While regretting the extension by the Securities and Exchange Commission of its temporary ban on the short selling of financial stocks, hedge fund industry body the Managed Funds Associati
Markit has launched the Markit iBoxx Liquid Ultrashort indices, the first global cash bond indices to provide a balanced representation of the ultrashort investment grade credit universe. The ultrashort market carries interest rate duration risk of one year or less.
Butterfield Fulcrum, an independent administrator for the alternative investment industry, has opened a Chicago office to focus on client relationship management and US business develop
European Multilateral Clearing Facility (EMCF), Europe’s largest cash equity CCP, is offering the lowest clearing price available in Europe. Participants clearing more than 2 million trades per day will be charged EUR0.001 per trade for all of their business. The new
Gerken Capital Associates (GCA) is preparing to launch the GCA Latam Hedge Fund with BBVA Bancomer (BBVA). The official launch date for the new fund is 1 August.
Jersey’s fund sector provided the highlight of a strong year for the island’s financial services industry in 2007, with the value of funds under administration growing by GBP67bn or 37.4 p
The US Congress’s rejection of a bank rescue package wiped nearly 9 per cent off the S&P 500 on Monday but European shares and many Asian stock
On 6 October over 170 professionals from the Dutch financial alternatives community came together to show their support for the fund raising initiative of the Alternatives 4 Children foundation. During their first charity gala the foundation raised more than EUR80,000
Some 55 per cent of hedge fund managers report that their institutional investor client base has grown over the past three years, according to a new report from Preqin Hedge, part of alter
JD Capital Management and FRM Capital Advisors, a division of Financial Risk Management, have formed a strategic relationship that will provide JD Capital with an inflow of assets under
