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Investment management platform provider TORA has launched a multi-asset charting technology powered by ChartIQ.
The fully integrated tool, which supplements TORA’s existing charting technology, provides an intuitive charting platform featuring a full suite of drawing tools and technical indicators.
Combining real-time streaming market data with an HTML5-based architecture, the charting tools enable analysis of equities, derivatives and FX instruments in a fully customisable manner. Developed with an optimised trading workflow in mind, the new tool allows users to trade directly from charts and plot fills against real-time market data.
Oren Blonstein (pictured), global head of product at TORA,
- 15/12/2016
The Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB) has appointed Luke Ellis, CEO of Man Group, and Henry Kenner, CEO and founder of Arrowgrass Capital Partners, to its board.
The appointments come at a time when the HFSB is seeing global growth in the managers and institutional investors supporting the Hedge Fund Standards.
In 2016, 19 additional managers became signatories to the Standards. Also in 2016, six additional institutional investors overseeing USD220 billion in capital joined the HFSB Investor Chapter.
The HFSB is forming a working group on liquid alternatives. Given the growth in regulated alternative investment funds in the
- 15/12/2016
100 Women in Hedge Funds has launched a new brand and formally changed its name to 100 Women in Finance.
The organisation says the change reflects its growth over the past 15 years from a small group of women working in the hedge fund industry in New York to a global network of more than 15,000 professionals across the finance and alternative investment industries.
As part of the new brand refresh, 100 Women in Finance unveiled a new logo and visual identity system and introduced a redesigned website, accessible at www.100women.org.
"100 Women was among the first organisations
- 15/12/2016
Irving H Picard, Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA) trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L Madoff Investment Securities (BLMIS), has filed a court motion seeking approval for an allocation of recoveries to the BLMIS Customer Fund.
He is also seeking authorisation for an eighth pro rata interim distribution from the Customer Fund to BLMIS customers with allowed claims.
A hearing has been scheduled for 12 January 2017 at 10am EST.
The eighth pro rata interim distribution approval filing arrives on the eve of the eighth anniversary of the District Court’s 2008 appointments of Picard and BakerHostetler as SIPA
- 15/12/2016
Help For Children, formerly Hedge Fund Care, has appointed four new members to its global board of directors – Don Steinbrugge, Jeffrey Bronheim, Lucia Arienti and Nicholas Halaby.
Dean Backer, chairman of the HFC board of directors, says: “The breadth, depth and diversity of experience that these newest members bring to HFC will play an important role in our ability to continue to grow and expand our global impact.”
Steinbrugge (pictured) is the founder and CEO of Agecroft Partners, a global hedge fund consulting and marketing firm. With over 30 years of experience within the alternative investment community, he frequently
- 15/12/2016
Derivatives marketplace CME Group set a total open interest record of 120.7 million contracts on 13 December 2016, surpassing the previous record of 119.4 million contracts set on 12 December 2016.
"We are seeing a lot of uncertainty in the markets right now," says Terry Duffy (pictured), CME Group chairman and chief executive officer. "In the wake of this uncertainty and continued market volatility, more and more people are turning to CME Group's deep and liquid markets to manage their risk."
Interest rate open interest also hit a record of nearly 72.0 million contracts yesterday, driven primarily by Eurodollar
- 15/12/2016
Investment management firm Aristotle has launched Aristotle Atlantic Partners, a New York City-based investment management firm focused on large cap growth and large cap core domestic equity strategies.
The team at Aristotle Atlantic was formerly at Deutsche Asset Management and will be led by Joseph Benevento and Owen Fitzpatrick, supported by five equity research analysts.
Benevento, previously chief investment officer of the Americas at Deutsche Asset Management, where he oversaw equity, fixed income, multi-asset, currency and commodity strategies, joins Aristotle Atlantic as chief investment officer. He was a member of the Deutsche Asset Management, Americas asset management executive committee
- 15/12/2016
Increased protection against growing cybersecurity threats will be a top driver impact private equity firms’ IT spend in the next 12 months, according to a survey by Eze Castle Integration.
The 2016 Private Equity CTO Survey, conducted in partnership with IDG Research, polled 101 senior-level executives.
It found other top drivers of IT spend are a desire to improve the investor/client experience, and the goal of improving efficiencies by refreshing outdated or legacy technology.
Cloud computing was identified by nearly 90 per cent of respondents as a planned investment area, with respondents preferring private cloud solutions over
- 14/12/2016
Cordium, a provider of governance, risk and compliance services to financial and professional services firms, has appointed Richard Hudson as vice president of its cybersecurity and data protection consulting services.
Hudson (pictured) joins from Mizuho Bank where he was the Information Security Officer for 17 years and managed the information security program for all offices in North and South America.
He has over 25 years of experience working in an information security role as well as ensuring cybersecurity programmes comply with regulatory requirements.
At Cordium, Hudson will be assisting clients in assessing cybersecurity risks and providing ongoing guidance
- 14/12/2016
LiquidityBook has integrated FactSet’s real-time global exchange, reference and benchmark data within both the Buy-Side LBX and Sell-Side LBX POEMS (portfolio, order and execution management system) platforms.
The data can be leveraged globally across all asset classes supported by LiquidityBook – equities, options, futures, fixed income and FX.
With the integration, clients are able to access intraday holdings and trade files in LBX and perform detailed analyses with FactSet’s real-time portfolio analytics and optimisation tools. The combined offering is currently being leveraged by several clients, including Crow Point Partners, which recently implemented the LBX platform across its front-, middle- and back-office
- 14/12/2016
- 14/12/2016
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