RARE, the Australian Infrastructure Investment Manager, has chosen Calastone to automate their global funds transactions. Calastone’s single-to-many cross border fund service automates the flow from participating platforms and custodians into RARE’s global fund range registered across Australia, US, Canada as
Contix, a provider of social media event-surfacing technology, is opening its platform to “general availability” for trading desks and other finance professionals for the early identification of market-moving news events. Contix’ platform is in use by trading desks representing hundreds
Brokers facing the challenges of reduced trading revenues in European equities and new regulatory initiatives are also under pressure from the continued migration of trading business to lower-margin electronic execution. Despite a multi-year bull market in European stocks and a
The International Organization of Securities Commissions has published standards aimed at addressing regulatory issues of investor protection which have arisen due to the increased invo
Abacus Group, LLC, a provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, has launched the Abacus Cloud Panel This web-based portal enhances the visibility and management of AbacusFLEX Mail for chief executive officers (CEOs) and chief
Catalyst Funds, an alternative-focused mutual fund company, has launched the Catalyst/Stone Beach Income Opportunity Fund (IOXAX), a conversion of the Stone Beach Special Opportunity Fund, a hedge fund. Now available as a mutual fund product, the fund utilises the same
Jersey has been praised for the regulation and supervision of its financial sector and for its money laundering and terrorist financing defences.
Continued divergence in economic performance and monetary policy is the prevailing theme investors will have to grapple with in the year ahead, according to JP Morgan Asset Management’s Global Market Insights team. New research “Worldview: Central banks, the dollar and
Intercontinental Exchange has successfully completed the Liffe futures and options transition to ICE Futures Europe. The final phase of the Liffe transition was completed with the equity derivatives complex transferring to the ICE platform, following the previous migrations of European
RBC Capital Markets, the corporate and investment banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada, has hired Nicolo Foschetti as a director in its structured interest rate sales group in London.
