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There are some commodities that investors rarely overlook when building their exposure to the complex: gold and energy commodities being top of the list. Agricultural commodities just aren’t as popular.  This baffles people like Sal Gilbertie, president, CIO and co-founder of Teucrium Trading LLC, the only single commodity ETF provider in the US for corn, wheat, sugar and soybeans. “People are shocked that in almost any 20-year period that you pick for the S&P 500 – sugar, soybeans, corn, wheat – are all often less correlated to the S&P 500 than gold. People tend to be under-represented on agriculturals because
E*TRADE Financial Corporation is to launch an app for the Apple Watch on 24 April, 2015. The app will deliver essential market data in an engaging and simple format to help investors and traders keep a watchful eye on the markets and their portfolios.  Specific features include: • Visual snapshots of market indices such as Dow, NASDAQ and S&P, as well as core metrics such as volume and performance. • Easy-to-glance summary of accounts, portfolios and watch lists, including positions and daily gains or losses. • Customisable notifications alerting users when relevant market, account or position-related actions happen, such as
The London Metal Exchange (LME) has appointed Andrew Dodsworth as Head of Market Operations.  Dodsworth will lead an expanded Market Operations function, which has been designed to provide a robust, comprehensive and high quality operational service to all of the LME’s customers. This team will encompass the LME’s existing electronic trading, matching, market data and warrant management operational services, as well as the price discovery department, headed by Peter Childs, and all market supervision functions.   Dodsworth has 19 years of experience leading market operations for financial exchanges. He has a comprehensive operational background with change management and project management
To address the changing dynamics of the fund services industry, SunGard is expanding its transfer agency capabilities by adding a full-service industry utility offering to its managed services suite.  The key catalyst for this expansion is SunGard’s acquisition of the US long funds transfer agency business from Citibank, NA – a transition of shareholder servicing responsibilities that reflects the evolving landscape of the industry. SunGard has been providing transfer agency solutions for well over two decades. Prior to the transaction, Money Management Executive’s 2014 Mutual Fund Service Guide ranked SunGard as the second largest technology provider based on the number
RCM Alternatives, a brokerage firm that provides investors and wealth advisors with education and services for investing in managed futures has promoted Paul Rieger to managing director and partner.  In this role, Rieger will consult family offices and wealth advisors on their asset allocation strategies. His mandate is part of the company’s broader mission to be the world’s premier provider of education and services in the managed futures space. Rieger, a Chicago native, has more than 16 years of futures industry experience with a focus on commodity trading and execution with leading firms. Before joining RCM, Rieger spent 13 years
David Maughan has been appointed Managing Director within Navigant’s Valuation & Financial Risk Management practice. He will lead transaction advisory efforts for Navigant Capital Advisors, the Firm’s registered broker-dealer subsidiary. Maughan has broad expertise across several industries with a focus on financial services companies. Maughan, based in New York, will work across Navigant’s industry sectors to advise clients on buy and sell-side opportunities. “David’s financial services expertise is well aligned with our objectives to extend loan valuation capabilities into transaction advisory services, and enables us to help our clients with investment and sales opportunities through Navigant Capital Advisors,” says Richard
Aggregate hedge fund performance was down slightly at -0.17% in March, although hedge funds beat the S&P 500 for the quarter, up +1.23% for Q1 vs. the S&P’s performance of +0.96%, according to eVestment’s latest Hedge Fund Performance Report. Hiding in the aggregate numbers was a mixed bag of performance in various hedge fund strategies, according to report author Peter Laurelli, eVestment vice president and head of research. Managed futures funds posted their fifth consecutive monthly gain in March at +0.27%. There continues to be a meaningful gap in performance between large managed futures funds and small ones. In Q1, large
Hedge funds posted gains in March to conclude a strong Q1 2015, with performance driven by strong macro trends in Currency and Commodity markets, complemented by broad-based gains and positioning in event driven, equity hedge and fixed income-based relative value arbitrage strategies.  The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index gained +0.5 per cent in March and +2.4 per cent in Q1 2015, completing the strongest quarter of outperformance relative to S&P 500 since 3Q11, according to figures from HFR. All four HFRI main indices were positive for the quarter, and nearly all sub-strategy indices were also positive, underscoring the broad-based nature of
GH Financials (GHF), a clearing firm for exchange-traded derivatives, has been approved for Trading Participation of ASX 24, and as a fully remote Clearing Participant of ASX Clear (Futures). Steve Martin, GH Financials COO, says: "GH Financials is delighted to join the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) as a Trading and Clearing Participant and we are honoured to be selected as the first clearing participant based outside of Australia. Our European and US based clients can now access one of the world’s premier derivative exchanges through a local counterparty that benefits from direct participation. GHF will be able to offer significant
BCS Financial Group (BCS), a provider of equities and derivatives trading in Moscow, has appointed Vyacheslav Smolyaninov as Chief Strategist and Deputy Head of Equity Research. Kirill Chuyko, Head of Equity Research at BCS Financial Group commented: “We welcome the appointment of Mr Smolyaninov, who is a significant addition to our equity research team. He will be a key partner, especially when it comes to assessing market dynamics and consolidating sector analyses into an actionable investment strategy for the Russian market – both for our clients and BCS Financial Group.”   Smolyaninov joins BCS from URALSIB Capital where he worked

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