15 Jun 2007
Eurex Clearing encourages algorithmic trading with lower clearing fees
Eurex Clearing is to lower the fixed clearing fees for equity transactions on Xetra and the floor of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange with…
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Alternatives specialist launches foreign exchange service
Voltrex, the FSA-regulated alternative investment and brokerage services specialist, has launched a complete foreign exchange service to…
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Steven Wignall has joined the Hedgemedia team to develop and extend a series of online community forums across Hedgemedia's suite of…
14 Jun 2007
Pamplona Capital Management launches global emerging markets fund
Pamplona Capital Management has launched a global emerging markets fund, the Pamplona GEM Hedge Fund, which will adopt primarily a…
Asset Alliance launches multi-strategy futures fund of funds
New York-based Asset Alliance has announced the launch of an SEC-registered managed futures fund of funds, the BTOP50 Managed Futures Fund,…
LME unveils regional steel billet futures contracts
The London Metal Exchange has confirmed that it will commence futures trading in steel billet in April next year and will offer two…
Morgan Stanley's McVey joins Fortress Investment Group
Henry H McVey has left Morgan Stanley, where he was a managing director and chief US investment strategist, to join Fortress Investment…
13 Jun 2007
SGAM Alternative Investments offers retail access to hedge fund specialists
SGAM Alternative Investments has received authorisation in France, Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom, Austria and…
Scipion Capital unveils all-Africa hedge fund and index tracker share class
Fund manager Scipion Capital has announced the launch next month of what is billed as the first pan-African hedge fund, established in…
12 Jun 2007
New PerTrac product targets funds of funds and institutional portfolios
PerTrac Financial Solutions is rolling out the beta release of its latest product, PerTrac Portfolio Manager, a software application…
ICAP daily electronic broking volume twice exceeds USD1trn
Daily electronic broking volumes handled by ICAP, the world's premier interdealer broker, exceeded USD1trn on both June 7 and 8, the second…
IAM welcomes inclusion of hedge funds in Apcims benchmark portfolios
London- and New York-based fund of hedge fund manager International Asset Management has expressed its satisfaction with the inclusion for…
Hedge funds gained 2.45 per cent in May, says Hennessee
The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index increased by 2.45 per cent in May and is up by 7.86 per cent for the first five months of 2007, according to…
