Calastone, the global funds transaction network, is hosting the sixth annual Funds Industry Football Charity Shield in aid of Make-A-Wish UK, the charity that grants magical wishes to enrich the lives of children and young people fighting life-threatening conditions. The
Allianz Risk Transfer (ART) and Nephila Capital (Nephila) they have successfully piloted the use of blockchain smart contract technology for transacting a natural catastrophe swap. The test run not only demonstrates that transactional processing and settlement between insurers and investors
Palmer Square Capital Management, an investment management firm that provides structured credit, corporate credit and hedge fund strategies such as long/short credit to a wide range of investors, has closed on its seventh Collateralised Loan Obligation (CLO). Palmer Square has
With one week to go until the UK referendum on membership of the EU, Hermann Beythan, partner at law firm Linklaters, is warning that Brexit could push up costs for hedge funds. “If the UK were to exit the EU,
Hedge funds gained 0.78 per cent in May, its third consecutive positive month, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. Year to date, the Index is up 0.85 per cent. Sixteen of Barclay’s 18 hedge fund indices
CME Group Executive Chairman and President Terry Duffy has welcomed the European Securities and Markets Authority's (ESMA) recognition of CME Inc under EU regulations. "We are very pleased that today the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) granted CME Inc's
Hamilton Lane has held the final closing of Hamilton Lane Strategic Opportunities Fund 2016 with more than USD210 million in limited partner commitments, exceeding its initial target of USD150 million. The Fund was created as a unique solution for LPs
eVestment has launched a revised version of its analytics platform which the company describes as a ‘re-imagining of how a big data solution should work and perform’. According to eVestment, cloud-based technology has become ubiquitous in consumer and business realms.
Bats Hotspot has announced plans to offer global trading of outright deliverable forwards contracts, with a launch planned for fall 2016. A division of Bats Global Markets (Bats: BATS), Bats Hotspot is a global foreign exchange market with offices in
Cowen Group has appointed Kevin LoPrimo (pictured) as managing director – head of international prime brokerage at Cowen Prime Services (Cowen Prime). Mike Rosen, Managing Director and Global Co-Head of Prime Brokerage Services, says, “Cowen has been laying the groundwork
