CBOE Futures Exchange is to extend trading hours for CBOE Volatility Index (VIX Index) futures to nearly 24 hours a day, five days a week, starting 22 June. In March, CFE announced 22 June as its planned launch date.
The Managed Funds Association has expressed concern regarding a proposal from the Committee of European Securities Regulators to require investors to publicly disclose short sale positions. MFA has also expressed support for the proposal from the Hong Kong Securities and
EFAMA, the European Fund and Asset Management Association, has elected Claude Kremer as its President for a two-year term. The election of the new EFAMA head took place in Lucerne during the association’s Annual General Meeting. The representatives of the
Altarius Asset Management Limited, the Malta-based asset management branch of Altarius Group, today announced the launch of its Fund Platform, PARAGON S.I.C.A.V. plc (PARAGON) which is one of Malta’s first independent fund platforms exclusively open and dedicated to third party
Goldman Sachs is about to take on the market leaders in the UCITS platform space – namely BAML with its dedicated
BNY Mellon Alternative Investment Services, long regarded as one of the industry’s leading hedge fund service providers, has had its reputation in the alternatives space further streng
Paris-based Aequam Capital, an independent quantitative fund manager established last year by Arnaud Chretien, has launched the Aequam Currencies Fund: a UCITS III-compliant systematic multi-curren
Singapore Exchange (SGX) is appointing Christine Lie as Senior Vice President and Head of Listings (China) effective 1 November. Lie will lead ongoing efforts to help companies from China tap the international capital market. She will also drive efforts to
RBC Capital Markets, the corporate and investment banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada, has hired Raymond Schumertl as a director for global macro FX sales. Schumertl will be based in RBC’s Hong Kong office and will report to Natasha
MF Global Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: MF), a broker-dealer providing trading and hedging solutions, has announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of USD325 million aggregate principal amount of 3.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 1 August, 2018. MF Global also
