the acquisition of the Canadian fixed income, Canadian equity and domestic balanced account business from UBS…
Currency wars
The Japanese Yen has fallen sharply while the Euro is at its highest level against the US dollar since 2011. Keith Wade, Chief Economist…
National Futures Association adopts recommendations from analysis of Peregrine Financial Group audits
The National Futures Association’s board of directors has voted to accept the recommendations made by Berkeley Research Group (BRG) as part…
