Interactive Data is to provide a full suite of services to trueEX, the first interest rate swaps exchange approved by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a Designated Contract Market (DCM). Interactive Data is providing trueEX with low-latency hosted
Quantedge Capital, established in 2006 by Leow Kah Shin and Chua Choong Tze, came out on top of the global macro charts for 2010 according to Bloo
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed an enforcement action charging Highlands Capital Management, based in San Francisco, California, and its principal Glenn Kane Jackson of Tiburon, California, with operating a fraudulent off-exchange foreign currency scheme. Specifically, the CFTC
By Dominique Lecocq, lecocqassociate – This article will focus on the formation requirements of a domestic exempt Islamic fund (“IEF”) in the Dubai International Financial Centre (“DIFC”) – a recognised free zone in the United Arab Emirates with its independent
Indus Valley Partners (IVP), a provider of technology solutions to alternative asset managers, has launched its cloud-based Form PF Lite solution, a regulatory filing application that automates the entire SEC filing process for small to mid-range funds with an AUM
London-based Coupland Cardiff Asset Management LLP has announced plans to launch a UCITS-III compliant fund, the CC Asian Evolution Fund, in order to help investors gain exposure to A
Newedge has been appointed as swap counterparty to two new Ucits funds under the Nuveen Global Investors Fund umbrella. The new funds are Irish-domiciled and Ucits IV compliant. They are managed by Gresham Investment Management, an investment affiliate of Nuveen,
The year ahead will likely remain sharply challenging for Asian hedge fund managers looking to raise new investor capital. But the “stars” of recent years that have lodged standout gains will continue to see moderate inflows from their traditional investors
Following last week’s announcement, made jointly by BlueCrest and Merrill Lynch’s board of directors, to shutter the BlueTrend managed futures UCITS, the firm is now apparently l
ICE Clear Europe and Liffe Administration and Management have entered into a clearing services agreement by which ICE Clear Europe will provide clearing services to the London market of NYSE Liffe. The clearing services agreement will allow NYSE Liffe to
