Market abuse was a key priority for Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) enforcement in 2013, according to research by Kinetic Partners. During the year, the FCA fined firms and individuals a total of GBP346,373,924 for market abuse related breaches. Kinetic
Martin Currie Investment Management has attained conformity with the Hedge Fund Standards Board’s best practices for hedge fund managers.
The twenty-page report on Emerging Markets, authored by the Mirae Asset senior investment team led by CIO José Gerardo Morales, CFA, reflects back on the first half of 2014, in addition to providing insights for various regions for the remainder
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is including positions of ICE Futures Europe exchange traders of West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil contracts in its weekly Commitments of Trader
TMF Custom House Fund Services, a provider of fund administration services to the alternative investment sector, has appointed Kevin Walsh as chief operating officer for fund services. Walsh is based in Dublin. "Kevin brings over 20 years of experience
Back in February this year, buy-side institutions and their bank counterparts were required to start reporting portfolio trade positions under EMIR (European Market Infrastructure Regulation). Bloomberg moved quickly to provide its EMIR reporting solution under this first phase of reporting
EuroCCP has launched clearing services for clients matching OTC transactions with Traiana. Participants can now request Traiana to forward bilaterally agreed matched transactions to EuroCCP to be centrally cleared with their activity across 18 markets. This model will reduce
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has appointed Francisco Arcilla as director of product development for AXA Rosenberg, tasked with broadening the existing systematic equity offering to drive future AXA IM growth. Arcilla will be replaced by Eric Lhomond who will
4sight Financial Software, a provider of software and consultancy to the securities finance and collateral management markets, has hired Raymond Blokland as a senior consultant. Prior to joining 4sight, Blokland was a managing director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch,
QuantX Management has hired two hedge fund veterans to strengthen its core investment and operational team: Alexander Masotti as president and chief operating officer and Robert Parauda as chief investment officer. Both Masotti and Parauda join QuantX from institutional asset
