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Brian Quintenz has been officially sworn in as a Commissioner of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal agency that oversees the commodity futures, options and swaps industry. His term expires in April 2020.
“I’m deeply honoured to be sworn in as a Commissioner of the CFTC,” says Quintenz (pictured). “I have tremendous respect for this agency and the people who work here. I look forward to working to fulfil the agency’s mission to foster open, transparent, competitive, and financially sound markets.”
“I am honoured to be among the first to congratulate Brian on joining the Commission,”
- 16/08/2017
Law firm Stroock’s FinTech group, led by partner Ian DiBernardo and special counsel Jeffrey Mann, has advised Instinet Holdings Incorporated in its acquisition of State Street’s BlockCross ATS, an alternative trading system (ATS).
The Stroock team also included associates Binni Shah and Adam Sapper. The transaction, which closed on August 10, 2017, is the third in a series of transactions Stroock has handled for Instinet. Terms were not disclosed.
Stroock’s FinTech team counselled Instinet in the preparation, negotiation and due diligence of vital intellectual property and information technology components. The deal included complex technology, cybersecurity and business issues that
- 16/08/2017
The latest monthly BarclayHedge survey of hedge fund managers reveals that 36.6 per cent of survey respondents currently offer reduced or no fee alternatives to their investors and a further 20 per cent plan to offer lower or no fee products in the next three to six months.
“The hedge fund industry has been under pressure to offer lower fee alternatives for some time,” says Sol Waksman (pictured), founder and president at BarclayHedge. “We expect that these pressures will continue and that low or no fee products will continue to grow.”
The BarclayHedge survey was conducted between July 17
- 16/08/2017
CloudMargin, has launched an interactive “FlightPlan” microsite designed to help financial institutions globally navigate the uncleared margin rules and other regulations impacting their collateral management function.
The site enables visitors to identify and tailor information most pertinent to their business and plan for the continued roll-out through 2020 of regulations and mandates, including those coming into effect in September.
Designed by the UK-based digital firm Eight Arms, the FlightPlan microsite offers a range of interactive digital tools, including a map identifying regulations in major jurisdictions around the globe, a readiness checklist and a solutions comparison activity, all tailored to
- 15/08/2017
CAMRADATA, a provider of data and analysis for institutional investors, has released a white paper ‘Where lies the future of Multi Asset Credit?’ which the company compiled following a roundtable event with leading asset managers and investors held in June 2017.
The white paper considers the opportunities offered by Multi-Asset Credit (MAC) and investigates what the future holds for this asset class, both in this current macroeconomic climate and going forwards. Three MAC asset managers, Eaton Vance Investment Managers, Franklin Templeton Investments and Investec Asset Management also provided their own views and insights, helping to illustrate the benefit that can
- 15/08/2017
Triple Leo Consulting, a hedge fund administrator and operational consulting firm, has entered the cryptocurrency fund administration business.
Cryptocurrency funds, including those that trade Bitcoin and Ethereum, have been growing rapidly across the industry and Triple Leo Consulting (tripleleo.com) is actively engaging in the space.
Triple Leo Consulting Founder and CEO, Mike Quinn, says: “We strongly believe this is an enormous growth area for the industry and we have immersed ourselves in education about the cryptocurrency fund business. We have spoken at length to legal experts, auditors, traders and even a member of the cryptocurrency division at the Secret
- 15/08/2017
Euronext has completed the acquisition of circa 90 per cent of FastMatch, a forex-focused Electronic Communication Network (ECN), having secured regulatory and anti-trust approvals.
This follows the announcement of 23 May 2017 on the signing of the agreement with the existing shareholders of FastMatch.
Consistent with Euronext’s “Agility for Growth” strategy, this transaction is aimed at diversifying Euronext’s top line, accelerating its growth profile and allows the group to extend its “best execution” value proposition to an additional asset class.
- 15/08/2017
- 15/08/2017
As your firm evaluates moving to the cloud – as most financial and investment firms today will inevitably do – your list of priorities will likely include:
Regulatory and investor impact
Migration plans and operational effects
Hardware disposal and infrastructure changes
But another critical business area your firm should put some thought into is the effect of the cloud movement on your internal IT department (assuming you have one). What exactly happens to a firm’s IT team once it moves operations into a cloud environment? Is there still value in maintaining an in-house staff?
The simple answer is ‘yes,’
- 15/08/2017
By JD David – Meyler Capital – Good comedians set-up their jokes before delivering the punchline. Good investors analyse a company before buying its stock. Good boxers throw a jab before throwing a cross.
Putting yourself in position to succeed is pretty straight forward. First comes the preparation (or “set-up”) … and then comes the finish.
There is a reason you don’t see boxers standing in the middle of the ring randomly throwing haymakers and uppercuts. Those punches rarely accomplish much on their own because they are easily slipped by any experienced opponent when not set-up properly.
It’s no different
- 15/08/2017
- 15/08/2017
Institutional trading network Liquidnet has enhanced its Liquidnet Virtual High Touch offering with the launch of Targeted Invitations for Algos in Europe, which allow buy-side traders to seek out additional block liquidity by sending actionable invitations within the Liquidnet community, while still keeping both sides of the trade anonymous.
The multi-asset class technology was first launched for equities in 2015 and then expanded into fixed income in 2016.
Now with the launch of Targeted Invitations for Algos, traders can add a Targeted Invitation to an algorithmic order and achieve two things at once – access the liquidity they need via
- 15/08/2017
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