Oil price dynamics
Since the turn of the century, the price of oil has whipsawed significantly, falling 75 per cent between November 2014 and March 2016 alone. Over the last 20 years, the market has moved from Peak Oil to Peak Production of
Since the turn of the century, the price of oil has whipsawed significantly, falling 75 per cent between November 2014 and March 2016 alone. Over the last 20 years, the market has moved from Peak Oil to Peak Production of

GMEX Technologies Ltd (GMEX), a provider of multi-asset exchange and post-trade business and technology solutions, has launched GMEX Fusion, an integrated centralised and distributed solutions set. GMEX Fusion combines the established GMEX centralised technology – currently live in multiple exchanges

Broadridge Financial Solutions has launched its new Repo Order Quote (ROQ) solution, a multi-market aggregation and execution tool for repo markets, which is now in use with a major European bank. ROQ allows repo traders to view liquidity and

CME Group has launched ENSO Data Insights, a community benchmarking tool which leverages ENSO’s alternative data set to help customers make more informed investment decisions. ENSO Data Insights provides hedge funds, asset managers and banks with access to a diverse pool of global

The DE Shaw group, a global investment and technology development firm, has been granted a license to develop and market onshore investment products to investors in China. The Private Securities Investment Fund Manager (PFM) license is issued by the Asset

O’Shaughnessy Asset Management (OSAM), a quantitative money management firm with approximately USD6.9 billion in assets under management (AUM) and assets under advisement (AUA), has named Patrick O’Shaughnessy, CFA (pictured), as the firm’s CEO. He succeeds Jim O’Shaughnessy, OSAM’s founder, who

CIFC, a credit manager specialising in US corporate and structured credit strategies, has appointed Jay Huang as a Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager and Head of Structured Products Investments. Huang (pictured), will oversee CIFC’s structured products investments business. CIFC

RUSAL, a Russian aluminium producer and key supplier in the commodities space, is teaming with Braidy Industries, a US base holding company which owns both Veloxint, an MIT-incubated lightweighting solutions company, and NanoAl, a Northwestern University incubated materials research and

Hedge funds continued their winning ways in March with a third straight month of positive returns. March’s hedge fund return was 0.67 per cent, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. By

Powernext and the Ukrainian gas network operator PJSC UKRTRANSGAZ have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate possibilities for future cooperation. Powernext would bring its European experience in offering market-based tools to infrastructure operators while PJSC UKRTRANSGAZ would bring