NYSE Euronext has announced the launch of Prime Source, an independent valuation service supported by a web-based technical infrastructure
Fidessa group, which provides multi-asset financial trading, portfolio analysis, decision support, investment compliance, market data and global connectivity solutions to brokers and inves
Lyxor Asset Management and Koris International are teaming up to design investment solutions for distribution across Europe based on funds available on the Lyxor Managed Account Platform (MAP). The partnership combines Lyxor’s MAP, which applies liquidity and systematic risk control
Hedge funds, as measured by the Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, finished June down 1.66 per cent, with two out of 10 strategies in positive territory. In total, the industry saw estimated outflows of approximately USD1.09bn in June, bringing
Investment Technology Group, a provider of technology-based trading services and transaction research, is adding Posit Alert, a new indications-based facility that seeks out crossing oppor
Managed futures lost 1.11 per cent in June, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The index is now down 0.87 per cent year to date. “A slowing of economic growth in China combined with concerns
Nassim Nicholas Taleb (pictured), principal of Universa Investments and famed author of “The Black Swan”, delivered a keynote speech on some useful properties of barbells at Gaim International 2012. Noting that the opposite of fragile is “antifragile”, Taleb explained that
Lionhart, a multistrategy arbitrage hedge fund manager with USD800m under management, has opened an office at 540 Madison Avenue in midtown Manhattan.
Jersey has introduced two new classes of investment fund that can be established without regulatory approval under its funds legislation.
The much anticipated Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive enters into force on 22 July 2013. GFM’s comprehensive AIFMD Implementation Guide outlines the regulatory position in key alternative investment fund domiciles – the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Ireland, Jersey
