The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has registered its first dry bulk freight derivative trade for clearing last Friday, marking an important milestone for its new global commodities segment. The trade was registered for 90 lots of the Q4 2016 Capesize
Purdue University's Center for Commercial Agriculture and the derivatives marketplace CME Group are partnering to produce the Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer, a monthly nationwide measure of the health of the US agricultural economy. The introduction of this new economic
Hatteras Funds, a provider of alternative investment solutions for Financial Advisors and their clients, has restructured its Managed Futures Strategies Fund (HMFIX) to provide greater transparency and reduce overall fund expenses for investors. Hatteras has cut fees by 20 per
One year after launch, the RWC Nissay Japan Focus Fund has delivered significant outperformance versus the index generating +7.2 per cent for its investors versus the TOPIX’s decline of -11.7 per cent, making it the third best performing fund out
CME Group’s April 2016 volume averaged 13.8 million contracts per day, up 21 per cent from April 2015. CME Group April 2016 options volume averaged 2.6 million contracts per day, up 15 per cent versus April 2015, with electronic
Three out of six of the MVIS suite of investable Long/Short Equity Indices recorded positive performance in April. Each index is constructed using transparent, liquid ETFs and US Treasury securities to produce hedge fund-style returns without hedge fund pricing, opaqueness
Nir Regev’s Regev Group, which is based in Missouri, has joined DFPG Investments, a national independent broker-dealer and RIA. "We are very pleased that Nir identified the fit with our firm," says DFPG's CEO, Mike Bendix. "Nir brings a lot
CME Group is to collaborate with Crypto Facilities Ltd, a digital assets trading platform, to develop the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate (BRR), which will provide a final settlement price in US dollars at 4 pm London time on each
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued two Opinions proposing amendments to its draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTSs) under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR). ESMA proposes to revise the RTS on
UnaVista, London Stock Exchange Group’s global regulatory reporting platform, has partnered with regulatory reporting testing and compliance firm, Kaizen Reporting giving UnaVista clients access to Kaizen Reporting’s ReportShield service, which offers quality assurance testing of MiFID transaction reports at a
