Delbrook Capital, a Vancouver-based specialist metals-focused long/short equity hedge fund, has continued to capitalise on this summer’s soaring precious metal prices.
Asset managers in New York City are continuing to buy with extra punch in Manhattan and on the east end of Long Island, according to real estate attorney Margery Weinstein. “Hedge funders and other investors have had steady growth in
Wedbush Securities has appointed Dan Billings as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Billings (pictured), joined Wedbush in 2015 as the firm’s Senior Vice President and Controller. In his new role he will oversee Financial and Regulatory Accounting,
Iron Cove Partners, a national insurance brokerage specialising in the needs of the alternative asset management community, has launched the Iron Cove Hedge Fund Select Policy, through a new partnership with a Lloyd’s Cover Holder and Financial Services Syndicate. Iron
SmartX Advisory Solutions, a technology firm formerly known as HedgeCoVest, has added 27 investment strategies to its managed accounts platform, including models offered by Blackrock, Morningstar Investment Management, and Nasdaq Dorsey Wright. The new investment models encompass a broad range
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has partnered with Go West, a consortium of leading global trading firms collaborating to create efficient access to global financial markets, to offer ultra-low latency wireless connectivity between markets in Chicago and Tokyo. When the Go West
The London Metal Exchange and LME Clear (together, the LME) have set out their ‘strategic pathway’ having received 162 responses to a discussion paper on market structure from a broad range of users. Matthew Chamberlain (pictured), London Metal Exchange Chief
All six of IndexIQ’s IQ Hedge Indexes recorded positive performance in September. Returns were led by the IQ Hedge Long/Short Index, up 1.18 per cent for the month, followed by the IQ Merger Arbitrage Index, which returned 1.10 per cent
Clearstream has developed a solution that supports domestic settlement of DekaBank’s cleared trading activity on Euronext, tpREPO and BrokerTec across Belgium, France and the Netherlands. The model responds to an increasing market need for simplified cross-border settlement and contributes to
Global connectivity provider Avelacom is now using Metamako, a provider of FPGA-enabled, high-performance networking devices, to significantly accelerate its network processing power and keep latency to an absolute minimum. The solution meets the needs of HFT firms and all firms
