Monthly trading volume on MarketAxess, the electronic trading platform for US and European high-grade corporate bonds, emerging markets bonds and other types of fixed-income securities, totalled USD52.2bn in June. This figure consists of USD32.7bn in US high-grade volume, USD2.5bn in
Maples and Calder has appointed four new associates to the firm’s growing funds team in its Cayman Islands office and a new partner to the British Virgin Islands office. Tim Clipstone, Greg Barwick, Philip Dickinson, Patrick Head and Lucy
In its response to the Hedge Fund Working Group (HFWG) consultation paper, the London-based CFA Institute Centre for Financial Market Integrity expressed that it would like to see included
A Leg To Stand On (ALTSO) is is holding its 2nd Annual Rocktoberfest concert in London on 19 June 2019 when members of the hedge fund and private equity communities will come together for a night of live rock &
Instinet, a provider of trading systems and services owned by Nomura Holdings, has launched Instinet Execution Experts, an enhanced suite of algorithms that incorporates components of the
TheBuyList.com, a US-based provider of independent stock research, rankings and ratings, has announced the beta release of a hedge fund transaction database and analytics that will enable
The Maples Group has appointed Hugo Lodge as a partner in its Regulatory & Compliance legal practice. Lodge joins the Group’s Cayman Islands office from the UK Financial Conduct Authority, where he led the new team responsible for the
A federal court in California has entered a consent order that requires defendants Douglas Elsworth Wilson of Poway, California, and three companies he controls and manages, Elsworth Berg Capital Management (EBCM), Elsworth Berg Inc, and Elsworth Berg FX jointly and
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a hedge fund manager and his Menlo Park, California-based firm for their involvement in the insider trading ring connected to Raj Rajaratnam and hedge fund advisory firm Galleon Management. The SEC alleges that
AlphaMetrix LLC, founder of the AlphaMetrix Global Marketplace (AGM), has acquired the hedge fund managed account assets of WR Group LLC. The acquisition of WR’s managed account assets across multiple strategies and asset classes will serve to strengthen the depth
