LMAX Exchange has launched LMAX Prime, a prime of prime service to provide retail brokers, hedge funds and asset managers with credit intermediation and bespoke liquidity arrangements with access to multiple venues. LMAX Exchange will leverage its prime broker relationships,
UBS Global Asset Management has listed a new ETF on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) offering investors access to commodities markets with the additional benefit of GBP currency hedging. The UBS ETF (IE) CMCI Composite hedged GBP SF UCITS ETF
Common Sense Investment Management (CSIM) has launched Common Sense Solutions, a bespoke portfolio construction and fund structuring service for institutional investors. Common Sense Solutions couples 24 years of hedge fund research, investment & operational due diligence with specialised portfolio &
McKay Brothers Microwave has launched a private bandwidth service between Slough and Frankfurt with latency of 4.64 milliseconds (ms) for the round trip, the lowest known. The company is finalising more routes between the UK and Frankfurt as well as
SunGard is launching a new industry utility for post-trade futures and cleared over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives operations to help global capital markets firms adapt to new market challenges and post-financial crisis cost pressures. This industry utility will enable derivatives brokers, including
Multi-strategy hedge fund manager Deimos Asset Management has launched a new hedge fund management business with a strategic investment from Ares Management. Deimos was formed through a management buyout of Guggenheim Global Trading, LLC, the former multi-manager, multi-strategy hedge fund
A new hedge fund, first and foremost, needs to raise investment. There are a many factors which differentiate a successful investment round from an unsuccessful one, not least the experience of the fund managers, and whether the proposed strategy is convincing. All
Collins Capital has launched the Collins Long/Short Credit Fund (CCLIX/CLCAX), a mutual fund offering a true long/short credit strategy that dynamically adjusts exposure throughout the credit cycle. "Traditional bond portfolios may be the most dangerous part of investors' portfolios
LCH.Clearnet’s SwapClear service will be launching new interest rate portfolio margining capabilities for its members and their clients around the world. Under the new offering, market participants using SwapClear, the largest interest rate derivatives liquidity pool, and LCH.Clearnet's listed rates
Automated trading specialist Alistair Brown – co-founder of Lime Brokerage – is turning his attention to fixed income with the launch of OpenBondX, an electronic “all-to-all” trading platform for US corporate bonds. The ATS aims to attract new liquidity
