The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) has issued a time-limited no-action letter for swap dealers doing business in the EU. The letter states that, from 4 February 2017 to 8 May
Singapore Exchange (SGX) has launched net total return and price return futures on the MSCI Emerging Markets (EM) and MSCI EM Asia indices, making it the first and only exchange in Asia to offer investors exposure to these fast-growing market
Calypso Technology has signed a utility partnership agreement with Equinoxe Alternative Investment Services to establish a platform to provide full back and middle office support to hedge funds and family offices who trade a broad range of instrument types. Services
Hedge funds returned an average of 1.22 per cent in October and are up 7.18 per cent YTD in 2017, according to eVestments’ latest Hedge Fund Industry Report. Eighty per cent of the industry is positive in 2017, with average
Acuity Trading, a global provider of AI data-driven trading tools, has announced today the launch of its sentiment-based Research Terminal, a news-data tool on the Metaquotes MT4 and new MT5 platform. The Research Terminal augments the existing services previously offered
Sudrania Fund Services (Sudrania) has established an office in Singapore making its end-to-end cloud-based fund administration platform available to clients looking to take advantage of the country’s recently enacted Variable Capital Company (VCC) fund structure legislation. Sudrania also has offices in
Kettera Strategies, owner and operator of Hydra, an independent custody-based managed account platform, has appointed James Knoeck as chief financial officer. Knoeck, 46, is the first person in this full-time position at Kettera and brings deep background as a senior
SoftSolutions, a high performance multi-market fixed income trading technology provider, has launched the next generation of its nexRates solution, a fully integrated electronic trading as a service platform for secondary markets. nexRates can now be delivered over the cloud in addition
Bardin Hill Investment Partners, a credit-focused and event-driven investment management firm with more than USD8.5 billion in assets under management, has chosen SS&C Technologies’ Eze OMS to manage its fixed income strategies.
Transaction Network Services (TNS) has upgraded and expanded its network capacity to include dark fibre connectivity in the strategically important New York Triangle, giving traders ultra-high-speed access to market data and TNS’ financial community of interest. The new TNS dark
