The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is introducing measures to promote trading on swap execution facilities (SEFs). The Commission wants to support an orderly transition to mandatory trading of swaps, which begins for certain interest rate swaps on 15 February, 2014.
Geneva based Palaedino Asset Management, adviser to the Axiom Fund, has launched the first Ucits Funds denominated in gold. Investors who choose the gold share class will have an exposure to the fund’s investments and to gold fluctuations. This will
British Virgin Islands law firm Harneys has secured an important victory for a large hedge fund this week in the Commercial Court of the British Virgin Islands. In the case, Aris Multi-Strategy Lending Fund Ltd v Quantek Opportunity Fund Ltd,
The Central Bank of Ireland has confirmed that it will, with immediate effect, recognise the ability of authorised alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) to passport the services described in Article 6(4) of the alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). Under
Fusion Asset Management, the London-based investment manager, has launched a Ucits fund via SEB Prime Solutions. This is the third launch on SEB’s Ucits platform since its inception three months ago. The SEB Prime Solutions-Fusion Libor+ 800 Currency Ucits Fund
The Ucits HFS Index lost 0.06 per cent in the second week of trading in December and is up 0.11 per cent month to date. Although seven sub-strategies were negative in the second week of trading, only multi strategy (-0.39
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed a civil complaint against California-based defendants Ryan A. Nassbridges, American Bullion Exchange ABEX Corp. and American Bullion Exchange LLC, charging them with fraudulent solicitation and misappropriation in connection with precious metals futures
Sydney-based Instinct Capital, established last year by Frederic Eechaute and Stephen Good and whose Instinct Japan Opportunity Fund has r
FIX Trading Community, the electronic trading standards body, has published recommended guidelines for transaction cost analysis (TCA) in equities. The recommended guidelines for TCA in equities is the result of work by the FIX TCA Working Group to address the
Woodbine Associates has published a report examining the features, functionality and value proposition of 18 established trading solution providers and giving guidance on choosing the optimal solution for each particular need. Intended to help buy- and sell-side firms implement an
