The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has adopted amendments to its regulations regarding periodic and annual reporting requirements applicable to commodity pool operators. »

Liongate Capital Management, a fund of hedge funds manager, has opened its Dubai office and been awarded a license by the Dubai Financial Services Authority to operate from the Dubai International Financial Centre DIFC. »

Sophis, a provider of cross-asset, front-to-back portfolio and risk management solutions, has appointed René Flor as area sales director for Switzerland and Luxembourg. »

NYSE Liffe, the Europe-based derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, will add options on the shares of the Dutch company AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group to its range of equity option classes. »

SmartPool, the European dark liquidity pool created by NYSE Euronext in partnership with HSBC, J.P. Morgan and BNP Paribas, has added a further three investment firms to its trading community. »

Quoin Partners has appointed Nathan Dean as senior partner. »

Scott Licamele, former vice president of equity research sales at Renaissance Capital, has joined hedge fund Red Star Asset Management, where his responsibilities include emerging markets equity research and business development. »

Early estimates indicate the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index will finish almost flat with a +0.17 per cent return in October. »

The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index declined 0.50 per cent in October, bringing its year-to-date performance to +20.12 per cent, according to the Hennessee Group. »

Tora, a technology, trading and liquidity provider for Asia, and Tradar, a supplier of portfolio management and accounting solutions to the hedge fund industry, have completed the integration of Tradar Insight with Tora Compass. »