For the first time in several years, investors have begun expressing an interest in opportunities in Asia, according to Agecroft Partners. The firm says that investors have shared increasing concerns about the high valuations of both the US equity and
Hedge funds returned an average of 0.21 per cent in May 2017, and aggregate returns are +3.20 per cent YTD in 2017, according to eVestment’s Hedge Fund Industry Asset Flow Report for May 2017. May performance was led by funds
Intercontinental Exchange has made three senior management promotions – Ben Jackson, President and COO of ICE Futures U.S., has been named ICE’s Chief Commercial Officer, Lynn Martin, President and COO of ICE Data Services, now has added responsibility for Interactive
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for June 2017 measured 3.59 per cent, up from 3.08 per cent in May. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Forward Redemption Indicator for June 2017 was 3.59 per cent, reflecting a sharp drop from the 4.88 per
Voce Capital Management has added two industry veterans to its executive team with both Mark Shamia joined as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, and Nicholas Heldfond joining as Head of Business Development and Investor Relations. Shamia is a
Wholesale electronic trading platform ParFX has expanded the number of currencies in its offering with the addition of the Hungarian forint (HUF). In recent years, the Hungarian forint has become increasingly popular among the global FX trading community, with approximately 90 per cent of Hungarian forint trades executed outside of Hungary’s domestic
Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed Taiwan-based Hua Nan Futures Co Ltd has become a Trading Member of the Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) derivatives market. Established in 1994, Hua Nan Futures is a unit of Hua Nan Financial Holdings and its businesses
Mark Hawtin, Investment Director, GAM, on the challenges facing Apple… The numbers reported by Apple last night showed that Apple is struggling to grow in a smartphone market that is becoming saturated at the high end. The move to the iPhone
Up until recently, machine intelligence could only be used by large sell-side institutions and sophisticated quantitative trading groups to improve how they operated in the marketplace. But as technology advances continue to push the depth and breadth of machine learning
Credit Suisse to open Front Office trading floor in Ireland for Prime Services business Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny has opened the first Credit Suisse Trading Floor in Dublin, making the country an important hub for the bank’s Prime Services Business
