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With the derivatives markets working through new rules, market structure changes and a wave of uncertainty, many across the capital markets industry believe the futures markets will benefit.
TABB Group conducted a survey of more than 40 traditional asset managers and found that 70 per cent of the participants said they expect their listed futures trading volumes to increase over the next 12 months with 82 per cent saying that growth will be driven by increased market volatility and rising interest rates.
According to TABB principal Matt Simon, head of futures research, and research analyst Luther Zhao, co-authors of
- 23/10/2014
Eze Castle Integration has enhanced its Eze Managed Suite, a fully managed IT solution for hedge funds and alternative investment firms providing flexibility and simplified IT operations via the Eze Private Cloud.
The new offerings, which include Microsoft and Varonis applications, provide collaboration; file synchronisation and sharing; document security and governance capabilities in an all-inclusive, cost-effective cloud offering.
The latest enhancements to Eze Managed Suite include Microsoft’s Lync platform for unified communications and Varonis’ DatAnywhere and DatAdvantage tools for enterprise-class file sharing, synchronisation and governance. The enhanced Eze Managed Suite gives hedge fund and investment firm users all the
- 22/10/2014
Charles River has expanded its Investment Book of Record (IBOR) offering by integrating Interactive Data’s Corporate Actions Service as an integral part of the Charles River Investment Management Solution (IMS).
Charles River clients now have intraday access to Interactive Data’s mandatory and voluntary corporate actions, dividends, and capital events information covering 80,000 companies in over 100 countries.
“Charles River IBOR provides accurate real-time position management for the front office, and corporate actions are critical to ensure this accuracy,” says Tom Driscoll, global managing director, Charles River. “Offering pre-packaged data from Interactive Data gives users a simplified, high-quality corporate action
- 22/10/2014
- 22/10/2014
Alternative investment management firm Evanston Capital Management has appointed Lance Donenberg as principal and head of strategic business development, effective 1 October.
Donenberg has overall responsibility for the firm’s business development and client service functions. He joined Evanston Capital Management from Man Group plc, where he served as co- head of North America and head of business development.
“Lance is a highly accomplished and recognised leader in the alternative asset management business, with deep industry relationships and many years of notable success,” says Adam Blitz, Principal, chief executive and chief investment officer, Evanston Capital Management.
“I am excited
- 22/10/2014
Managed futures gained 2.14 per cent in September, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge.
After three quarters of the year, the index is up 4.45 per cent.
“Although the year-to-date return is modest, more than 75 percent of the CTAs that have reported data through September are having a profitable run,” says Sol Waksman, founder and president of BarclayHedge.
All eight of Barclay’s CTA indices had gains in September. The Diversified Traders Index gained 2.66 per cent, Agricultural Traders were up 2.64 per cent, Systematic Traders gained 2.01 per cent, and Currency Traders added 1.36
- 22/10/2014
ConvergEx Group’s Westminster Research Associates has released a new Commission Management Platform with enhanced navigation, usability and design features.
“We are pleased to provide our clients with a powerful new web-based solution to manage their CSA business,” says Dan Sheehan, head of operations for Westminster. “Many of the features incorporated into our new offering have been driven by client demand and the need to have more robust workflow controls in place.”
In addition to improving the look, feel and overall ease of use of Westminster’s patented CSA platform, a number of workflow and efficiency improvements have been added including:
- 22/10/2014
NTT Data and Lombard Risk Management have teamed up to offer a globally-scalable collateral management solution.
Lombard Risk's COLLINE collateral, clearing and optimisation solution combines with NTT Data's knowledge of country-specific regulatory environments, business and operational expertise, and cost-effective global delivery to provide customers with a solution that increases the efficiency of their collateral operations.
While fundamental reform of derivatives and secured lending markets in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis has rested on the efficient exchange of collateral as a key to counterparty credit risk mitigation, collateral management represents an ongoing challenge for most Financial Services
- 22/10/2014
Geoffrey F Aronow, former US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) general counsel and international affairs chief counsel, has joined the SIdley Austin as a partner in its global securities & derivatives enforcement and regulatory practice.
Aronow (pictured), who previously served as director of the Division of Enforcement at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), will maintain residence in both the firm’s Washington, DC and New York offices. He will focus his practice on advising clients on SEC and CFTC enforcement matters and representing them before various federal agencies including the SEC, CFTC and other federal financial regulatory agencies, as well as
- 22/10/2014
Castle Harbour Securities has appointed Damien Regnier, previously portfolio manager for global convertible bonds at Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, to co-manage a new global convertible bond fund.
Castle Harbour plans to launch the R&D – Pure Global Convertibles Fund in Q4 2014 and is to seed the fund with EUR200 million.
Regnier managed the Morningstar 5-star rated DWS Invest Convertibles fund, now renamed Deutsche Invest I Convertibles fund, which was in the top two per cent of its Bloomberg peer group for year-to-date performance.
He will adopt the same "pure" non-benchmarked, investment-grade strategy focused on institutional investors
- 22/10/2014
Conifer Financial Services is the latest addition to the partner list of AltX, a cloud-based data analytic network which combines financial analytics with behavioural dimensions.
AltX helps investors and funds discover one another, by creating new ways to view and evaluate investment opportunities and gather better insights.
Conifer, an independent asset services firm, has over 200 clients worldwide, representing more than USD100 billion in combined assets under administration (AUA). The firm has broad experience offering front-to-back capabilities across all asset classes for hedge funds, pensions, endowments, foundations, funds-of-funds, family offices, private equity and venture capital.
Conifer president and
- 22/10/2014
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