Parker Johnson is to join Ramius as Managing Director, Sales and Marketing. Johnson will manage institutional relationships across the Ramius platform, with a special focus on Ramius Alternative Solutions. The Alternative Solutions group, led by Stuart Davies and Vikas Kapoor,
Trading Technologies (TT) is to introduce connectivity to Nasdaq Futures (NFX), the exchange group's US-based designated contract market (DCM), on day-one of trading through both its TT and X_TRADER platforms. Through NFX, Nasdaq will expand its commodities business with futures and
Point Nine, a provider of middle and back office services, has appointed Jeff Kushner as a non-executive member of the board of directors. Kushner (pictured) is currently chief executive of BlueMountain Europe. His background includes heading up the managed CDO
Nasdaq has established a new energy futures market, Nasdaq Futures (NFX), with the support of leading commodities participants. NFX will offer competitive pricing, an innovative clearing solution and high-performance technology for futures and options based on key energy benchmarks including
OptionsCity has been selected as a preferred independent software vendor for Nasdaq Futures (NFX), the exchange group's US-based designated contract market (DCM). Through NFX, Nasdaq will expand its commodities business with futures and options on key energy benchmarks including oil,
In its latest survey on the growing market for New UCITS (NUCITS), ML Capital has seen that the largest growth in investor demand this quarter, has been for Global Macro strategies, with 87 per cent of respondents planning to increase
UBS Global Asset Management has listed a new ETF on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) offering investors access to commodities markets with the additional benefit of GBP currency hedging. The UBS ETF (IE) CMCI Composite hedged GBP SF UCITS ETF
ICAP Information Services (IIS) and CME Group have partnered with The Beast Apps Group to create and deliver RapidRV, a real-time market data and analytics tool designed to provide market participants with the capability to analyse relative value opportunities between
Global financial brokerage business ED&F Man Capital Markets has launched a Hosting & Infrastructure Services offering. The service is built around six key features: 1.Solutions: Connectivity, hosting, network and infrastructure services 2.Security: IT services – secure data on a private global
DataArt has partnered with OpsCheck to develop and launch a web-based application which helps hedge funds maintain effective operational oversight in an increasingly challenging business and regulatory environment. Conceived by Frank Caccio, a hedge fund industry veteran, OpsCheck (www.opscheck.com) gives
