Matthew Chamberlain has been appointed as chief executive of the London Metal Exchange (LME), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), subject to the approval of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Chamberlain (pictured) will remain
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an order of registration to London-based NEX SEF Limited, granting it registration status as a swap execution facility (SEF). NEX SEF is a private limited company, incorporated in the UK and
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and Bundesverband Alternative Investments (BAI) are to jointly engage with policymakers and regulators in the European Union and globally on issues of interest to their respective memberships. Included in the agreement is work relating
Velocimetrics, a provider of real-time business flow tracking and performance analytics, and CloudShark, the world’s first web-based packet capture management and analysis system, are partnering to enable traders, network operatives and financial IT specialists to have greater visibility into network
The Boston Partners Global Long/Short Strategy, a diversified equity fund that seeks long-term growth of capital while minimising exposure to general equity market risk, has now been added to Goldman Sachs’ Serviced Platform SICAV (UCITS). The Fund takes long positions
Societe Generale Prime Services has made three changes to its flagship SG CTA Index for 2017 – one new constituent and two strategy rotations – following its annual CTA indices review. Tom Wrobel, director of alternative investments consulting at Societe
Metori Capital Management has selected QunatHouse’s QuantFACTORY to automate its trading portfolio. QuantHouse provides end-to-end systematic trading solutions including QuantFEED, its ultra-low latency market data technologies, QuantFACTORY, its algo-trading development framework and QuantLINK, its proximity hosting and order routing services.
MJ Hudson, an asset management consultancy, has acquired Spring Associates Responsible Investment Service, an ESG (environmental, social and governance) consultancy and reporting business, based in Amsterdam. This acquisition follows MJ Hudson’s establishment, in January, of a legal practice in Milan,
Euronext has announced the new composition of its Tech 40 label, which recognises 40 innovative European small and mid-cap companies listed on its markets. This year, 12 new companies are entering in the new label composition, selected by a group
By Stuarts Walker Hersant Humphries – The Anti-Money Laundering Regulations, 2017 (the “Regulations”) were brought into force on 2 October 2017 and replaced the Money Laundering Regulations (2015 Revision) (the “Former Regulations”).
