NAB Asset Servicing (NAS) has gone live on Calastone, the fund transaction network for the managed fund industry. More than 40 per cent of Australia’s fund managers are now available for transacting over the electronic network. NAS is Australia’s largest
The traditional summer slowdown in August failed to materialise on the secondary hedge fund market, as Hedgebay registered its highest volume of trading for the year. Despite the increased volume, the average price for assets on the secondary hedge fund
Online multi-asset investment specialist Saxo Bank is re-launching its MetaTrader 4 (MT4) platform with a new name, SaxoMT4. SaxoMT4 actively targets the large segment of clients accustomed to the specific trading environment of MetaTrader, as well as the increasingly popular
The international derivatives market Eurex Exchange has exceeded five million contracts traded in the BTP derivatives segment since trading began in September 2009. The segment comprises three futures based on notional short-, medium- and long-term bonds issued by the Republic
NEX Markets, a provider of electronic trading technology services in the fixed income and foreign exchange (FX) markets, has released a new report highlighting greater transparency and improved behaviour in the FX market since the Global FX Code came into
As the financial market turbulence plumbs new depths, hedge funds are increasing the proportion of cash in their investment portfolios.
The international derivatives marketplace Eurex Exchange will start listing new derivatives on global MSCI indices on 11 March. From this date, futures and options based on the MSCI World, MSCI Europe, MSCI All Countries Asia Pacific ex-Japan and futures on
The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) and the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) have signed a new initiative to link International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs) and Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs). The initiative has been created to help improve
LCH.Clearnet has expanded its credit default swap clearing (CDS) service, CDSClear, to offer single-name CDS clearing. The expansion provides the broadest European CDS portfolio coverage of any clearing house globally. European members and clients can benefit from significant capital efficiencies
The International Capital Market Association (ICMA), a trade body for the international debt capital markets, has published a legal opinion on the enforceability and validity of the Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA) in Russia. The GMRA is the most widely
