The average daily trading volume of NYSE Euronext’s European derivatives products in April 2009 was 4.5 million futures and options contracts, an increase of 0.9 per cent from April 200
US global bank, Citigroup Inc., has appointed Thomas Treadwell to grow the firm’s prime finance derivatives clearing team in Asia, reported
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed civil fraud charges against the operators of the Reserve Primary Fund, the money market fund that
Richard Hughes has been appointed senior manager, business development, within the funds and corporate services division of the Vistra Group, based in the Jersey office. Hughes will be responsible for advising new and existing clients from across the Vistra Group
Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, has appointed Oliver Hauer as sales director, Germany in the firm’s London-based EMEA team. Hauer will be responsible for further strengthening and developing relationships with Liquidnet’s community of asset management firms in the region.
A research report by TowerGroup has outlined ten far-reaching regulatory changes facing the securities and investments industry in the next 24 months and beyond.
A Preqin survey of over 100 alternative assets fund managers and investors found that just under a third support the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive to some extent, with firms in certain countries where the new legislation will replace more
Strong capital inflows and a return of investor risk tolerance contributed to an increase in new hedge fund launches in the third quarter of 2010, while investors continued to exhibit a clear preference for transparency, liquidity and Ucits III compliance
The Alternative Investment Management Association has published a Guide to Sound Practices for Funds of Hedge Funds Managers.
BlueCrest Capital Management has appointed Jaime Valdivia as head of global emerging markets research and strategy. He joins from the Emerging Sovereign Group where he was a partner, portfolio manager and director of global macro research specialising in global sovereign
