FuturesFx and its Simon Jousef are to pay more than USD1.7 million in to Settle a CFTC Enforcement Action over a fraudulent forex and commodities trading scheme. The CFTC’s complaint charged the defendants with fraudulently soliciting members and prospective members
Hedge fund managers were down 6.00 per cent in March, outperforming global equities which languished 13.99 per cent over escalating COVID-19 outbreak concerns. Around 80 per cent of the hedge fund managers tracked by Eurekahedge were able to outperform the global
In part one of this article series, entitled Alphabet Soup, three key themes were discussed in relation to the global regulatory environment investment managers must navigate: 1) Uncertainty, 2) Accountability and 3) Increased Scrutiny. As the complexity of meeting compliance
DASH Regulatory Technologies – a regtech-focused affiliate of capital markets technology and execution services provider DASH Financial Technologies – has launched DASH 360R, the next-generation of its industry-leading LDB platform for US regulatory capital calculation and reporting compliance. The suite is
TheWilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 0.92 per cent in June, underperforming the 1.75 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index.
Many discretionary macro managers are successfully capitalising on the continuing global economic upheaval, with solid first quarter gains that may hint at a reversal of fortunes for a strategy beleaguered by assorted challenges and high-profile closures in recent years. Macro
Transaction Network Services (TNS) has upgraded its network with the TNSXpress Layer 1 solution in three key New York area data centres.TNSXpress Layer 1 uses a simple, single hop architecture that is up to 10 times faster than traditional Layer
Digital asset trading, research and data company Brave New Coin has agreed a multi-year partnership with Toronto Futures Options Swaps Exchange tFOSE, a new Canadian-based derivatives exchange and clearinghouse currently seeking regulatory approval in Canada. Brave New Coin will design,
UCITS hedge funds delivered on their pledge of portfolio diversification during the coronavirus-fuelled market meltdown this year, and investors should now consider putting more of their money into the sector to seize on continued market dislocations, Lyxor Asset Management says.
Trend following hedge fund strategies are maintaining their recent positive momentum, with Société Générale’s CTA indices broadly showing further gains in April as fresh turmoil in commodities markets underpin continuing market uncertainty.
