More than half the inflows into UCITS hedge funds (56 per cent, EUR13.2billion) went into fixed income strategies during 2012 according to the latest quarterly European research paper published by Alix Capital, provider of the UCITS Alternative Index. The second
Inter-dealer broker GFI now provides access to the Turkish equity markets through Ticaret Menkul Degerler AS, a Turkish securities house.
London-based Matrix Group, one of the UK’s leading financial services businesses with around USD5.9billion in AUM, confirmed this week that it had rotated its Matrix Asia UCITS Fund
Agio Technology, a provider of managed IT services for the hedge fund industry, has launched Agio ESP, a fully-automated enterprise service platform designed to allow Agio engineers to focus on a client.s most critical issues. Agio believes ESP represents a
In January 2013, the international derivatives exchanges of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 8.7 million contracts, compared with 8.2 million contracts in January 2012. Of those, 5.9 million were Eurex Exchange contracts (January 2012: 5.5 million), and
Vienna-headquartered Erste Group Bank, one of the largest financial services companies in Central Europe with over 17mill
Interactive Data, a provider of managed ultra-low latency infrastructure and market data feed services, has expanded the Interactive Data 7ticks network to include a new point-of-presence (POP) for the London Stock Exchange within the LSE’s co-location data centre. Interactive Data,
January trading volume for options contracts on Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and C2 Options Exchange (C2SM) and futures contracts on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) totalled 89.02 million contracts. Average daily volume (ADV) in January was 4.24 million contracts, up
Third party funding, where investors who have no other connection with litigation support legal claims in exchange for a financial return, is starting to take-off in the UK with a number of funds having been set-up to invest specifically in
Fidessa group has completed the pan-European FIX integration from Fidessa’s OMS to Squawker, the block trading negotiation venue. The systems integration will ensure that users of the Fidessa European Trading Platform (ETP) will be able to route orders, IOIs and
