Global hedge funds investors added USD18.6bn in new money to portfolios in April, nearly twice as much as the amount of new cash they sent in March, data from industry groups TrimTabs and BarclayHedge showed. Multi-strategy hedge funds were the
The Euronext Milling Wheat futures contract listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) is showing encouraging levels of market interest, following its official start of trade on 8 July. To date, the JSE has traded just over 10 000 tons
Last month Perseus, the world’s leading managed services provider of high-speed connectivity across the trade lifecycle, announced a USD20.5 million investment by Goldman Sachs. The capital injection is a sign of the growing importance of technology specialists as global markets
dopay has secured USD2 million in seed funding from ACE & Company, Techstars Ventures and a syndicate of angel investors working for leading banks, private equity funds and hedge funds. The funds will further the launch of the company’s services
Japanese investors plan to maintain the size of their hedge fund allocations this year, according to a survey by AIMA Japan and Eurekahedge. The survey of more than 130 investors with over USD3.8 trillion in assets revealed that the average
Preqin’s Real Estate Online provides comprehensive information on 76 institutional investors based in Chicago that actively invest in real estate, which collectively represent over USD57 billion invested in the asset class. Nearly a quarter of all institutional real estate investors
CBOE Holdings has promoted Andy Lowenthal (pictured) from Vice President to Senior Vice President, Business Development. Lowenthal’s promotion comes as part of a reorganisation designed to better leverage the company’s business development efforts across its expanding line of futures and
Fund Recs has launched Velocity, platform designed to facilitate the streamlined collection and reconciliation of data on funds serviced by administrators. Fund Recs was founded in 2013 to fix broken reconciliations, solving for the first time a significant pain point
The first electronically-traded and JSCC-cleared yen swap transaction by a Japanese bank has been executed by Tradeweb. Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Limited traded with Deutsche Bank and used the Tradeweb “intention to clear” facility to indicate that it would send
Citi has hired Murray Roos as Global Head of Sales for its Equities and Prime Finance divisions. In this newly created role, Roos will be responsible for developing and leading a unified and global sales strategy across the full range
