List Group, the electronic trading provider behind 15 of Europe’s electronic markets, has launched its standard alone grid computing platform, FMR Grid. The platform enables financial institutions to conduct complex risk analysis simultaneously across asset classes, improving risk management performance
Newedge has been approved for membership to clear over-the-counter interest rate swaps at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Achieving authorisation means Newedge is the first futures commission merchant and non-traditional OTC IRS swap dealer to offer central counterparty clearing of OTC
Consolidated trading volume during August for options contracts on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and C2 Options Exchange (C2) and futures contracts on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) totalled over 91 million contracts. August 2012 average daily volume (ADV) for
In April the international derivatives exchanges of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 8.7 million contracts, down from 9.8 million contracts in April 2013. Of those, 6.1 million were Eurex Exchange contracts (April 2013: 7.1 million), and 2.6
Hedgebay, a pioneer of the secondary hedge fund market, has appointed leading hedge fund industry figure Lindsey Clavel to lead the firm’s European operations. As Managing Director for Europe, Clavel will be responsible for determining the strategic direction and growth
Man Group plc’s Hong Kong-based quantitative managed futures manager, AHL, has seen its staff headcount double to make it one of t
The Alternative Investment Management Association has appointed Jennifer Wood as its head of asset management regulation. Wood was most recently a partner with Dechert, where she focused her practice on advising UK, US, European and Asian financial services firms, investment
Following the merger of the two law firms Collas Day in Guernsey and Crill Canavan in Jersey two months ago – renaming themselves as Collas Crill &n
BNP Paribas Securities Services (BNP Paribas) has launched the first UCITS IV-compliant, master-feeder fund solution. Designed to help asset managers reach more end investors and achieve efficiencies, the solution also introduces the concept of a cost-free feeder – a new
EDHEC-Risk Institute is delighted to announce that Professor Frank J Fabozzi (pictured), academic and author and editor of over 100 reference textbooks in finance, will be joining EDHEC-Risk Institute on August 1, 2011. Professor Fabozzi will be joining EDHEC-Risk Institute
