31 Mar 2008
EuroCCP receives FSA thumbs-up as clearing house
European Central Counterparty has received approval as a UK-recognised clearing house by the Financial Services Authority, solidifying its…
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Triple A Partners to seed Jadeite Capital's Asia Absolute Return fund
Triple A Partners has made its second investment after entering the seeding and distribution business by providing an initial USD25m…
Stenham launches global resources fund
Stenham Asset Management has publicly launched the Stenham Global Resources Fund, which it has been running internally since July…
28 Mar 2008
Hedgemedia's AltInvestment Global News Round-Up: Federal Reserve recruits BlackRock to manage Bear portfolio
BlackRock has been tapped by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to help manage the USD30bn portfolio of Bear Stearns, which is being…
27 Mar 2008
LME launches Cleared Average Price Swaps service
The London Metal Exchange has launched a Cleared Average Price Swap (Caps) service, offering a monthly average price swap settled in cash…
Tabb Group launches derivatives research service
Tabb Group, a London- and New York-based research and advisory firm focused solely on capital markets, has launched the Tabb Derivatives…
Société Générale and Orbeo launch carbon index
Société Générale Index and Orbeo have launched the SGI - Orbeo Carbon Credit Index, designed to offer institutional investors, asset…
26 Mar 2008
GlobeOp Financial Services unveils improved preliminary results for 2007
GlobeOp Financial Services, an independent provider of administration services including business process outsourcing, financial technology…
ICAP launches property derivatives in Asia-Pacific
ICAP, the world's premier inter-dealer broker, has announced that it has expanded its property derivatives business into the Asia-Pacific…
NYSE Euronext to launch a series of high dividend indices
NYSE Euronext has announced the launch of a family of high dividend indices based on its European national blue chip indices: AEX, BEL 20,…
Lawyers Dechert appoints new partners for financial services
Dechert has announced that Kevin P Scanlan has joined the firm as a partner in the financial services group.Dechert has announced that…
Brisk business for Man's MI Trade, new hedge fund daily trading platform
MI Trade, the ground-breaking online platform created last year by Man Investments to provide daily trading in hedge funds, has handled…
Hedge fund Scipion Capital launches third Africa strategy fund
Scipion Capital, the wholly Africa dedicated hedge fund manager, has announced the launch of its third Fund - the Scipion Alpha Seeker Fund…
25 Mar 2008
Tabb Group says use of equity transaction cost analysis will reach 90 per cent next year
Use of equity post-trade transaction cost analysis by US and European firms will reach nearly 90 per cent by 2009, with 38 per cent of…
Pioneer Alternative Investments names Lucio Vignati to European long/short team
Pioneer Alternative Investments has confirmed the appointment of Lucio Vignati to the new position of senior equities trader in the…
