NYSE Liffe, the Europe-based derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, has unveiled two new options that will enable customers in Frankfurt to access the NYSE Liffe derivatives market fast
Luxembourg’s Reserved AIF (RAIF) has completely changed the Grand Duchy’s alternatives marketplace, from a fund structuring perspective. Over the last three decades it has become the de facto onshore jurisdiction for UCITS funds, but this has started to change in
The Greenwich Composite Investable Index gained 1.21 per cent in October as equity markets continued their push higher on solid corporate earnings and anticipation of quantitative easing. All of the Greenwich investable indices moved higher on the month, with funds
Private equity is sitting astride a mountain of dry powder, which currently stands at USD1.14 trillion according to Preqin*. Fund raising has never been easier but with so much money floating around, valuations are being driven upwards. This is placing
CubeLogic, a specialist in business intelligence-enabled risk management solutions and FERDEC, a specialist in MAR/MAD II/REMIT transaction surveillance solutions for physical and financial Energy and Commodity markets, have formed a strategic partnership to enable CubeLogic’s clients to leverage the sophisticated
Trafalgar Capital Management, the London based hedge fund manager, has teamed up with industry veteran Chris Poil to launch its first Ucits regulated vehicle, the Trafalgar Quadrant Fund. The fund, a European long/short Ucits equity fund, predominately invests in UK
Offshore law firm Mourant du Feu & Jeune has announced a further two promotions to senior associate level as the firm looks to strengthen its funds and trust litigation practice are
Skandia Investment Group has added the Liontrust Credit Absolute Return Fund to a number of its portfolios in an investment worth GBP19m. The fund, managed by Simon Thorp and James Sclater, is a Ucits III absolute return fund focused on
In January 2014 the international derivatives markets of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 8.5 million contracts, down from 8.6 million contracts in January 2013. Of those, 5.5 million were Eurex Exchange contracts (January 2013: 5.9 million), and
MarkitSERV has launched a new, cloud-based technology for post trade processing of OTC derivatives trades. Called TradeServ, the new platform launched in September for matching, confirming and clearing trades of non-deliverable forwards (NDFs). Some 32 banks and major asset managers
