Torstone Technology, a provider of securities and derivatives processing software to the global financial markets, recently showed that its Inferno back office system is capable of processing one million transactions per hour. Working at Arrow Electronics’s Oracle-authorised solution centre
SKCG Group hired insurance industry veteran Wayne C Siebner (pictured) to enhance its global hedge fund and private equity fund practice. SKCG’s client roster already includes many of the industry’s largest and most recognised funds. Siebner will serve as Senior
Maples Fund Services is using Geneva, Advent’s global portfolio management and fund accounting solution, to provide enhanced services to its clients. Maples is an independent global fund services provider with assets under administration of USD30 billion. The firm has expanded its
Victor Hugo Rodriguez, CEO of LatAm Alternatives, has been appointed by the Hedge Fund Associations’ (HFA) board to serve as the Director of the Latin American Regional Chapter. Marcia Rothschild, Head of BNP Paribas Securities Services Brazil, and Otavio
Six members of the 2011 and 2012 classes of 100 Women in Hedge Funds/CAIA Scholars have earned the CAIA Charter, the alternative investment designation. The scholarship initiative, offered by the 100 Women in Hedge Funds Institute through the sponsorship
LCH.Clearnet and Australia’s Financial and Energy Exchange Group (FEX), have agreed initial terms for LCH.Clearnet to provide clearing for the FEX Exchange Traded Derivatives Market, subject to regulatory approval. LCH.Clearnet will clear energy, commodity and environmental derivatives listed on FEX. Participants
Veritas Asset Management (Veritas) has appointed Lucy Colback as Fund Manager and Investment Analyst to work across the group’s Asian Strategies. Colback will report directly to Ezra Sun who will continue to lead the group’s three Asian products. She has
SW Mitchell Capital LLP (SWMC) is launching a new fund under its recently established UCITS Irish umbrella, SW Mitchell Capital plc, subject to final approval from the Central Bank of Ireland. The fund, which is due to launch on 1
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC’s) Office of General Counsel has issued a no-action letter on June 28, 2011, permitting the offer and sale in the United States of Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad’s futures contract based on the FTSE Kuala
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and an affiliate for various systemic breakdowns in their regulatory and compliance functions as a self-regulatory organisation, including a failure to enforce or even fully comprehend rules
