08 Jun 2010
BSX: Providing transparency to listed vehicles
BSX: Providing transparency to listed vehicles BSX: Providing transparency to listed vehiclesDespite a handful of corporate departures…
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US equity trading business falling short of expectations
Commissions paid by institutional investors to brokers on trades of US equities are falling far short of projections to this point in…
Buckingham’s hedge fund strategies added to Innocap platform
New York City based hedge fund manager Buckingham Capital Management is providing access to its two flagship hedge fund strategies, with…
Comment: New UCITS rules on VaR will hurt investors
At a time of high market volatility, the latest consultation by the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR), which closed on…
07 Jun 2010
Comment: The case for Brazil
Julian Thompson (pictured), Head of Emerging Market Equities at Threadneedle Asset Management, outlines his emerging market equity outlook…
ICMA members prefer end of day pricing publication
Members of the International Capital Market Association favour end of day publication of trading prices, a survey has found.The members…
ADM Capital launches fund focused on Kazakhstan
Asia Debt Management Hong Kong has launched a fund dedicated to investing in recovery situations in the Central Asian republic of…
BlueCrest hires emerging market trader
BlueCrest Capital Management has appointed Daniel Kajiya as a portfolio manager for its emerging markets fund. Kajiya will be based in…
HPC Platform changes name to NovaSparks
HPC Platform, a provider of data packet processing solutions, has changed its name to NovaSparks.Founded in 2007 by Marc Battyani and Eric…
M&G launches Macro Episode Fund for institutional and discretionary investors
M&G has launched a Ucits III version of a global macro investment strategy employed for the Prudential life fund for the last…
Liontrust appoints Nick Wells as consultant
Liontrust Asset Management has appointed Nick Wells as a consultant to advise on business development. In this newly created role, Wells…
Custom House wins Efficient Capital mandate
Malta-based Custom House Global Fund Services has been appointed to act as the full service administrator of the funds managed by Efficient…
Sean Ruhmann joins NEPC
Sean Ruhmann has joined Cambridge, Massachusetts-based adviser NEPC as a senior consultant in the firm’s alternative investments research…
Tumultuous month sees Ucits HFS Index down 1.08 per cent in May
After two positive months the Ucits HFS Index lost 1.08 per cent in May 2010 after a challenging month for the financial industry. The loss…
06 Jun 2010
NYSE Euronext sees 13.3 million derivatives contracts traded per day in May
NYSE Euronext set an all-time record of 13.3 million global derivatives contracts traded per day in May 2010. European derivatives average…