FIX Flyer, a provider of electronic trading software to financial firms and the global capital markets, has integrated ZeroGC into its offering, which is designed to eliminate performance spikes while reducing overall latency. ZeroGC is the result of two years
Total hedge fund assets increased 0.35 per cent in July 2015, bringing the industry’s total assets under management to USD3.133 trillion, according to eVestment’s latest Hedge Fund Asset Flows report. Investors withdrew an estimated USD5.0 billion from the industry in
Environmental Financial Products (EFP) and CBOE Holdings are to launch the American Financial Exchange (AFX), an electronic marketplace for small and mid-sized banks to lend and borrow short-term funds. EFP is a prominent, successful exchange incubator headed by Dr Richard
Cowen Group is to join AltX’s team of strategic investors. Cowen joins other lead investors of AltX including Wells Fargo & Company, Control Empresarial de Capitales, controlled by Carlos Slim, David Bonderman, founding partner of TPG Capital, Andy Redleaf, CEO
Guernsey has extended market access to EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMs) and Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) doing business in Guernsey. The move follows the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)’s advice to the European Council, the European Commission and
McQuilling has formed a strategic alliance between McQ Holdings and JonesTrading Capital Markets Group. This relationship will provide a broad capital markets platform to the transportation industry. Headquartered in New York, both McQ Holdings and JonesTrading will utilise their collective
Cybersecurity has become a focus of the hedge fund industry lately and regulators are taking an increasing interest in assessing the resilience of firms to cyber attacks. The problem that hedge fund managers face, when starting to do such an
BATS Options has announced the BATS Options Advisory Board, comprised of options industry thought leaders designed to advise the BATS Options leadership team on key industry issues. The BATS Options Advisory Board, which will meet on a quarterly basis, consists
All six of the indices in IndexIQ’s proprietary family of hedge fund replication and alternative beta indexes recorded negative performance in August. The month’s biggest loser was the IQ Hedge Long/Short Index which was down 3.95 per cent, followed by
Federated Investors is to acquire approximately USD1.1 billion of Huntington money market fund (MMF) assets which will transfer to two Federated money market funds with comparable investment objectives and strategies. Approximately USD236 million in prime money market assets will be
