06 Jun 2010
Forty per cent of Singapore Exchange brokers to co-locate with SGX engines
Singapore Exchange says 40 per cent of its broking members, numerous proprietary trading firms and several vendors including crossing…
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BNP Paribas Investment Partners strengthens credit capabilities
Martin Fridson is joining BNP Paribas Asset Management, a US registered investment adviser, as global credit strategist within its global…
04 Jun 2010
FSA levies largest ever fine of GBP33.32m on JPMorgan Securities
The UK’s Financial Services Authority has fined JPMorgan Securities GBP33.32m for failing to protect client money by segregating it…
Comment: Silver is set for steeper rally than gold
Silver is being overlooked by investors in the rush for precious metals and is primed for a major price breakthrough that will outstrip…
03 Jun 2010
Edhec-Risk and Rothschild set up research chair on inflation-linked corporate bonds
Edhec-Risk Institute and Rothschild have created a research chair entitled The Case for Inflation-Linked Corporate Bonds: Issuers’ and…
Hedge funds now regularly trading in European sector ETFs
Source says the use of sector exchange-traded funds by hedge funds now represents a meaningful slice of overall sector investing in…
Hedge Fund Marketing Alliance launches website
The Hedge Fund Marketing Alliance has launched a website that provides industry professionals with strategies for raising capital and…
PVE Capital adds five people to team
PVE Capital, a London-based macro credit fund manager which launched in October 2009, has made five additional hires.Loren Remetta, an…
Martin Currie to buy Sofaer Capital’s European long/short equity business
Martin Currie Investment Management has agreed to acquire the Sofaer Capital European long/short equity business. Sofaer Capital currently…
02 Jun 2010
Average daily volume of 16.2 million contracts at Eurex and ISE in May
At the derivatives markets of Eurex an average daily volume of 16.2 million contracts was traded in May 2010, up from 11.8 million in May…
Rosseau ranked number one event driven hedge fund
Rosseau Asset Management has been ranked the number one event driven hedge fund globally by BarclayHedge for both the five and ten year…
Tora targets expansion of Tora Crosspoint after Japan launch
Tora, an Asia-based provider of trading technology and financial services, is expanding Tora Crosspoint to cover new markets including Hong…
Harcourt launches Vonda Ucits Fund
Harcourt Investment Consulting has launched the Vonda Ucits Fund. Vonda Ucits combines the performance of hedge fund investments with the…
Singapore Exchange to trade Nikkei Dividend Index Futures
Singapore Exchange’s derivatives market will start trading the new SGX Nikkei Dividend Point Index futures from 17 June, making SGX the…
Lyster Watson receives patent for True Alpha hedge fund rating system
Lyster Watson, a hedge fund advisory firm, has received US patent protection on its True Alpha hedge fund rating and ranking system. The US…
