One-year-old startup the Diamond Standard Co has launched the world’s first fungible diamond commodity product – a universal asset to secure any digital transaction. “Diamonds are a valuable natural resource, but unusable by institutional investors. Unlike gold and platinum, each
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has increased transparency in the so-called “To-Be-Announced” (TBA) market for agency pass-through mortgage-backed securities. This market represents more than USD270bn traded on an average daily basis in 8,400 trades. Through the Trade Reporting and
Andrew Beckman has joined Magnetar Capital to lead a new event credit team, working within Magnetar’s global event driven strategies business. Beckman, who will be based in New York, will report directly to Alec Litowitz, Magnetar chief executive, founder and
eVestment, a provider of institutional investment data and cloud-based analytic solutions, has acquired PerTrac, a provider of hedge fund analysis software and workflow solutions, and Fundspire, a cloud-based technology provider of hedge fund analytics. Terms of the deals have not
PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, registered a total volume of 207.1 TWh in April 2019 (April 2018: 146.4 TWh). The spot segment reported a total volume of 125.5 TWh which represented a 60 per cent increase
Stuart Howard has joined HarbourVest as Chief Operating Officer, European Listed Products. Based in London, Howard is responsible for overseeing HarbourVest’s role in the operations of HarbourVest Global Private Equity Limited (HVPE) and HarbourVest Senior Loans Europe (HSLE), two listed investment
Eze Castle Integration, a provider of IT solutions and private cloud services to hedge funds, has expanded its Eze Private Cloud services to Hong Kong and Singapore. The Eze Private Cloud is used by more than 2,000 hedge fund professionals
The London Metal Exchange (LME) has appointed Adrian Farnham as the chief operating officer for LME Clear. Farnham (pictured) joined Turquoise Global in 2007 as chief operating officer and became chief executive officer in 2010. He was instrumental in the
Pico, an infrastructure, connectivity, data and cloud technology provider to the global financial services community, has launched a new colocation facility and direct connectivity to the Hosting Services Data Centre of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX). HKEX is
International legal practice Norton Rose is to combine with US law firm Fulbright & Jaworski on 1 June 2013 to form Norton Rose Fulbright. Norton Rose Fulbright will have 3,800 lawyers and will be a top 10 global legal practice
