The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a consultation on proposed Guidelines on sound remuneration policies under the UCITS V Directive and AIFMD. The Directive includes rules that UCITS must comply with when establishing and applying a remuneration
Convergex has launched a new Buy-Write Algorithm, which leverages its advanced VWAP equity algorithm and Pulse options algorithm to allow clients to electronically employ a buy-write trading strategy. Convergex’s Buy-Write Algorithm combines the power and reach of the firm’s equity
RBC Global Asset Management (RBC GAM) has added the RBC Funds (Lux) – Emerging Markets Value Equity Fund, RBC Funds (Lux) – Emerging Markets Small Cap Equity Fund and RBC Funds (Lux) – European Equity Focus Fund to its Luxembourg-domiciled
Virtus Partners has launched a new hedge fund administration service focused on credit and fixed income managers. The offering is built on SunGard’s VPM portfolio accounting and reporting solution, part of SunGard’s Hedge360 suite. Alternative investment fund managers looking to
LME Clear, the clearing house for the London Metal Exchange market, has received approval from the Bank of England (BoE) to launch a trade-compression service, giving members the opportunity to reduce the notional value of their positions and simplify their
This extract from the Preqin Quarterly Update: Private Debt, Q2 2015 offers insight into the annualised contributions and distributions of direct lending and mezzanine funds, as well as examining the current record levels of dry powder in the asset class.
Eurex Exchange has launched new futures and options based on the STOXX Global Select Dividend 100 Index expanding its dividend index product suite, which currently comprises the DivDAX and Euro STOXX Select Dividend 30 indices. Whereas the two existing contracts
Lawson Conner, a provider of investment management and compliance solutions to the alternative investment fund industry, has launched ‘Discovery’, an AIFM integrated offshore Investment Management Platform. ‘Discovery' will be structured as a Cayman Islands Segregated Portfolio Company (SPC), offering both EU
Last week London ground to a halt. Tube drivers went on strike for 24 hours. Chaos ensued as city workers jumped on their bikes, hailed cabs or, worse, squeezed onto the next available bus to get to the office. It
Beechbrook Capital, the specialist direct lender, is launching a new fund to support UK small and medium-sized businesses turning over between GBP5 million and GBP50 million. The Beechbrook UK SME programme represents a significant addition to the private credit sector
