The number of Jersey-registered fund managers marketing into Europe through national private placement regimes (NPPRs) under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) continued to rise during 2016, according to the latest figures from the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC).
Cowen Prime Services, the prime services division of Cowen Group, has been named Best Global Prime Broker at the 2017 Hedgeweek Global Awards. This is the second consecutive year that Hedgeweek has honoured Cowen Prime Services with this award.
SimCorp and TradingScreen have formed a new strategic alliance which, by combining the companies’ respective expertise and products in the order and execution management system (OEMS) space, is aiming to provide the the global buy-side with aseamless and tightly-knit solution
Advanced Logic Analytics (ALA), a provider of enterprise wide big data and finance analytics solutions for buy- and sell-side institutions and other financial firms, has launched its core big data analytics platform, ALA OneLogic. ALA OneLogic was developed to provide
Sydney-based Dalton Street Capital, in partnership with Prodigy Investment Partners, has deployed the FlexTrade Systems’ FlexTRADER EMS to facilitate global cross asset trading of futures, equities and FX. According to Alan Sheen, co-founder and director, Dalton Street Capital, choosing to
The California Hedge Fund Association (CHFA) has adopted the California Alternative Investments Association (CalALTs) as its new brand name. The 1,200 member organisation, which focuses on fostering growth and advancing the development of California’s alternative investment community, rebranded in response
The London Metal Exchange (LME) and LME Clear have announced a competitive fee schedule for their precious metals contracts, with nine LME clearing members having already expressed their intention to trade and clear the contracts. The LME developed the LMEprecious
Liberum, a pan-European investment bank, signed a multi-year deal with Torstone Technology to use Inferno in July and went live last week, implementing a complete back office system within four months. Inferno will process Liberum’s post-trade flow, from trade capture
Turquoise has extended the QuantHouse real-time primary market data feeds to its Turquoise Plato midpoint matching services, including Turquoise Plato Block Discovery, to cover securities of 18 European countries, including those recently added emerging markets Czech Republic and Hungary. Dr
PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, registered a total volume of 163.6 TWh in February 2017, driven by strong volumes especially on the futures segment with 92.6 TWh, and a solid debut for the time spread instruments.
