The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) has officially launched JSE Eris Interest Rate Swap (IRS) Futures, which will be based on the Johannesburg Interbank Agreed Rate (JIBAR) and denominated in South African Rand (ZAR). The product will follow the standard South
Aberdeen Asset Management has launched the Aberdeen Alternative Strategies Fund (AASF) offering access to a portfolio of alternative strategies intended to provide diversifying returns against traditional asset classes. The Fund’s launch establishes Aberdeen as one of the world’s largest multi-manager liquid
Euronext has launched new weekly options on a total of seven French and Belgian single stocks on the Euronext Paris and Brussels derivatives markets, effective immediately, These short term option classes are available on three Belgian shares (AB InBev, KBC
Orc, a specialist in electronic trading technology for listed derivatives, has launched certified connectivity to Borsa İstanbul enabling quoting and trading on Borsa İstanbul for all Orc clients using the Execution Bricks or the Orc Trading Bricks platforms. Since its
Hong Kong-based investment advisory firm Meridian Capital Management has added a new Global Macro Hedge Fund’ to its existing hedge fund offering. The launch comes as the firm prepares to celebrates its 10th anniversary. “With the completion of 10 years
Catalyst Funds, an alternative-focused mutual fund company, has launched the Catalyst/Auctos Multi-Strategy Fund (ACXIX), which first appeared in 2007 and was originally structured as a hedge fund managed by Auctos Capital Management. This is Catalyst’s fourth mutual fund conversion.
The London Metal Exchange (LME) is to introduce market-making programmes to support the launch of new products and enhance liquidity on existing contracts. These are the first programmes of their kind to be introduced by the LME in its 138-year
Liquidnet has launched its Next Gen Algo suite, designed to enhance the trading performance of its asset manager Member community around the world with precision tools built to address the complexities of institutional trading. Liquidnet’s Next Gen Algos, in development
Preqin’s Real Estate Online provides comprehensive profiles for the 49 institutional investors based in Boston that actively invest in the real estate asset class, collectively representing over USD1.1 trillion in assets under management. The largest proportion of institutional investors are
Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has launched four new benchmark indexes in collaboration with Eurekahedge. Values for the new indexes will be available on CBOE's and Eurekahedge's websites beginning August 18. The four new indexes, the first of their kind,
