Risk management has joined the performance, philosophy and pedigree of hedge fund managers among the key criteria for investors in manager selection, according to the sixth annual Alternat
Mourant International Finance Administration has appointed Spyros Makras and Tony Parmar, who will be based out of its New York office.
Icap, the world’s largest voice and electronic interdealer broker, has agreed to acquire independent Brazilian broker Arkhe Distribuidora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários for
Samuel E "Q" Belk IV, has joined investment consultant Cambridge Associates as Director of Diversifying Investments. Belk was most recently a Managing Director at the Dartmouth College Investment Office, where he was responsible for hedge fund and distressed portfolios and
Marex Spectron Group, the global commodities and financial markets brokerage, has become the first broker to offer coverage of the Chinese coal swaps market. This is a key development in the evolution of the coal market in China, which is
Eurex Clearing is to lower the fixed clearing fees for equity transactions on Xetra and the floor of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange with effect from July 1, with the fixed clearing fee for X
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an order filing and simultaneously settling charges that Christopher Louis Pia of North Castle, NY, while employed as portfolio manager for Moore Capital Management, LLC (Moore Capital), attempted to manipulate the
Asia’s second largest hedge fund, Sparx Group Co., is to start a fund that will invest in hotel construction following Japan’s devastating ear
SuperDerivatives has filed an application with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to become a fully registered swap execution facility (SEF). In line with the regulations being introduced as part of the Dodd-Frank act in the US, SuperDerivatives
NYSE Euronext (NYX) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Metabit, a leading Tokyo-based provider of high performance market access products throughout Japan and Asia. Metabit will operate as a product line within the NYSE Technologies portfolio. The transaction is expected
