Singapore Exchange (SGX) has seen strong growth in its FX Futures business over the last 12 months, with the total volume of FX Futures contracts up 74 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to 759,983 contracts in July. Open interest in these
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global representative of alternative investment managers, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Insurance Asset Management Association of China (IAMAC), a self-regulatory organisation for China’s national insurance asset management industry. AIMA
AI Insight is to begin offering liquid alternative research reports in 2018, enabling advisors to compare the details and financial performance of alternative investment mutual funds. Given the growing popularity of liquid alternatives and need for research around this asset
By Piers Alexander, Conyers Dill & Pearman – The Cayman Islands is a world leader in the establishment of offshore hedge funds. Its tax-neutral platform, stable economy, sophisticated banking sector, confidentiality and professional financial service industry are just some of the
Digital asset management platform ICONOMI, has secured Columbus Capital as its first asset management partner to maintain and grow funds comprised entirely of blockchain based assets. ICONOMI will continue focusing on platform development and offering the software tools for blockchain-focused
BGC Partners, has launched Fenics Global Options (Fenics GO) an electronic trading and market data generation platform involving the arrangement and execution of exchange listed futures and options. Fenics GO, in collaboration with industry leading liquidity providers Optiver, IMC and Maven
If your firm hasn’t fallen prey to a security breach, you’re probably one of the lucky ones. But you also probably won’t be safe for long, as most firms, at some point in time, will encounter a cybersecurity incident. Cyber incidents
AlphaDesk, a cloud-based Order Management and Portfolio Management System provider to hedge funds and other investment managers, posted record new business sales for the first half of 2017. Kevin Galliers, COO, says: “We signed 36 new hedge funds during the
Thomson Reuters has expanded its e-learning capabilities with new compliance training courses designed to give organisations a clear, concise understanding of the regulatory framework mandated by the European Securities & Markets Authority (ESMA) under MiFID II. Thomson Reuters MiFID II
Such has been the pace of technological innovation over the last decade that we have never been more connected with one another. The volume of data generated by social media platforms is transforming the way that fund managers analyse the
