CLS Group, a provider of risk mitigation services to the FX market, has appointed David Puth as chief executive officer. Puth (pictured), who was also named chief executive of CLS Bank International, is scheduled to take up the position on
Iron Harbor Capital Management has been approved as a Commodity Pool Operator (CPO) by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the National Futures Association. As a registered entity, Iron Harbor must comply with various disclosures, reporting and record-keeping
Japan-focused hedge funds shed 1.5 per cent in the second quarter of 2012 as the Nikkei fell over 10 per cent reported Hedge Fund Research.
PerTrac has launched new releases of its analytics solutions, PerTrac Analytics 7.2 and PowerLink 1.2. The powerful, new versions handle all data frequency types including daily data for investment analysis, strategy comparison and fund benchmarking. In response to investors’ increased
In co-operation with ČEZ Group, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) has expanded its Transparency in Energy Markets platform with energy market data from the Czech Republic. From now on, information provided voluntarily on the platform regarding the installed and available
Assets under management on Schroders’ alternative UCITS platform, Schroder GAIA, have reached USD1.03bn, just 18 months since the platform was launched. This highlights investor appetite for a regulated and transparently operated UCITS compliant hedge fund platform that is managed by
Adley H Abdulwahab, 35, of Houston, has been convicted by a federal jury for his role in a USD100 million fraud scheme with more than 800 victims across the United States and Canada. The conviction was announced by United
Replication strategies have gained in popularity as investors increasingly are looking to capture the benefits of hedge fund investing while avoiding their associated high fees, opacity of process and holdings, and low levels of liquidity. This is according to a
Hot on the heels of Sandler O’Neill Asset Management, who joined Morgan Stanley’s FundLogic Alternatives platform last month, the US banking giant this week announced the additio
LCH.Clearnet, the largest clearer of over-the-counter products globally, has launched an interest rate swaps clearing service for the buy-side. For the first time, institutional investors are able to access central clearing for OTC interest rate swaps via SwapClear, the only
