Multifonds is expanding its core transfer agency (TA) solution, Multifonds Global Investor (MFGI), to meet the needs of its asset servicing clients as they seek to consolidate and rationalise their TA processing systems. Since the launch in 2012, the MFGI
Cowen Prime Services (formerly Concept Capital Markets) has won the Hedgeweek USA Award 2015 for “Best North American Prime Broker.” This is the second time the firm received this distinction this year, having also won it at the Hedgeweek Global
By Donald A Steinbrugge (pictured), CFA, Managing Partner, Agecroft Partners – Reinsurance is one of the few hedge fund strategies that has almost no correlation to the stock or bond markets and has the potential to generate high single digit
Berenberg Capital Markets has launched a US Equity trading desk in its New York office, with the ability to execute institutional equity trades in the US & Canada, including ADRs, as well as European securities via Berenberg Bank. Led by
Markets were on standby mode ahead of the Fed’s meeting last week. Hedge funds were flat and there was little dispersion in returns across the managers (see chart). Event-Driven outperformed as equity volatility edged lower. Meanwhile, Fixed Income strategies underperformed
Hotspot, a leading institutional foreign exchange (FX) market owned and operated by BATS Global Markets (BATS), launched its new London-area matching engine on 14 September, with USD1.2 billion traded (single-count) in the first full week of operation. The new venue
BCS Financial Group, a securities broker on the Moscow Exchange, has been granted access to Euroclear, the international central securities depository, through BCS Prime Brokerage Limited. By using Euroclear, BCS Financial Group will broaden its product offering, enhance its operational
Dixon Boardman, a veteran hedge fund of fund manager, is a survivor. Having founded, Optima Fund Management in 1988, his firm now manages USD4 billion. Boardman – and Optima – have stood firm through a sustained period of challenges for the fund of funds
OppenheimerFunds has announced a strategic partnership, whereby Apollo Credit Management, an affiliate of Apollo Global Management, will serve as sub-sub-advisor to the Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income Fund (GSIF). "As a progressive money manager, OppenheimerFunds consistently strives to add value for
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (Commission) Division of Market Oversight and Division of Clearing and Risk has issued a letter providing the divisions’ view that the use of a “firm or forced trades” process by a derivatives clearing organisation
