CLS, a market infrastructure group delivering settlement, processing and data solutions, is releasing a new foreign exchange (FX) forecast data report as part of its comprehensive suite of data products. CLS’s FX Forecast data will provide subscribers with a forward
Ocorian, a global provider of specialist financial services backed by private equity firm Inflexion, is to acquire ABAX, an advisory, corporate and business services provider based in Mauritius. The acquisition will significantly extend Ocorian’s service range and delivery capability into
Man AHL, Man Group’s diversified quantitative investment manager, has opened applications for its 2018 hackathon in April, consisting of 24 hours of coding aimed at contributing to the Python data science ecosystem. Users of the Python programming language benefit from
The European Energy Exchange (EEX), Saxo Bank and PZEM Energy have partnered to offer German Power CFDs (Contracts for Differences) on Saxo’s fully integrated trading and risk management platform, SaxoTraderGO. Saxo’s new German Power CFD will be linked exclusively to
PitchBook, a data provider for the private and public equity markets, has released a proprietary framework designed to help retail and institutional investors assess the long-term value proposition of blockchain protocols. Until now, no other reputable institution has successfully defined
MDX Technology’s MDXT Connect app is now available on the Symphony Market. The new app offers integration capabilities with a wide range of industry standard platforms, enabling users to publish real-time market data, like prices, axes, IOIs, etc, into the
The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 0.69 per cent in July bringing their year-to-date return to 6.56 per cent as global equity markets edged higher following expectations over a Fed rate cut. The MSCI ACWI (Local) was up 0.83
The average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at EUR7,773 million in January 2018, up 20.4 per cent compared to January 2017, and stable from the previous month. The average daily transaction value on ETFs order book
Hedge funds were off to a good start in the first month of 2018, with the Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index up 2.26 per cent in January. Among volatility-focused hedge funds though, short volatility hedge funds posted the worst performance in
The Lyxor CTA index underperformed last week, losing 3.9 per cent, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. But several managers had already started to cut leverage ahead of last week’s market turmoil and managed
