Guernsey’s Chief Minister Lyndon Trott has told a major London conference that the island should not be “dismissively” compartmentalised as an offshore centre. »

Quod Financial, a provider of adaptive trading execution technology, has pre-loaded its Adaptive Smart Order Router with a library of trading algorithms for better execution and lower market impact. »

NYSE Euronext’s trading volumes for its global derivatives and cash equities exchanges in November 2009 were mixed, with European derivatives and US options trading volumes increasing while US and European cash equities trading volumes fell.   »

Fixnetix, a provider of ultra low latency market data and trading infrastructure connectivity services, will provide trading access to EDX London and a direct market data feed for financial institutions trading in Russian and Nordic derivatives on Sola, TMX Group's trading technology platform. »

The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index gained 1.75 per cent in November, bringing year-to-date gains to 18.8 per cent and keeping the industry on pace for the best calendar year performance in a decade. »

The pattern of negative money flows improved markedly in third quarter, with the hedge fund industry recording outflows of USD6.16bn – a reading 87 per cent less severe than the second quarter’s, according to a report by Lipper Tass. »

ConvergEx, a provider of investment and execution technology solutions to institutional clients, is giving clients of its order management system, Eze OMS, access to intraday, daily and monthly risk management analysis and reports through RiskMetrics Group. »

The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index advanced 1.70 per cent in November, taking its year-to-date performance to 22.40 per cent. »

Infonic, a provider of software solutions to the funds of hedge fund industry, has added Ian Morley to its board of directors. »

Financial professionals in Germany who have earned the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst credential will celebrate the launch of the CAIA Germany Chapter on 8 December in Frankfurt.  »