The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved a series of broad comparability determinations that would permit substituted compliance with non-US regulatory regimes as compared to certain swaps provisions of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act and the Commission’s regulations. Substituted
Blockchain investment and advisory firm NKB Group has partnered with CRYPTOALGO Holdings, a provider of cryptocurrency trading and an investment gateway for financial institutions, to provide crypto trading, brokerage and asset management services for institutional investors. Under the partnership, NKB
Leading European corporate firm, SJ Berwin LLP has opened an Italian operation headed by buy-out and acquisition finance specialist Alberto Morano. The firm has ju
Massimo Capuano, President and CEO of Borsa Italiana, has been reappointed as President of the Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE). The decision was
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) has issued a time-limited no-action letter to the Singapore Exchange Derivatives Clearing Limited (SGX-DC). In the letter, DCR states that it will not recommend that the Commission take enforcement
London-based NewSmith Asset Management is further broadening its capabilities with the appointment of a Hong Kong-based Asian equities team. NewSmith Asset Manageme
Following BlackRock’s recent proposals for reforming and enhancing the ETF market, iShares, the Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) platform of BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK), has launched a European-wide initiative that will support professional investors to evaluate and select Exchange Traded Products
Haydn Davies, Chief Economist, Barclays Global Investors, believes Europe’s brighter economic outlook encouraged the ECB to raise interest rates. Policymakers these
Fund of hedge funds add value through strategic allocation rather than active management, according to a new study by EDHEC. Despite institutional investors’ growin
Fairfield Straits Lion Asset Management (FSL) has unveiled its latest fund, the Fairfield Korean Equity Fund, the company’s fifth launch since August 2005. The fu
