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The May 2015 average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at EUR8,019 million (+30% compared with May 2014).
The activity on ETFs remained particularly dynamic last month with an average daily transaction value at EUR549 million, up 91 per cent compared to May 2014.
The average daily volume on equity index derivatives was up at 231,576 contracts (+11.4% compared with May 2014), and the average daily volume on individual equity derivatives was down at 213,911 contracts (-21% compared with May 2014). On 12 May we reached a yearly record high on CAC40 futures at 428,274 contracts;
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eVestment, a provider of traditional and hedge fund data and analytics for the institutional investing community, is launching new offerings in the private equity and venture capital arenas.
To serve institutional investors who are increasingly investing in private market funds, eVestment has acquired TopQ, an innovator in private equity analytics based in Edinburgh, Scotland. At the same time, eVestment is announcing the pending launch of a new and expansive private equity dataset in the second half of 2015 and will begin development immediately to integrate TopQ with the new eVestment dataset. With these moves, eVestment continues to deliver on its
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Managed service and IT infrastructure provider Options, has acquired Jake Roy Pillar, a New York-headquartered technology consultancy for the financial industry and primarily hedge funds.
The financial terms of the deal, which closed in the second quarter of 2015, have not been disclosed, but the acquisition will see the technology consultancy form an additional business unit within Options called Options Advisory.
The acquisition will allow Options to provide clients currently leveraging their portfolio of products, including leading hedge funds, global investment banks and private equity firms, with direct access to a professional consultancy team who are uniquely experienced in delivering
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All six of Market Vectors Index Solutions family of investible long/short equity indices recorded positive returns in May.
Each index is constructed using transparent, liquid ETFs and US Treasury securities to produce hedge fund-style returns without hedge fund pricing, opaqueness and redemption restrictions.
The Market Vectors Global Long/Short Equity Index led the way with a return of 1.47 per cent for the month, followed by the Market Vectors Western Europe Long/Short Equity Index(1.36%), the Market Vectors North America Long/Short Equity Index (0.93%), the Market Vectors Global Event Long/Short Equity Index (0.68%) and the Market Vectors Asia (Developed) Long/Short Equity Index
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AcadiaSoft has launched MarginSphere 2, the latest version of its industry-leading electronic margining platform for OTC derivatives.
MarginSphere 2 is specifically designed to address new regulations for non-centrally-cleared derivatives that will take effect next year. MarginSphere 2 will enable more than 200 buy-side and sell-side firms that comprise the AcadiaSoft community to efficiently comply with 2016 regulatory requirements, including mandatory exchange of bi-lateral initial margin, automated processing of segregated collateral assets, verified management of collateral disputes, and unbundling of collateral movements into currency specific silos.
The new regulations, promulgated by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the
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David Shine, Partner – Corporate Department at international law firm Paul Hastings, comments on the news that US bound M&A deal activity in May surpassed the previous monthly record set in 2007…
The aggregate dollar amounts are huge and are records, but let’s not forget that the stock markets are also way beyond the highs of earlier M&A booms. So, because most public companies are way more expensive than they have ever been, I think that the focus on dollar size is a bit unexciting.
If, instead, we look at deal frequency, I think we’d find that it is
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Custom House Fund Services, a provider of financial services to the alternative investment sector, is to release significant enhancements to its Gateway technology platform over the next few months.
Gateway is the company’s web based portal that connects fund servicing with solutions across the middle and back office, designed specifically for US alternative investment managers.
Among the new features will be the ability to extract flash reports of information already on the platform, deliverable for specific timeframes; expanded reporting features including the capability to produce graphs with pricing information; the ability to overlay third-party data to provide a more
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CBOE Holdings is to acquire the market data services and trading analytics platforms of Livevol, a provider of equity and index options technology and market data services to professional and retail traders.
The acquisition, which has been approved by the board of directors of both CBOE Holdings, Inc. and Livevol, is expected to close by 30 June, 2015. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
According to the agreement, CBOE Holdings will acquire the Livevol Core, Livevol Pro and Livevol X trading analytics platforms, as well as Livevol Enterprise and other market data solutions products. Livevol
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Elian, a provider of corporate services, fund services, private wealth and capital services, has extended its international footprint with the opening of an office in New York.
The New York office will support Elian’s fast-growing and comprehensive range of corporate services, including corporate structuring, structured finance and asset finance. The office will also support Elian’s broad range of administration services to private equity, real estate and hedge fund managers.
The office will be led by managing director John Wallace (pictured), who has over 25 years' international financial markets experience. Wallace has held a number of senior positions in New
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Average daily volume in VIX futures in May on the CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) totalled 174,923 contracts, an increase of 9 per cent from April 2015 and 22 per cent from May 2014.
Total volume in VIX futures for May was 3.5 million contracts, an increase of 3 per cent from the previous month and 16 percent from a year ago.
Exchange-wide ADV at CFE was 174,972 contracts in May, an increase of 9 per cent from April 2015 and 21 per cent from May 2014. Exchange-wide total volume during the month meanwhile, was 3.5 million contracts, an
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