The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has appointed Peter Tierney as regional head of Asia, DTCC Deriv/SERV. Tierney will be based in Singapore, and serve as head of business operations in Asia. He will report to Stewart Macbeth,
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a notice of intent to revoke the registrations of Veruus Wealth Management, a registered commodity pool operator and commodity trading advisor. The notice alleges that Veruus is subject to a
Macquarie Group will begin offering hedge fund capital-raising services to external hedge funds through its Alternative Investment Strategies (AIS) division. The initiative will initially seek to represent three to five hedge fund managers on an exclusive basis. Target managers
Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Clearstream are to launch a collateral management service enabling customers to use assets held at SGX’s securities depository, CDP, for their collateral needs. Under the agreement, SGX uses Clearstream’s collateral management infrastructure, the Global Liquidity
Keith Lawson, ICI Global Senior Counsel, Taxation, comments on the Council of the European Union Legal Service opinion regarding the current Financial Transaction Tax proposal under consideration by some EU member countries… We welcome today’s well-reasoned opinion of the European
Eurex and International Securities Exchange (ISE) have signed a definitive agreement under which Eurex will acquire ISE for approximately USD 2.8 billion in cash, or USD 67.50 per share.
Misys has appointed Frank Brienzi as its new president and chief sales officer. Brienzi (pictured) is responsible for the entire Go-to-Market organisation at Misys, including sales, pre-sales, account management, and marketing. He has been tasked with extending the sales footprint
Citi has launched OpenAi, a range of information delivery and reporting technology to support the delivery of solutions for Citi’s alternative investment clients. OpenAi will enable alternatives managers around the world to be more efficient, invest in a more
Lehman Brothers subsidiary Townsend Analytics, a provider of multi-broker, multi-asset, multi-region, and multi-route electronic trading solutions for capital markets, has added BNP Pariba
Building on the success of its Expert Funds regime for alternative investment vehicles, Jersey is preparing to announce plans to launch various new categories of Unregulated Funds that wil
