Newedge UK Financial has joined EurexOTC Clear for Interest Rate Swaps (IRS), bringing the total membership to 17 firms. “We have expanded our clearing services significantly over the past nine months, from listed derivatives and OTC commodity swaps to IRS
Beaumont Advisors Limited has launched a new business offering hedge fund operational due diligence services. Seasoned hedge fund industry veterans, Lori Barton and Gillian Scott (pictured) who have collectively performed over 800 due diligence assignments, are leading Beaumont’s hedge fund
The international derivatives markets of Eurex Group ended 2011 with a turnover of approximately 2.8 billion contracts, compared with 2.64 billion in 2010. The total volume for 2011 splits into 2.04 billion contracts traded at Eurex Exchange (2010: 1.9 billion)
By Keith Parker – Guernsey is an important jurisdiction for Pacific Fund Systems in terms of both existing and potential clients. A key reason for our interest and commitment to the island, as well as nearby Jersey, is the integrity
MarketAxess Holdings Inc, the operator of an electronic trading platform for US and European high‐grade corporate bonds, emerging markets bonds and other types of fixed‐income securities, has received authorisation from the Comissão de Valores Mobiliários – CVM (Securities and Exchange
The National Futures Association (NFA) has begun accepting applications from swap dealers (SDs) and major swap participants (MSPs) pursuant to the recent final registration rules and delegation of authority order that were approved by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Following a 1.50% drop in October, managed futures gained 0.11% in November according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. Year-to-date, the Index remains down 3.09%. “In spite of a gut-wrenching reversal from risk-off to risk-on in the last
Gravitas has launched Gravitas Atmosphere, a secure, private, cloud-based online file sharing, sync and storage service, for the alternative investment industry. Gravitas Atmosphere was designed for asset management professionals to access, share and synchronise corporate data or files from any
Aquis Exchange, the proposed pan-European equities trading exchange, has entered into agreements with EMCF, LCH.Clearnet and SIX x-clear for them to provide it with central counterparty (CCP) services. Aquis Exchange is set to introduce subscription pricing for European stock
Altegris Clearing Solutions has added BofA Merrill Lynch’s futures and options and OTC clearing unit to the roster of futures clearing firms with which it maintains introducing relationships. BofA Merrill Lynch is the eighth leading futures commission merchant (FCM)
