BNY Mellon has created a new company to clear futures and derivatives trades on behalf of institutional clients in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Headquartered in Dublin, the business, BNY Mellon Clearing International Limited (BNYMCIL) is the first MiFID authorised futures and
In March 2011, the international derivatives exchanges of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 11.8 million contracts (March 2010: 10.0 million). Of those, 8.7 million were Eurex Exchange contracts (March 2010: 7.1 million), and 3.1 million contracts (March
James Senior has been appointed acting Head of Marketing at Ignis Asset Management. James will be ably supported by Graham Miller who has been promoted to the role of Deputy Head of Marketing. James and Graham have vast experience, having
Jersey Finance has appointed Heather Bestwick (pictured) to the new role of Deputy Chief Executive Officer. She will maintain the role of Technical Director, leading the Jersey Finance technical programme, but will have additional responsibility for several operational functions including
BNY Mellon’s Alternative Investment Services (AIS) division received top industry recognition in the 2012 Hedgeweek Awards last week in London, winning the Best Asian Hedge Fund Administrator Award. The awards were determined by the votes of Hedgeweek’s 41,000 subscribers, who
HazelTree Fund Services, Inc., a New York-based provider of Treasury management services for alternative investment managers, has announced the election of Ron Suber (pictured) to its board of directors, effective immediately. As Senior Partner and Head of Global Sales and
The international derivatives exchange Eurex will offer futures contracts based on particular dividends of individual shares from 11 January 2010. Eurex will launch dividend futures on the constituents of the Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50. Following the introduction of the
ACOLIN Fund Services AG, the Zurich-based distribution services company, has expanded its presence and launched an office in the UK. Lorcan Murphy, previously Head of Private Wealth EMEA at Barclays Global Investors, has been appointed as Managing Director. For
Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, has completed the Service Organization Controls (SOC1) Type II reports for its hedge fund application hosting and managed cloud services. Following the successful completion
New York hedge fund, Act II Capital, has today launched an onshore UCITS version of its equity l/s Act II Capital Fund.
