ParFX, the wholesale global spot FX electronic trading platform, has completed the first trades via ParFX Prime, its new prime brokerage service for the buy-side FX community. ParFX Prime was launched to enable buy-side customers to trade through their prime
Within the buy-side community there’s a tendency right now for traders to focus too much on the algorithms they use and less on trading according to Nick Nielsen, head of trading at Marshall Wace Asset Management. Speaking at a recent
Liquid Holdings Group has launched Liquid FIRM, a real-time solution that allows firms to actively monitor pre- and post-trade risks at all times across multiple accounts and strategies. Designed for multi-manager allocation platforms, separately managed accounts (SMAs), clearing firms, prime
The International Organization of Securities Commissions’ technical committee has published a consultation paper on disclosure principles for public offerings and listings of asset-back
Major market dislocations in August, as investors pulled risk firmly off the table by dumping equity positions on the back of ongoing economic woes, meant that UCITS
HedgeZ has launched a fund visibility and investor introduction programme for hedge funds, private equity funds and commodity trading advisers. Coinciding with its one year anniversary, HedgeZ has completely redesigned its site with enhancements for both accredited investors and participating
The Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) has set out its ambition for the Luxembourg Fund Centre to be a global centre of excellence for the asset management industry, thereby creating opportunities for investors, fund professionals and the global
Jersey is to sign a tax information exchange agreement with the UK as part of the island’s commitment to exchange of information in criminal tax matters that began with its first TIEA,
As part of a plan to strengthen JTC Group’s presence in London, Philip Burgin, group head of client services, will be based in JTC’s Mayfair office with effect from 15 September. With over 19 years’ JTC experience across all three
Tristan Thomas has joined Northern Trust’s alternatives group as director of portfolio strategy for hedge funds and Greg Jones has joined as a hedge fund analyst. As director of portfolio strategy, Thomas is responsible for portfolio construction and monitoring of
