With confidence tentatively returning to the markets last month, Asian hedge funds were able to record positive gains, the Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Index returning +2.2 per cent, slightly outpe
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a notice of intent to revoke the registration of Growth Capital Management LLC (GCM) of Rockwall, Texas. GCM is a registered Commodity Pool Operator and Commodity Trading Advisor. The CFTC’s notice
John Riley, the legislative affairs director at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is leaving the agency this month after a 30-year career in Federal service. Riley, a former Capitol Hill staffer, has led the Office of Legislative Affairs while Congress
“There has been a lot of fund activity in Luxembourg this year focused on private equity and real estate. It’s an area of growing investor demand. They are looking for different options now and ways for investing that go beyond
Vertex Capital Management Ltd, the London-based investment advisory firm, has launched a new UCITS fund via the SEB Prime Solutions UCITS platform. This is the fourth launch on SEB’s UCITS platform since its inception in September 2010. The Vertex Evolution
SmartPool, the European dark liquidity pool created by NYSE Euronext in partnership with HSBC, J.P. Morgan and BNP Paribas, has expanded its pan-European mid cap service. From January 2010 the SmartPool product universe will be expanded to include the constituents
State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT) has launched State Street MediaStats Macro Linkages, a new set of quantitative investment insights derived from digital media. First launched in 2016 with State Street partner MKT MediaStats, LLC, the new solution collects unstructured data from
Linedata (NYSE Euronext: LIN has released a new version of Linedata Beauchamp, its award-winning hedge fund portfolio management system. This new release – called Linedata Beauchamp Sigma – delivers a new and intuitive front-end for hedge funds to allow them
The London Metal Exchange (LME) has appointed Colin Griffith as a consultant for its LME Precious Metals Services. Griffith will be working with the project lead, Joanna Stuart, together with Chris Evans, Head of Business Development, to promote and
According to figures released by ALFI at the end of July 2014, there were 3,891 funds with total assets of EUR2.90trn. By comparison, at the end of 2013 the size of Luxembourg’s fund industry was EUR2.61trn with 3,902 funds. During
