The Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York has dismissed all claims against Systematic Alpha principals arising from the Matveev v Batratchenko case, with prejudice. The action was brought by Nicolay Matveev, a citizen of the Russian
William Mason will be appointed director general of the Guernsey Financial Services Commission on the retirement of Nik van Leuven. Mason (pictured) will join the Commission from the position of Head of Risk at the Central Bank of Ireland, where
The power of hedge fund activism should never be underestimated.
The number of exchange-traded derivatives (ETD) worldwide decreased in 2012 for the first time since 2004, falling by 15 per cent to 21 billion, according to statistics compiled by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE). The WFE, which annually conducts
InfoHedge Technologies, a provider of IT services and solutions to the alternative investment industry, is celebrating the five year anniversary of its flagship product, InfoHedge Hosted Platform. The platform delivers an enterprise grade technology platform over the wire from SAS
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. has put out a statement clarifying its position with regard to its clearing member, Refco, LLC. The CME stated: “CME provides a marketplace where futures and options on futures contracts are traded. The CME Clearing
NewAlpha, a French alternative investment incubation specialist, has announced its eleventh seeding agreement, a USD50m investment in a portfolio managed by Concerto Asset Management, whic
NYSE Euronext has announced global derivatives average daily volume (ADV) of 8.8 million contracts in February 2013, an increase of 24.7 per cent compared to February 2012, but a decrease of 7.6 per cent month-over-month. This increase was primarily driven
Refco finally filed for bankruptcy protection this week and agreed to sell its core futures brokerage business for USD 768m. The bidders include an investor group&n
Edward Feigeles, has joined Knight Capital alumni Walter Raquet and John Cunningham as a principal in their managed accounts shop, WR Capital. Feigeles, former mana
