Marcum has appointed Karan Sampson to the firm’s alternative investment group as the director of business development. She will be working with members of the group to help them expand their practice and build their client base. “We’re very excited
OpenGamma is working with dealers and other OTC derivatives market participants to deliver an open source model to calculate the margin on bilateral derivatives trades. The solution will implement the final Standard Initial Margin Methodology (SIMM) being developed by ISDA,
As of 1 March 2015, it has become mandatory for fund managers distributing their products in Switzerland to commission a Swiss legal representative and paying agent. Regulatory compliance is the name of the game when it comes to the service
The performance of healthcare stocks is heading upwards. Right now, this is where investments are pouring in. In an article from Hedgeweek, Abbvie and Actavis, last quarter, lead the healthcare group on the top hedge funds buying list along with
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up +1.7% in February. 10 out of 12 Lyxor Indices ended the month in positive territory, led by the Lyxor Special Situation Index (+5.3%), the Lyxor CTA Short Term Index (+3.5%), the Lyxor Convertible
NYSE Euronext’s Board of Directors, consistent with its fiduciary duties and advised by its financial and legal advisors, has unanimously reaffirmed its combination agreement with Deutsche Boerse AG (XETRA:DB1) and reaffirmed its rejection of the proposal from Nasdaq OMX Group,
Russell Investments has selected Nasdaq OMX as the primary source of real-time index values for Russell’s global and ex-US indexes. Nasdaq OMX will begin disseminating real-time values for the Russell Global Indexes on 11 January 2010 via its index service,
The Isle of Man Government has launched new legislation in respect of Insurance Special Purpose Vehicle (ISPV) legislation which enhances the Island’s proposition for insurance business. This new legislation is designed specifically to facilitate Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) and similar
SunGard is launching a new industry utility for post-trade futures and cleared over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives operations to help global capital markets firms adapt to new market challenges and post-financial crisis cost pressures. This industry utility will enable derivatives brokers, including
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), based on an order entered on March 21, 2011, by the US District Court for Southern District of New York (SDNY), the court-appointed Receiver, Robb Evans & Associates, LLC, has begun an initial
