Barclays Capital has launched a web-based real-time equities trading analytics application, Portfolio WebBench Live. Building on Portfolio WebBench, Barclays Capital’s execution analytics toolkit for global equity portfolios, Portfolio WebBench Live has been remodelled to provide real-time execution monitoring, more dynamic
Sell-side trader short recommendations totalled 41% of net trade ideas in 4Q11, up from 36% in 3Q11, 34% in 2Q11, and 33% in Q1 2011, according to the latest data released by TIM Group. Over the course of the Q4
One would think that the ongoing global uncertainty would be enough to give any hedge fund manager a headache.
The Luxembourg regulator, the CSSF, this week announced the authorization of the first Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) fund under the UCITS scheme. The UCITS can invest 100 per cent of its net assets in China A shares (shares
Swift plans to acquire the assets of SunGard’s Ambit Messaging Hub solution for high-volume financial messaging. The transaction is subject to a number of closing conditions that are expected to be fulfilled by the end of the quarter. SunGard’s AvantGard
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has provided an update on the work relating to the collapse of Trio Capital. ASIC has taken enforcement action on Trio against a range of gatekeepers. This includes directors of Trio, its investment manager, various
The performance of every hedge fund strategy and sub-strategy was in positive territory last week (12-19 March), with Special Situation and Global Macro strategies outperforming, up +0.8 per cent, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research
Private equity lawyer Matthew Hudson has formed a new law firm, MJ Hudson, to provide legal advice on the formation of specialist investment funds and structuring deals. MJ Hudson has been formed to strengthen the partnership between advisers and their
HedgeChatter has launched an online SaaS dashboard that allows investors, traders and hedge funds to see how key influencers on social media are affecting stock price and view price trends based on real-time social media data (chatter). HedgeChatter processes nearly
