Simmons & Simmons outlines the changes to the disclosure regime in Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code affecting third party investors and investment managers. Rule 8 of
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) significantly increased trading in Austrian power futures in May, achieving a volume of 862,481 MWh (May 2018: 52,486 MWh), completing the shift in liquidity from the former combined DE/AT contract to the current individual DE
The UK’s FSA this week published a Discussion Paper which examines the need for greater pre- or post-trade price information in the secondary bond markets. The pap
New York headquartered Liquidnet, the alternative trading platform that enables buy-side institutions to effectively execute large equity orders en bloc, is busy making inroads into the Asia
PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, registered in May 2019 the highest total volume ever traded on the platform: 254.3 TWh. The previous record dates back February 2016 when 228.4 TWh were traded. This performance resulted from
Brett Hellerman, co-founder of Clinton Group, discusses the emerging manager seeding fund he has launched with MassMutual Insurance. Hellerman was a co-founder of Clinton Gr
China’s second-largest asset management firm, E Fund Management, is preparing to launch the mainland’s inaugu
John Godden examines how the ‘traditional’ view of hedge funds as super high performance vehicles dominated by predatory macro global traders is changing. A wide ra
Alternative Decisions has launched a legal alerts service for the alternative investment industry using Linex Systems technology. The new service publishes reports from lawyers on issues affecting the alternative investment industry. The service aggregates and filters legal papers/advice as they
iM Global Partner, an investment and development platform focused on acquiring strategic investments in best-in-class traditional and alternative investment firms in the US, Europe and Asia, has appointed Bo Huang as Head of Research. Huang is joining the investment team
