ALPS Fund Services (ALPS), a provider of administration services to the alternative asset management industry, has appointed Michael W Gull as Vice President, Business Development for the firm. Gull, who has 20 years of Wall Street experience, will be responsible
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has secured an order of default judgment and permanent injunction against Michael James Seward, Yan Kaziyev, and their company SK Madison Commodities. The order requires the defendants to pay restitution totalling USD1,036,981.01 and
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has appointed Dan Haxby as Head of Realisations within RBS’s Strategic Investment Group (SIG). SIG is responsible for all aspects of the equity positions that the bank takes through debt for equity swaps and new money
Trading in investment certificates and leverage products on the European financial markets continued to rise appreciably in the first three months of 2014. At EUR33.4 billion, trading volume was up 25.4 per cent on the previous quarter and 24.4 per
Netherlands-based hedge fund Saemor Capital has appointed Erwin de Kleijn (pictured) as Investor Relations Manager. ”After Saemor focused on building the track record in its first three years, we now feel it is time to expand our investor base. Given
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has charged Willie L. Cloud, Jr. and his investment company C & R Financial, both of Houston, Texas, with operating a Ponzi scheme in connection with foreign currency trading. The CFTC’s complaint, filed on
Eurex and the Korea Exchange have set the start date of their Eurex/KRX Link, a product cooperation to trade and clear Kospi 200 options, at 30 August 2010. For the first time, Kospi 200 options will be available worldwide after
Rapid Addition’s RA-Cheetah FIX engine is to support DET Technologies’ flagship DET Hub. The RA-Cheetah FIX engine will underpin the DET Hub trading platform, which provides a modular, high throughput, low-latency solution to clients who are seeking higher transaction rates
July proved to be another challenging month for UCITS funds, with the UCITS Alternative Index Global recording an incremental gain of 0.08 per cent.
NYSE Euronext has reported strong year-over-year growth of derivatives trading volumes in February, with European derivatives volumes increasing 44.2 per cent and US options trading volumes increasing 56.4 per cent. Cash equities trading volumes were mixed in February 2010, with
