CBOE Holdings plans to open its first international business development office in London in July. The new office – headed by Matthew McFarland, director of global client services – will enable CBOE to increase its presence in the region and
Cleartrade Exchange (CLTX) has been officially approved as a registered Foreign Board of Trade (FBOT). The FBOT approval, which has been granted by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), allows CLTX to provide their participants located in the US
Volante Technologies has created a solution specifically designed to accelerate the process of integrating with Ripple, a provider of distributed financial technology solutions offering real-time settlement of cross border payments. At SIBOS 2015 Volante demonstrated Ripple-readiness as a feature of
After a strong start to 2016, CTAs have now completed their third consecutive month of negative performance. All five daily indices that Societe Generale Prime Services calculates were down in May. The flagship SG CTA Index, that measures a broad
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Timothy Massad has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) regarding cooperation with respect to derivatives clearing organisations (DCOs) established in the United States that
Lyxor Asset Management (Lyxor) has signed a distribution agreement with Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking, the wealth management arm of the Intesa Sanpaolo banking group, making Lyxor’s range of Alternative UCITS and Multi-Asset funds now available to private banking investors in
Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) is to acquire Petershill Fund I’s minority equity interests in five alternative investment firms – Winton Capital Group, Capula Investment Management, Partner Fund Management, Mount Lucas Management, and CapeView Capital. Under the terms of the agreement,
Laven Legal Services to continue alternative funds expansion Clients of Laven Legal Services, the law firm linked to Laven Partners, are to move to London-based law firm GRM Law’s expanding alternative funds and financial services team, led by partners Alper
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has welcomed the European Commission consultation on reducing barriers to the cross-border marketing of investment funds. AIMA believes that barriers to the take-up of the so-called “passport” for investment funds have held back growth
Sanne Group (SANNE) has completed the acquisition of IDS Fund Services (IDS), a leading independent South African based provider of outsourced investment administration services to the asset management industry, with a particular focus on hedge fund clients. IDS was established
