CBOE Futures Exchange is to extend trading hours for CBOE Volatility Index (VIX Index) futures to nearly 24 hours a day, five days a week, starting 22 June. In March, CFE announced 22 June as its planned launch date.
Altarius Asset Management Limited, the Malta-based asset management branch of Altarius Group, today announced the launch of its Fund Platform, PARAGON S.I.C.A.V. plc (PARAGON) which is one of Malta’s first independent fund platforms exclusively open and dedicated to third party
MF Global Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: MF), a broker-dealer providing trading and hedging solutions, has announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of USD325 million aggregate principal amount of 3.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 1 August, 2018. MF Global also
Responding to growing market demand for European domiciled investment fund products, and the emergence of Dublin as a centre for alternative investment products, DMS Management Ltd (DMS) has opened a new office in Dublin, Ireland. Led by Irish resident principals
Vistra announced has been selected to provide fund administration services for the innovative Privium Selection Fund platform (SCA SICAV-SIF) via its specialist fund services division operating out of Luxembourg. The Privium Selection Fund will be managed by Privium Fund Management
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged dark pool alternative trading system operator Liquidnet with improperly using subscribers’ confidential trading information in marketing its services. Regulations require an alternative trading system (ATS) to establish and enforce safeguards and procedures
GlobeOp Financial Services has partnered with Linedata Services to offer an ASP-delivered, front-office order management system fully integrated with GlobeOp’s middle- and back-office services. Time to market is reduced for start-up long/short equity managers and commodity trading advisers. Both new
Progress Software has joined forces with Statistical Research Laboratory, a company developing software for financial trading desks, to provide a trading technology solution for brokers and hedge funds. The SRL solution will be powered by the Progress Apama complex event
Nara Capital, an alternative advisory and consultancy service provider based in Geneva, will start to release its Ucits Alternative Index to the public. The series of indices aims to track the performance Ucits hedge funds and funds of funds.
JP Morgan has been selected by investment management firm AQR Capital Management, LLC (AQR), adviser to the AQR Funds, to provide prime custody and fund administration to its newly launched mutual fund – the AQR Multi-Strategy Alternative Fund. As described by
