The London Metal Exchange (LME) experienced record volumes in September, with 14.09 million lots traded. Average daily volume is up 8.5 per cent from 2011 with 633,702 lots trading per day. Up to the end of September 2012, 119.1 million
Neonet has added two markets to its execution services offering to further strengthen its coverage of European equities – Athens Stock Exchange and Istanbul Stock Exchange. “Greek equities will complement Neonet’s focus on offering trading access to all markets in
Maples Fund Services has expanded its hedge fund capabilities with the launch of a MaplesFS Connect risk dashboard that will complement the services provided to fund administration clients with a fully-integrated solution for online risk reporting. This dashboard will further
Ideal Prediction, an independent trading analysis and data science company for capital markets, has added Natural Language Processing (NLP) to its automated analytics services. By incorporating NLP with machine learning, Ideal Prediction’s service empowers clients to create and visualize new
The European Energy Exchange and the international derivatives exchange Eurex are expanding their cooperation. As of 25 November 2009, Eurex customers will be able to trade and clear EEX power derivatives via their existing Eurex access. The new products in
Global regulatory compliance firm Optima Partners as appointed private equity and hedge fund adviser David Gold as the firm’s Chief Operating Officer (COO). “Hiring David represents a significant investment in Optima’s growth,” says Optima Partners CEO Jonathan Saxton. “His role
The London Metal Exchange (LME) has launched LMEswaps for all of its non-ferrous metals. The financially settled contracts based on the average monthly price are the first of their type to be traded on-exchange in the world. They are designed
Hedgebay Trading has launched the first hedge fund secondary market index. The Hedgebay Global Hedge Fund Secondary Market Index provides hedge fund investors with statistics on the key aspects of the secondary market. Most notably it offers the average discount
Gottex Fund Management’s entire product lone posted positive performance for March year to date, according to the company’s latest trading statement. The results saw Gottex increase its outperformance against its benchmarks. Total fee-earning assets for the group increased by 3.1%
Hedge funds appear to be moving aggressively to take down costs associated with their trading desks in the midst of a prolonged period of depressed trading activity, according to the results of a study by Greenwich Associates. To assist institutions
