03 Oct 2007
HSBC Investments names Barbara Rupf Bee as global head of institutional sales
HSBC Investments has appointed Barbara Rupf Bee to the new position of global head of institutional sales, responsible for devising and…
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02 Oct 2007
Hedge fund chief becomes CFO at Lehman Brothers
Erin Callan, currently responsible for heading global hedge funds coverage at Lehman Brothers, has been appointed chief financial officer…
Forsyth funds resume normal trading
Following the agreement to transfer the Forsyth Partners' investment management contracts to Crosby Capital Partners on September 18 and…
Global hedge fund assets surge 19 per cent to USD2.48trn, says report
Global hedge fund assets under management in global hedge funds reached nearly USD2.5trn at the end of June, an increase of more than 19…
01 Oct 2007
Bear Stearns adds to prime brokerage sales force
Bear Stearns has announced three new hires as part of the expansion of its global prime brokerage franchise.Bear Stearns has announced…
Californian court orders restitution and penalties in Piranha case
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has announced that a federal court in California has entered a consent order of permanent…
Eurex to launch 170 new single stock futures
The international derivatives exchange Eurex will be launching around 170 further single stock futures on stocks listed on the Dow Jones…
Stuart MacDonald joins Gems London office
Gems Advisors in London has appointed as a director Stuart MacDonald, formerly director of alternative investments at Shore Capital and…
Algorithmic trading and technology shaping future of forex market, says FXall report
As the role of hedge funds in the foreign exchange market continues to grow, algorithmic trading and technology are shaping the future of…
28 Sep 2007
Latency and Execution
Latency: A measure of delay. In a market where speed is of the essence, the spotlight falls on the issue of latency. Latency is the time it…
Inherent Latency in FX Trading Systems
It is clear from conversations with a broad range of market participants that inherent latency is a problem for active market participants…
How Financial Markets are Combating Network Latency Network Latency
Network latency is the time needed to effect a communication between two network nodes.PARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6cNetwork latency is the…
Light Versus Dark: ECNS and Dark Liquidity in FX
Much has been made of dark pools of liquidity in the equity market at present. These are financial markets not available or visible to the…
Fairness and Transparency in the Global FX Market
The e-FX market has evolved rapidly to meet the changing needs of an ever more diverse group of market participants.The trend in the FX…
AccelorTM - Meeting the Needs of the Algorithmic Trading Community
Accelor is the next-generation foreign exchange ECN for all market participants, developed to meet the needs of the most demanding…
