LCH.Clearnet Ltd (LCH.Clearnet) has cleared the first single expiry OTC coal options trades. Initial transactions have totalled 670 lots in API 2 options to date, across both quarterly and calendar tenures, reaching volumes of 2.46 million tonnes. The use of
Silver Lake, a global alternative investment firm with approximately USD14b
Investors increased allocations to Asian hedge funds in 1Q13 as stimulus measures; quantitative easing and increased bond purchases by the Bank of Japan drove gains across both equities and the HFRX Japan Index. Total Asia-focused hedge fund capital increased by
India-focused hedge funds should be avoided, shows the Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index of 2,404 funds and their performance for the first 4 months of 2013. These funds have posted a loss of 0.2 per cent for the January-April, 2013 period,
Johnson Har has joined Equity Trust’s office in Hong Kong, where he will be Regional Sales & Marketing Executive for Custom House, the fund services arm of the Equity Trust Group. Johnson’s responsibilities will focus on promoting Custom House’s services
Billings Capital Management, the investment manager founded by Friedman Billings Ramsey co-founder, former chairman and chief executive Eric F Billings, has formed a business development relationship with MCAM Group dedicated towards Europe and Asia. Lars Bjoergerd, managing director, MCAM Group,
The Gargoyle Group, an options-trading hedge fund manager and one of the largest privately-owned equity options trading firms in the United States, has selected Geneva-based alternative assets marketing firm MCAM Group to raise capital for Gargoyle Hedged Value Fund in
Emerging markets hedge funds recorded total investments of USD151 billion, after accumulating over USD1.8 billion during the first quarter of 2013. According to the latest data from Hedge Fund Research, the first quarter’s inflow follows another strong performance in the last quarter
The Australian Treasurer has made a statement has rejected the proposed merger of ASX and SGX. As a result, the parties have a greed to mutually terminate the Merger Implementation Agreement entered into on 25 October 2010. In a statement
The Hong Kong Trust Company has chosen and implemented Linedata Admin Edge to provide fund administration servicing for its client base of individuals, family offices, intermediaries and corporations. Hong Kong Trust provides professional trusteeship, fiduciary services, fund and private equity
