Global financial markets ended 2010 with a positive tone, with strength across global equity, commodity and credit markets throughout the month of December. Fixed income yields rose despite continued subdued inflationary pressures, measures of manufacturing and employment improved while
Hedge funds posted gains in July to begin the second half of 2018, recovering the narrow decline from June, and effectively navigating a primarily positive earnings season punctuated with certain idiosyncratic equity volatility and directional dislocations, including Facebook and Apple.
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has entered orders against Kenneth L.
Crescent Crypto Asset Management, a cryptocurrency index fund manager led by Goldman Sachs alumni, has completed its Series A financing and launched its offshore Cayman fund. FBG Capital led the fundraising round with its investment into Crescent, bringing invaluable connections
Mosaic Smart Data (Mosaic), the FICC data analytics company, has added real-time analytics for interest rate swaps to its MSX platform. Live in one of the world’s largest banks, MSX now provides real-time analytics for swaps denominated in US dollar,
Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has launched an Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) reporting package for asset managers and their funds. It is designed to cater to the different needs of SGSS’s asset management clients, allowing them to concentrate
Threadneedle this week announced the launch of a US equity Ucits which aims to profit from prevailing market pessimism by targeting the country’s most attracti
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has voted unanimously to approve a proposal to codify policies and procedures for clearing organisations located outside of the US to obtain an exemption from registration as a derivatives clearing organisation (DCO). The
Morgan Stanley this week announced plans to launch a new equity l/s newcits in partnership with Algebris Investments, focusing specifically on the global financial
Axioma has appointed Hamish Seegopaul as Managing Director, Head of Index. He was previously a Director at Credit Suisse, where he was responsible for delivering Quantitative Investment Strategies and Commodity Investor Products to institutional investors. “Hamish brings a superb combination
