100 Women in Hedge Funds (100WHF) successfully raised over GBP550,000 at its annual London Gala in aid of The Art Room, a charity that provides art as therapy to increase children's self-esteem, self-confidence and independence. The 100WHF London Gala was
Macro Risk Advisors (MRA), a provider of global equity derivatives strategy and trade execution for institutional investors, has expanded its business development team with the addition of Katya Kouznetsov (pictured) as Vice President of Business Development and Clearing Operations.
Indus Valley Partners (IVP), a provider of technology solutions to alternative asset managers, celebrated its 15th year in the hedge fund industry this month by adding its 100th client to a long list of alternative asset managers using its solutions.
Six months after the transfer of agricultural products to the European Energy Exchange (EEX) the exchange registered a significant volume record on its dairy future markets. This is also the highest daily volume ever traded on a futures market for
A new qualification, the Certificate in Finance and Technology (CFT), has launched as the first and only global qualification designed specifically for technologists in financial institutions. The CFT is unique in giving technology professionals in financial services organisations a genuine
TradeSocio, a marketing software provider for brokers, has launched a marketing automation and analytics platform designed specifically for forex and futures brokers. The platform analyses traders’ behaviour, allowing brokers to automatically send targeted messages to individual traders at the optimal
Nissan Century Securities (Nissan) has implemented an Orc Execution Bricks solution to meet the growing demand for high performance connectivity to the Japan Exchange Group (JPX). Nissan Century Securities is one of the top financial securities firms in Japan, engaging
Object Trading is expanding its Direct Market Access Service Platform by co-locating its managed software, client gateways and global connectivity network in the Australian Liquidity Centre (ALC), the Australian Securities Exchange’s data centre. The ALC is the only purpose-built facility
EFG Asset Management’s New Capital has launched its SFC-authorised funds in Hong Kong. The four Irish-domiciled UCITS funds were approved by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) on 19 August 2015 and are now open to Hong Kong investors. New
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is to acquire Interactive Data Corporation (IDC), a provider of financial market data, analytics and related trading solutions, from Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus. The acquisition is valued at approximately USD5.2 billion, including USD3.65 billion in cash
