Online multi-asset investment specialist Saxo Bank is re-launching its MetaTrader 4 (MT4) platform with a new name, SaxoMT4. SaxoMT4 actively targets the large segment of clients accustomed to the specific trading environment of MetaTrader, as well as the increasingly popular
BNY Mellon has launched a new service for fund managers that helps them identify, aggregate and manage the regulatory reporting requirements of the Alternative Investment Fund Manager’s Directive (AIFMD). Under AIFMD, alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) must file a specifically
The Hedge Fund Standards Board has signed up 10 more hedge fund managers to its standards of best practice and says that including the board’s 14 original members, its signatories now acco
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has obtained an emergency federal court order freezing the assets of defendants People’s Alternative of Los Angeles and its principals, Jaime Gallardo of Pasadena and Karl Ochoa and Maria Iracheta of Los Angeles. The
The international derivatives market Eurex Exchange has exceeded five million contracts traded in the BTP derivatives segment since trading began in September 2009. The segment comprises three futures based on notional short-, medium- and long-term bonds issued by the Republic
Crispen Odey is planning to launch a multi-asset fund – Odey Swan fund – next month, investing in equities, bonds and currencies, reported FTAdviser this week. The UCITS fund will replicate Odey Asset Management’s flagship European hedge fund and is
Agio Technology, a provider of managed IT services for hedge funds, will kick off the Agio iPad Challenge for hedge funds on 1 October through 30 November. The purpose of the challenge is to collect hard data on how the
F&C Asset Management has launched a Luxembourg-domiciled Ucits III fund that will target net annual returns of between 2 and 4 per cent over short-term money-market rates with low vola
London-based broker-dealer BTIG Limited has appointed Christopher Rollins as its Chief Executive Officer CEO, effective immediately. Rollins (pictured), assumes leadership of the firm following a successful role as Managing Director, International Equities, and Head of US Execution Services at BTIG, LLC in
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed an enforcement action charging the New York Mercantile Exchange (CME NYMEX) and two former employees, William Byrnes and Christopher Curtin, with violating the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations. The CFTC
