The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an opinion which sets out general principles on supervisory approach in relation to relocations of entities from the United Kingdom (UK) to the remaining 27 EU members states (EU27). ESMA has
ChartIQ, a specialist in HTML5 financial charting for capital markets, has launched a fully integrated app in Thomson Reuters Eikon, a platform for consuming real-time and historical data, and connecting the financial markets community. App Studio in Eikon allows third
Options, a provider of cloud-enabled managed services to the global capital markets, has completed the annual Service Organisation Control (SOC) 2 Type II and Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) 16 Type II audits. Conducted by an independent auditor,
FORT Management, a 23-year-old hedge fund firm led by two economists – Yves Balcer and Sanjiv Kumar – who formerly ran the investment division at the World Bank – has sold a 10 per cent stake to Goldman Sachs via its Petershill II
Jupiter has appointed two new analysts to its fixed income team. The new hires will have a specific focus on emerging markets, and will add significant support to Jupiter’s newly-established emerging market debt (EMD) strategy, led by Alejandro Arevalo. Nachu
GSX, the Gibraltar Stock Exchange has expanded its services to include the listing of Debt Securities and Closed-ended Funds, having received approval from its regulator, the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission. The expansion is a key element of GSX’s strategy in
Following last month’s launch of Bloomberg Total Return Swaps (BTRS), Bloomberg has executed the first standardised Total Return Swap transaction on the Bloomberg Barclays Indices. Standardised BTRS provide exposure to the widely used Bloomberg Barclays fixed income indices including the
Keen to grow your business? The big question is can you do it profitably, without suffering significant increases in staff and costs? Asset growth is no longer a surefire route to boosting profitability. Industry-wide performance for 2015 is in the
Fiduciary and administration provider, Estera, has acquired the Heritage Financial Services Group (HFSG), an independent business providing third party fund administration, depositary, trust and corporate services in Guernsey, the UK and Malta. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals, following
CTA strategies posted negative returns across the board in December to end a volatile year ccording to data released by Societe Generale, with the firm’s headline SG CTA index down 1.29 per cent for the month resulting in a flat
