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Baymarkets AB, the over-the-counter derivatives, fixed income and commodities market systems provider, has appointed Stu Taylor, chief executive of Algomi, as a non-executive director. Prior to co-founding Algomi, Taylor (pictured) was managing director, global head of matched principal trading in fixed income at UBS where he led market structure changes in a variety of Fixed Income contexts and on a global scale including launching UBS PIN-FI, the first systematic internaliser model in fixed income.   Peter Fredriksson, CEO of Baymarkets, says: “The management of Baymarkets are delighted to welcome Stu to the team. His reputation and track record in the
The Quincy Extreme Data service now offers order book data on select Eurex bond and equity futures. The QED service distributes select Eurex futures in major trading centres in the UK, New Jersey and Illinois at the lowest known commercial latency.   Eurex Order by Order is the first Europe-sourced data feed distributed by the QED service, which already includes eight US-based exchanges. â€¨â€¨   “We’re pleased to include select Eurex benchmark futures order book data in the QED service,” says Francois Tyc, managing director of McKay Brothers International. “We aim to distance the QED service from the pack through expansive
The most recent rebalance of the Global X Guru Index exchange-traded fund (GURU) saw 11 additions and 13 removals from the fund, while 45 components remained unchanged.  GURU sector allocation reveals that hedge fund managers are overweighting industrials with their highest conviction ideas.   The overweight in the industrials sector could represent a bet from hedge fund managers on a strengthening economy, particularly in domestic manufacturing.   During Q2 2014, GURU celebrated its two year anniversary. Since the fund’s inception, GURU has returned over 86 per cent and reached nearly USD500m in assets under management.
The Hedge Fund Association ("HFA"), announced today the addition of prominent prime brokerage firm Concept Capital Markets, LLC to its Thought Leadership Council. Concept Capital Markets joins fellow council members McGladrey and KPMG to empower the HFA’s mission to advance transparency, development and trust in alternative investments. “We are proud to join the HFA’s Thought Leadership Council in support of the organization’s mission to unite and speak up for all hedge fund industry participants,” said Jack Seibald, Managing Member of Concept Capital Markets, LLC. “As the HFA continues to grow its regional chapters in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Australia, Latin
Fixed income and alternatives investment specialist BlueBay Asset Management has appointed Kerry Hugh-Jones as institutional portfolio manager, working with the global leveraged finance team. Hugh-Jones has over 14 years of experience in global financial markets with roles ranging from credit research and portfolio management to strategic development for alternative asset management businesses.    She was previously head of business development at Eclectica Asset Management, where she was responsible for the firm’s business development strategy. Prior to that Hugh-Jones spent four years at Mediobanca SpA and before that 10 years at JPMorgan in various roles within credit and rates, most recently
DigitalTangible, a bitcoin-gold platform and precious metals custodian, has launched its first ever bitcoin and gold digital money marketplace. Partnering with bitcoin and gold bullion dealer Amagi Metals, DigitalTangible has created the fastest trading platform for physical gold, cash and bitcoin.   With crypto-experienced partners who have already processed well over USD30 million in gold bitcoin customer sales, DigitalTangible’s platform aims to bring greater transparency and speed than traditional online physical gold markets.   Marketplace customers can purchase premium physical one ounce, 99.99 per cent fine gold bullion for premiums as low as 1.87 per cent over spot and with
CME Clearing Europe is the first external client of BNY Mellon CSD, the Belgium-based central securities depositary. CME Clearing Europe, CME Group's European clearing house, settled its first securities transaction through BNY Mellon CSD in late August.   Article 47.3 of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) requires that margin collateral for a central counterparty (CCP) must be segregated and held by the operator of a recognised securities settlement system, such as BNY Mellon CSD.   Lee Betsill, chief executive at CME Clearing Europe, says: “Our relationship with BNY Mellon CSD is important to us because it means that clients
All seven of IndexIQ’s family of investible benchmark hedge fund replication and alternative beta indices recorded positive performance in August. The IQ Hedge Event-Driven Beta Index was the top performer for the month with a return of 2.97 per cent.   This was followed by the IQ Hedge Long/Short Beta Index (2.17 per cent), the IQ Hedge Fixed Income Arbitrage Beta Index (1.70 per cent) and the IQ Hedge Composite Beta Index (1.61 per cent).   The IQ Hedge Market Neutral Beta Index produced the smallest return at 0.87 per cent, with the IQ Hedge Emerging Markets Beta Index recording
Administration and corporate services firm Crestbridge has appointed Gren Carr-Jones as a director in its Luxembourg office. Carr-Jones will act as director for the fund and corporate entities Crestbridge administers on behalf of clients.   A real estate specialist with over 45 years of experience, he has worked with a broad range of real estate and numerous large, multi-national institutional investors and tenants throughout the UK, western and central Europe, Russia and North-East Asia. With significant experience in the management and administration of real estate funds, including substance, governance and management, he has acted as a board member for a
smartTrade Technologies has released a new version of its order management system (OMS), which has been adopted by clients in Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific. smartTrade clients have optimised trading flow by using smartTrade OMS to handle client orders more efficiently across multiple desks, internalise client flows and improve their proprietary hedging strategies. All desks involved in the trading chain can use the tool, making sure that any team members can service the client orders instantly from anywhere in the world.   smartTrade OMS allows clients to implement custom strategies across a large number of orders. It is an

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