Virtus, a provider of tailored fixed-income services, has launched Virtus Trade Settlement (VTS), which delivers unprecedented settlement times for primary/secondary trades in the four trillion dollar loan market. The launch of VTS follows on the acquisition of Trade Settlement Inc.
A new qualification, the Certificate in Finance and Technology (CFT), has launched as the first and only global qualification designed specifically for technologists in financial institutions. The CFT is unique in giving technology professionals in financial services organisations a genuine
TradeSocio, a marketing software provider for brokers, has launched a marketing automation and analytics platform designed specifically for forex and futures brokers. The platform analyses traders’ behaviour, allowing brokers to automatically send targeted messages to individual traders at the optimal
EFG Asset Management’s New Capital has launched its SFC-authorised funds in Hong Kong. The four Irish-domiciled UCITS funds were approved by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) on 19 August 2015 and are now open to Hong Kong investors. New
PRAXIS Fund Services Limited has launched a new Guernsey incorporated closed-ended investment company, Alternative Liquidity Fund Limited, with an indefinite life. The fund all invest in a diversified portfolio of illiquid interests in funds and other instruments and securities with
Total USD interest rate swaps (IRS) trading volumes since launch on Trad-X, a platform for the trading of global interest rate derivatives, have now surpassed USD 2.5 trillion, with the period beginning January 2015 accounting for over half of this
Hedge fund launches are under the spotlight in this extract from the Preqin Quarterly Update: Hedge Funds, Q3 2015. Alternative mutual funds saw a significant rise in their share of new fund launches in Q3 2015. These structures accounted for
This extract from the Preqin Quarterly Update: Real Estate, Q3 2015 examines current closed-end private real estate funds in market, looking at target capital, primary geographic focus, time spent on the road and a sample of the largest funds currently
The Abbey Capital Futures Strategy Fund, alternative investment manager Abbey Capital’s first liquid alternative mutual fund, which launched on 1 July 2014, has surpassed USD250 million in assets under management as at 30 September 2015. The fund, which has returned
The leading international provider of specialist business and finance training courses has announced plans to launch a specialised risk management and financial regulation training centre. Eureka Financial has revealed plans to launch a specialised risk management and financial regulation training
