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The SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for February 2015 measured 2.19%. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index meanwhile, advanced 0.66% in March.
“March data showed a modest gain in the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index with both inflows and outflows somewhat muted, but broadly in line with seasonal expectations. The overall steadiness of the increase in hedge fund investments is noteworthy in light of recent higher volatility in financial markets. Clearly, there is considerable uncertainty around a number of issues: the direction of central bank policies, the EU response to Greece, the impact
- 12/03/2015
Global Hunter Securities, a division of Seaport Global Securities has appointed Paul Chambers as Institutional Salesman in the firm’s New York office.
Chambers has over 20 years of experience on both the sell side and buy side, primarily focused on energy. He received numerous accolades over the years as an energy portfolio manager.
Ed Lainfiesta, Managing Partner of Seaport Global, says: “Paul brings a wealth of energy investment experience that we are confident will offer invaluable insights for our clients. As an energy-focused firm, we are committed to delivering the best institutional services to our clients and we believe Paul
- 12/03/2015
Parker Johnson is to join Ramius as Managing Director, Sales and Marketing.
Johnson will manage institutional relationships across the Ramius platform, with a special focus on Ramius Alternative Solutions. The Alternative Solutions group, led by Stuart Davies and Vikas Kapoor, offers sophisticated hedge fund investment services including portfolio completion, optimisation and hedging as well as a suite of accessible, cost effective, hedge fund-style investments called Ramius Liquid Portfolios.
Michael Singer, Chief Executive Officer of Ramius, says: “Over twenty-five years in the industry, Parker has developed deep knowledge of institutional investors and their needs. Today’s investors are looking for differentiated solutions
- 12/03/2015
Trading Technologies (TT) is to introduce connectivity to Nasdaq Futures (NFX), the exchange group's US-based designated contract market (DCM), on day-one of trading through both its TT and X_TRADER platforms.
Through NFX, Nasdaq will expand its commodities business with futures and options on key energy benchmarks including oil, natural gas and U.S. power, which will launch in 2015.
The TT connection to NFX will provide the trading community with more choices for investing in energy derivatives, improving price discovery and providing deeper liquidity. The new link to NFX will give all TT customers across the globe ease of use to tap
- 12/03/2015
Nasdaq has established a new energy futures market, Nasdaq Futures (NFX), with the support of leading commodities participants.
NFX will offer competitive pricing, an innovative clearing solution and high-performance technology for futures and options based on key energy benchmarks including oil, natural gas and US power, which will launch mid-2015 pending regulatory approval.
Nasdaq has secured support from prominent trading firms, inter-dealer brokers, and futures commission merchants (FCMs) to facilitate broad product distribution and early liquidity. Founding market participants include ABN AMRO Group, Advantage Futures, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley1 and Virtu Financial.
"Our strategy is always to meet
- 12/03/2015
OptionsCity has been selected as a preferred independent software vendor for Nasdaq Futures (NFX), the exchange group's US-based designated contract market (DCM).
Through NFX, Nasdaq will expand its commodities business with futures and options on key energy benchmarks including oil, natural gas and U.S. power, which will launch in 2015.
"OptionsCity is the leading software platform for options on futures traded on global futures exchanges," says Hazem Dawani, the CEO and cofounder of OptionsCity. "Supporting Nasdaq Energy Futures offers our clients the ability to find opportunities and execute new trading strategies."
OptionsCity will support Nasdaq energy futures immediately at launch
- 12/03/2015
UBS Global Asset Management has listed a new ETF on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) offering investors access to commodities markets with the additional benefit of GBP currency hedging.
The UBS ETF (IE) CMCI Composite hedged GBP SF UCITS ETF is a swap-based ETF that enables investors access to broad commodities. The investment objective of the ETF is to deliver the performance of the UBS Bloomberg CMCI Composite Total Return GBP-hedged index by synthetically replicating the index performance through the use of futures contracts.
The UBS Bloomberg Constant Maturity Commodity Index is a 2nd-generation index which extends beyond use
- 12/03/2015
ICAP Information Services (IIS) and CME Group have partnered with The Beast Apps Group to create and deliver RapidRV, a real-time market data and analytics tool designed to provide market participants with the capability to analyse relative value opportunities between the Over-The-Counter (OTC) and exchange-based futures markets.
"We're very happy to be partnering with CME Group and The Beast Apps Group to provide these real-time products and services for the futures and OTC markets," says Michael Kirby, IIS Americas Director. "As a leading OTC marketplace and data provider, ICAP is ideally situated to offer clients a unique view into the
- 12/03/2015
DataArt has partnered with OpsCheck to develop and launch a web-based application which helps hedge funds maintain effective operational oversight in an increasingly challenging business and regulatory environment.
Conceived by Frank Caccio, a hedge fund industry veteran, OpsCheck (www.opscheck.com) gives hedge funds and other investment platforms an enhanced degree of command and control over their operational infrastructure and a new level of control and transparency into all operational activity, from the most granular to the highest-level tasks. DataArt contributed its industry expertise and technical acumen to help build the application, which has already been deployed at multiple hedge funds.
“DataArt
- 12/03/2015
CBOE Holdings plans to list options on the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (EEM) and the MSCI EAFE Index (EAFE) beginning Tuesday, 21 April.
The announcement was made during a CBOE press briefing at the Futures Industry Association conference in Boca Raton, Florida.
In December 2014, CBOE Holdings, Inc. announced it entered into a licensing agreement with MSCI Inc, a leading provider of investment decision support tools worldwide, to offer options trading on several MSCI Indexes. Under the agreement, options on the MSCI Indexes will be solely listed for trading in the US on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). Options
- 12/03/2015
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