The Eurex Exchange Council has unanimously approved the planned introduction of a completely new trading architecture at its regular meeting. This approval meets a major legal requirement. The introduction of the new trading system will, among other things, also require
Buy-side interest rate swap clearing volumes have grown rapidly during the first half of 2012 as hedge funds and other asset managers have raced to begin central clearing ahead of the imposition of Dodd-Frank. HedgeWeek looks at developments in store
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) will spin off the Natural Gas Spot and Derivatives Market into a separate company owned to 100 per cent with the corporate name “EGEX European Gas Exchange”. Five years after the launch of exchange gas
Agio Technology, a provider of managed IT services for hedge funds, continued to demonstrate significant growth in 2011 as a result of a growing trend of hedge funds and other investment advisory firms outsourcing non-differentiating IT functions to third-party providers.
Fidelity Institutional has launched a new solution for accessing alternative investments. Fidelity’s platform will provide research, education and third-party due diligence, as well as access to a wide range of alternative investment products for all Fidelity Institutional clients. Financial
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced an anticipated publication schedule for reports delayed by the recent US government shutdown. The CFTC will begin issuing its weekly Commitments of Traders (COT) reports on a rolling basis as soon
To successfully execute on complex trading strategies and to stay in compliance, a firm must know the exact time that events happen, such as ticks, trades and computed correlations. If a time stamp is off, it could be the difference
Fusion Asset Management has launched the Fusion FX Liquidity Hedge service for corporate clients. Fusion has been implementing this service for financial institutions since 2009 and is expanding into the corporate space due to demand from leading European corporations. Kirill
Hedge funds posted monthly declines in November for the fifth time in the last seven months, as lack of clarity on resolution of the European sovereign debt crisis resulted in continued investor caution and risk aversion. The HFRI Fund Weighted
Multifonds has launched Global Investor, which allows fund administrators to consolidate their investor servicing and transfer agency operations onto a single platform across all investment types. Multifonds has developed its alternatives capability and extended the former Multifonds Transfer Agent platform
