Dame Amelia Fawcett DBE is to be awarded 100 Women in Hedge Funds’ (100WHF) 2013 European Industry Leadership Award at its London Gala on 23 October 2013. Each year, the organisation identifies a woman whose professional talent, business ethic,
Israel A Englander and Co’s Managed Accounts & Prime Services (MA&PS) division has expanded its footprint to Palm Beach County, Florida. Brett Langbert, managing director, head of sales, is in charge of MA&PS’ newly opened Palm Beach office, where
Alternative mutual funds, also referred to as liquid alternatives or hedged mutual funds, are becoming a lot more popular with private fund managers. This has largely been driven by the requirement for hedge fund managers to register as investment advisers
CBOE Futures Exchange is to launch trading in security futures on the CBOE Emerging Markets ETF Volatility Index, pending regulatory approval. The VXEEM Index reflects the implied volatility of the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index exchange-traded fund (ETF) (ticker:EEM). EEM
LCH.Clearnet Ltd (LCH.Clearnet) has cleared the first single expiry OTC coal options trades. Initial transactions have totalled 670 lots in API 2 options to date, across both quarterly and calendar tenures, reaching volumes of 2.46 million tonnes. The use of
FX trading solutions provider Integral Development Corp has appointed David Faulkner as global segment head, banks, while Thomas F Koslowske has joined the firm as director, hedge fund sales. Faulkner will be focused on further innovating Integral’s products and
Silver Lake, a global alternative investment firm with approximately USD14b
Boutique investment bank Dexion Capital has appointed listed alternatives stalwart, Tom Skinner, as head of research. Skinner, reporting to Ana Haurie (pictured), Dexion’s Group Managing Director, was previously a Senior Research Analyst at JP Morgan Cazenove, leading coverage on listed
The Managed Funds Association has reaffirmed its support for proposals that would enhance the transparency and regulatory oversight over private pools of capital, including hedge funds and managed futures funds. The testimony before the House Financial Services Committee hearing, "Capital
A federal court in Philadelphia has entered a consent order of permanent injunction against defendant Joseph S. Forte of Broomall, Pennsylvania after the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission charged him with fraud and misappropriation in connection with operating a USD50m
