The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has obtained USD260,000 in civil monetary penalties and equitable relief in separate federal judgment orders against Steven Leigh Shakespeare and his company Guardian Futures, a Texas introducing broker. The orders of permanent injunction, entered
Evallon Global Investment, a New York and Hong Kong-based asset manager and alternative investment solutions provider, is making its alternative investment offering available for qualified investors from January 2020 onwards. Initially reserved for institutional investors, Evallon’s alternative platform is focused on
Volatile markets are undoubtedly challenging but can also provide investors valuable opportunities and insights. Take the current sell-off as an example: for the first time in over a decade investors are able to compare various asset managers and their strategies
Now entering its sixth year of operation, ProMeritum Investment Management – a London-based discretionary emerging markets fixed income-focused manager – has notched up five successive years of positive returns since launching in January 2015. With more than USD350 million in
Otkritie, the Russian brokerage, has signed up MDM Bank’s FX and money markets team in Moscow. The six-strong team is responsible for global currency markets foreign exchange operations, lending and borrowing activities on the interbank market domestically and worldwide, including
A new focus on Latin American alternative assets among foreign investors starved of substantial returns at home is coinciding with the e
Eurex Exchange is to introduce a new interest rate future, the Mid-Term Euro-OAT Future, which is based on notional medium-term bonds issued by the Republic of France (Obligations Assimilables du Trésor – OAT), on 11 March 2013. Together with the
Eurex traded a total of 118 million contracts in January, up 24 per cent on January 2005 and up 37 per cent on the previous trading mont
Nearly one-half of hedge funds participating in a year-end study by Greenwich Associates expect their compliance costs to rise over the
Matrix has re-opened the Matrix Ascension Plan 2 for up to GBP 10 million of new subscriptions for a limited period between 6 Februa
