LCH.Clearnet’s interest rate swap (IRS) clearing service, SwapClear, has launched the industry’s first certification programme for consultancy firms preparing market participants for the implementation of centralised OTC clearing. Five consultancies have already signed up to join the global initiative, which
EFETnet BV and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), following their successful pilot program launched in January as the first global repository for OTC commodity swaps, have begun accepting trade submissions from commodity market participants into the new Global
C-View, the UK-based discretionary currency trading hedge fund manager, has selected alternative assets marketing firm MCAM Group to raise capital for the C-View Currency Managed Account Program (CMAP) and for the C-View Emerging, Developing and Minor Currency Program internationally. 

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Eurex Clearing has published a study looking at maximising capital and cost efficiency through an integrated cross-product central counterparty (CCP) clearing service. The study was supported by and commissioned to Oliver Wyman, a global management consulting firm. The study
Wealth manager and ETF specialist SCM Private has marked its two year anniversary with the launch of the SCM Private Bond Reserve Portfolio and fee reductions that continue its philosophy of putting investors first. The SCM Private Bond Reserve Portfolio
Following the acquisition and integration of Nexar, Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) has launched an alternatives division that offers clients broad alternative investment expertise and solutions. As part of this strategy, it has selected Guggenheim Fund Solutions (GFS) as its
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Divisions of Market Oversight (DMO) and Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) have issued a no-action letter with respect to swaps trading on multilateral trading facilities overseen by authorities designated by European Union member
Advise Technologies, a software solutions provider for regulatory compliance, will offer the first CPO-PQR e-filing platform to the National Futures Association (NFA) EasyFile portal. This will be the first time that filing electronically is possible for Form CPO-PQR.
Online& has launched its tiered website platform designed specifically to assist companies in the alternative investment community enhance their marketing, investor relations, regulatory compliance, and data security efforts. With flexible pricing and no ongoing subscription costs, the solution scales to
NYSE Liffe, the Europe-based derivatives business of NYSE Euronext (NYX) is adding options on the shares in UNIT4 N.V. (ticker symbol: UNT) to its highly successful range of equity option classes. Trading in options on UNIT4 will start on 24
