In recent years equity swaps have emerged as one of a series of equity derivative products that are playing an increasingly integral part in how hed
At the derivatives markets of Eurex an average daily volume of 7.8 million contracts was traded in August, down from 9.1 million in August 2009. Of those, 5.4 million contracts were traded at Eurex (August 2009: 5.4 million) and
Liquidnet has continued the expansion of its artificial intelligence (AI) investment analytics platform with the acquisition of Prattle, a provider of automated investment research solutions for portfolio managers, research analysts, and other financial professionals. Prattle has developed a proprietary Natural
Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, (MLIM) has completed the acquisition of PPCC bv and PIM bv, the internal investment management units of Royal Philips Electronics. <
Multi-strategy hedge fund Typhon Capital Management has appointed Karen Bertoli as Operations and Prime Broker Liaison. Bertoli splits her time between the United States and the United Kingdom and will support the Operations and External Affairs activities of the growing
Orolia and NexGen Networks have signed a strategic partnership to increase the security and reliability of financial trading systems and other critical networks that rely on extremely accurate timing. This Time as a Service (TaaS) technology solution is designed to
Dr. Stephen Dolbear outlines the strategy and investment philosophy that underpins the F&C Amethyst Fund, an equity volatility trading fund The fund was launched on 15 January 2003. It had EUR 300m in AUM as of 30 June 2005 and
Concerto Asset Management, a manager of US corporate credit based in Charlotte, North Carolina, has received a EUR60m credit alpha absolute return mandate from Goodhart Partners, a multi-manager business based in London. The win takes Concerto Asset Management, an SEC
SimCorp has appointed Christian Kromann as Chief Operating Officer (COO), a new position within the company. Kromann will also join SimCorp’s Executive Management Board, overseeing all sales and marketing activities globally. Kromann (47) brings extensive knowledge of the investment management
