03 May 2012
Direct Access Group to acquire Discovery Capital Management
Direct Access Group, a diversified institutional financial services enterprise, is to acquire Discovery Capital Management, LLC…
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DTCC to begin publishing data on interest rate derivatives
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has begun publishing public information on over-the-counter (OTC) interest rates…
Deutsche Börse makes algo news feed available in new CME co-location facility
Market Data & Analytics has made available its algorithmic news feed “AlphaFlash” in the CME Co-Location facility located in Chicago’s…
Credit Suisse LAB index down 0.27% in April
The Credit Suisse LAB Index was down 0.27% in April according to Dr Jordan Drachman (pictured), Head of Research for Alternative Beta…
CFTC charges Sidney J Charles, Jr and The Borrowing Station over forex Ponzi scheme
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a federal court action charging Sidney J Charles, Jr, formerly of Bowie, Md,…
NYSE Technologies and Americas Trading Group streamline access to Lat-AM markets
NYSE Technologies and Americas Trading Group (ATG) have launched their high-performance order routing and market-data platform offering the…
02 May 2012
Hedgeweek exclusive: Australia and China important markets for distressed debt investors, says ADM Capital’s Robert Appleby
Right now there are clear dislocations in capital markets, particularly in the eurozone as banks continue their mission to deleverage and…
Pictet launches Agora Fund
Pictet Asset Management, the asset management arm of the Swiss private bank Pictet & Cie, is making available the Agora Fund Ltd to…
SEC files action against RKC Capital
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a Complaint in federal district court against RKC Capital Management LLC, RKC Capital, LLC…
Northern Trust prepares clients for Form PF reporting
Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services LLC, is actively working with its private fund clients to provide the data necessary for Form PF…
30 seconds with… Neal Berger
Neal Berger (pictured), President, Eagle’s View Asset Management, and one of the speakers at GAIM International 2012 in Monaco in June,…
Buy-side interest rate swap clearing surges ahead of Dodd-Frank mandate
LCH.Clearnet Limited’s interest rate swap clearing service, SwapClear, has announced in increase in buy-side cleared volumes of 175% y-o-y…
Court dismisses Jenkins’ appeal
The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has entered an order dismissing the appeal of Leila C Jenkins, the principal of Rhode…
Zerounian joins WTAS LA alternative investment funds practice
Vahan Zerounian has joined WTAS as a Director in the Alternative Investment Funds Practice in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Prior to…
01 May 2012
Deutsche Börse completes Eurex takeover
Deutsche Börse Group has completed its full acquisition of Eurex Zürich AG. Representatives of SIX Swiss Exchange/SIX Group AG and Deutsche…
