Derivatives exchange Eurex will be launching a future that is based on notional short-term debt instruments issued by the Republic of Italy (Buoni del Tesoro Poliennali – BTP) on 18 October 2010. The contract will complement the Eurex benchmark interest
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In the future, investment banking will be more tightly regulated and dominated by risk-averse commercial banks, while new firms that are structured as partnerships but are much smaller wil
The CFTC has voted to establish a Subcommittee on Automated and High Frequency Trading tasked with developing recommendations regarding the definition of high frequency trading (“HFT”) in the context of the larger universe of automated trading. This definition of HFT
GlobeOp Financial Services is relocating and expanding its current Dublin office to serve increased demand from funds based in or extending into Europe. Vernon Barback (pictured), GlobeOp president and chief operating officer, says: “We see continued European market growth in
Quant Insight, a London-based firm specialising in machine learning-driven macro analytics, in partnership with Euronext, has developed a new alternative data service, Macro Risk Insight, to provide asset managers with insight into the risk exposure of their investments to global macro factors. Macro
The European Commission has appointed several hedge fund experts to a group that will look at improving the EU framework for alternative
Swiss global fund manager, GAM, has this week announced the successful launch of an onshore newcits, based on its existing emerging market equity L/S strategy.
Contrary to recent press reports, the hedge fund industry is in good shape and expanding into new areas, say Peter Cockhill and James Ba
