13 Sep 2010
Orc provides market access to Singapore Mercantile Exchange
Orc Software, a provider of technology and services for advanced trading in financial instruments, has introduced market access to the…
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Fidessa launches global fragmentation analysis tools
Fidessa group, a provider of trading systems, market data and connectivity to both buy-sides and sell-sides, has launched global market…
CFTC will not issue grandfather relief for bilateral exempt commodity swaps
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has determined not to issue grandfather relief at this time to parties that petition the…
Citi appoints prime finance head of sales and capital introduction in EMEA
Citi has appointed Paul Harvey as prime finance head of sales and capital introduction in EMEA. Harvey brings over 20 years of experience…
12 Sep 2010
Doughty Hanson to acquire Equity Trust for EUR350m
Private equity firm Doughty Hanson is to acquire Equity Trust, a provider business administration and fiduciary services, for a total…
Citigroup sponsors launch of new managed accounts platform
Citigroup has launched Ivaldi Capital, a managed account platform which aims to accommodate the increasing demand for alpha-generating…
Newedge sponsors GH Financials as first remote trading member on TFX
Multi-asset brokerage and clearing firm Newedge has become the sponsoring clearer to GH Financials as the first remote trading member in…
Global UCITS deliver lukewarm 0.14% return in August heat
August saw Ucits hedge funds fail to deliver any scintillating returns, with not a single strategy climbing above one per cent according to…
Ireland continues to evolve regulatory environment with change to sub-fund naming policy
With the AIFM directive giving non-EU fund managers the jitters, Ireland has taken another step forward towards making Dublin the domicile…
ML Capital focuses beyond EU with launch of Montlake Ucits platform
Malta-headquartered ML Capital has this week launched the Montlake UCITS Platform Plc, a fully independent Dublin-domiciled…
Fund Spotlight: Pioneer Funds - Commodity Alpha A EUR Hedged ND
This week’s fund spotlight is on Unicredit-owned Pioneer Investments and in particular, its commodity newcits: the Pioneer Funds Commodity…
Threadneedle rolls out UK Absolute Alpha newcits
Threadneedle has this week announced plans to roll out the UK Absolute Alpha Fund, adding to its growing stable of absolute return…
Hedge funds protect capital and outperform as markets decline sharply
Hedge funds have been able to protect capital and generate modest positive performance this year despite high levels of volatility and…
Survey shows concerns about new regulatory structure in UK
A survey conducted by Kinetic Partners of over 90 senior figures in the asset management, banking and broking industries shows a lack of…
Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index up 0.22 per cent in August
Early estimates indicate the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index will post positive performance of 0.22 per cent in August, based on…
