The Luxembourg Stock Exchange listed a total of 1,220 new investment funds during 2010. The exchange improved its position overall in the listing of international securities during the year, admitting 9,350 new securities in all, a 20.85% increase compared with
The Lyxor Global Hedge Fund Index, an investable index based on Lyxor’s hedge funds platform which tracks the overall hedge fund universe, was up 5.8% in 2010. The index gained 2.3% in December. Equity markets finished 2010 on a strong
Thomson Reuters is partnering with London-headquartered Finbourne Technology to use Finbourne’s cloud-based advanced investment management platform, LUSID, for Thomson Reuters client and transaction data. LUSID is an event-based ledger with published APIs that allow in-house and third-party solutions to interface with portfolios, holdings or
Private investment firm Gridiron Capital has completed the sale of Quality Solutions, Inc (QSI), an asset light facilities management provider, to Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK), a global real estate services firm. The acquisition of QSI will expand Cushman &
Muzinich & Co, the New York-based credit specialist is planning to launch a UCITS version of its Credit Opportunities Fund, managed by Mick McEachern, in Q2 this year. As reported by portfolio adviser, the “go anywhere” strategy was seeded in
McKay Brothers International (MBI) has reduced latency on the select London Metal Exchange (LME) data it redistributes via the wireless Quincy Extreme Data (QED) service. The reduction reflects MBI’s adoption of the new LMEsource multicast feed and the deployment of
Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has appointed Mathieu Maurier as Global Head of Sales and Relationship Management to replace Sebastien Danloy. Maurier, previously Deputy Head of SGSS Russia at Rosbank, becomes a member of SGSS Executive Committee and will
Singapore Exchange (SGX) has admitted Yuanta Futures (HK) Co Limited as a Trading Member of its derivatives market. Yuanta Futures (HK), established in 2012, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Taiwan’s Yuanta Financial Holdings Co Limited. It provides services in
Stockholm IT Ventures, a Swedish technology company specialising in energy crypto currency mining, has secured a EUR2 million investment in its Bytemine token (BYTM) from Pecunio’s VC Fund. Pecunio, a fintech company in the United Arab Emirates, has also offered
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 2.07 per cent for the month of January, with nine of the 10 sub-strategies recording gains. Long/short equity led the way with a return of 3.54 per cent for the month
