The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged precious metals firm American Precious Metals, LLC (APM) of Deerfield Beach, Florida, and its founders and principals, Sammy J Goldman of Delray Beach, Florida, and Harry Robert Tanner, Jr.of Lake Worth,
Salus Alpha’s Equity Hedged strategy has been ranked as No2 in the Fund of Funds – Equity category in BarclayHedge’s Annual hedge fund rankings for 2011. Salus Alpha’s Real Estate strategy also claimed No6 spot in the Real Estate sector.
RealTick Data is now available in Eze Software Group’s Eze OMS and the Tradar PMS. Through this integration, RealTick Data is able to provide cross-asset class market data to any of Eze Software’s core products. Clients can leverage
Misys has launched a new regulatory reporting service, enabling corporates, fund managers and smaller banks to meet their EMIR-specific reporting requirements. Offered as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution, it enables customers to report to a trade repository on the execution, modification
The recently announced changes to Regulation 28 of South Africa’s Pension Funds Act, which are effective from 1 July this year, could result in an eight times surge in assets under management in the hedge fund space. Anton Hormann, head
PLUS Markets Group has confirmed the details of the Swap Index Contract (SIC) which will be traded via PLUS Derivatives Exchange Ltd (PLUS-DX) and cleared through LCH.Clearnet Ltd (LCH.Clearnet). This is an important milestone towards the launch of PLUS-DX and the
Returns for the Credit Suisse LAB Liquid Indices suggest that hedge funds experienced positive performance in March according to Jordan Drachman, Head of Research for Alternative Beta Strategies at Credit Suisse. "The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index ("CSLAB"), which
The Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association (DCIIA) believes that plan sponsors should consider the use of “alternative” investment structures that provide better risk balance in an attempt to reduce the volatility experienced by the typical plan participant. A newly
The Mexican Derivatives Exchange (MexDer), the derivatives subsidiary of the Mexican Exchange (Bolsa Mexicana BMV), the second largest exchange in Latin America, and CME Group have successfully launched their south-to-north connection, giving Mexican investors access to CME Group’s benchmark derivatives
Tokyo-based SPARX Group, Asia’s second largest hedge fund behind Hong Kong’s Value Partners Group, had a tough 2010.
