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SR Labs, a specialist in trading and market data technology, has launched the SuperFeed Compressed Data Feed which is designed to support direct feed based, electronic trading applications.
The new solution addresses client requirements including a full range of trading firms, the buy-side, and retail brokers, in allowing consumption of low latency data through lower bandwidth connectivity including cloud and internet solutions. The new compression technology also enables market participants, outside of the main data centre hubs, to benefit from SuperFeed’s data quality through a bandwidth profile that works for them.
SR Labs have deployed Solace Message Router Appliances
Euronext is to launch the first physically-deliverable futures contract for nitrogen solution in Autumn 2016. Aimed at the European market, this new contract will complement the Group’s commodity futures offering.
It will enable Euronext to offer users a comprehensive suite of tools to manage price risk and cover their overall positions more efficiently, for both agricultural inputs and for grains and oilseeds such as wheat, rapeseed and corn.
Combining both urea and ammonium nitrate, UAN-30[1] solution is a common element of the family of nitrogen-based fertilisers used throughout the agricultural industry. Euronext will offer a physically delivered future traded
Cowen Group has completed its previously announced acquisition of CRT Capital Group’s credit products, credit research, special situations and emerging markets units. Financial terms of transaction have not been disclosed.
Cowen Group, is a diversified financial services firm and, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, provides alternative asset management, investment banking, research, sales and trading and prime brokerage services through its two business segments: Ramius and its affiliates make up the Company’s alternative investment segment, while Cowen and Company and its affiliates make up the Company’s broker-dealer segment.
100 Women in Hedge Funds (100WHF) has participated in London Stock Exchange’s market open ceremony with SkillForce, the 2016 beneficiary of 100WHF’s UK philanthropic initiatives.
The market open was attended by 100WHF members and guests including Amanda Pullinger, CEO of 100WHF and Ben Slade, CEO of SkillForce. It was followed by an inspiring talk by Ashley Best-White, Headteacher of White Woman Lane Junior School in Norwich, and Executive Headteacher of the Nebula partnership of schools.
SkillForce is a national education and veterans charity dedicated to helping young people flourish through motivational mentoring and education programmes, for five- to nineteen-year-olds,
Rhenman & Partners Asset Management is to launch a new global equity long/short fund, the Rhenman Global Opportunities L/S, on 31 May, 2016. The fund will be managed by Stefan Knafve who has almost 30 years experience as an analyst and manager.
Rhenman Global Opportunities L/S will make its investments based on active selection of regions and sectors, completely independent of index. The fund will take 35-50 positions, preferably in larger companies. The investment horizon for long positions will typically be 2-4 years, while the time horizon for short positions will typically be 6 months up to 2 years. The
Janus Capital International’s Janus Absolute Return Income Fund is now open to subscription from investors via the Janus Capital Funds range in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
Reinforcing JCI’s commitment to provide best-in-class global macro fixed income strategies for its international investors, the Janus Absolute Return Income Fund will be run by Kumar Palghat and the Janus Global Macro Fixed Income team. This is the second fund launched by the team, and is complementary to the existing Janus Global Unconstrained Bond Fund, managed by Bill Gross.
The Janus Absolute
Hedge funds extended March gains into April, led by strong contributions from credit sensitive and event-focused strategies, as energy commodities surged and emerging markets continued its recovery, according to data released today by HFR.
The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index gained +1.0 per cent in April (Index Value 12,322), fully recovering the 1Q decline and lifting 2016 performance to +0.3 per cent. The HFRI Asset Weighted Composite Index added +0.2 per cent for the month.
April performance was led by credit-sensitive, fixed income-based Relative Value Arbitrage strategies, as credit and arbitrage deal spreads tightened and US treasury yields rose for
Managed futures strategies continued to decline throughout April, following the challenging market conditions that started taking effect in February, registering another month of negative returns, according to Societe Generale Prime Services.
Nevertheless the flagship SG CTA Index, that measures a broad range of managed futures strategies, remained positive so far this year at 1.82 per cent.
The SG Short Term Traders Index continued to fare the best, down only slightly in April, but still up 5.11 per cent so far this year.
The SG Trend Indicator outperformed the Trend Index, ending the month up 0.16 per cent in
Asian hedge funds gained in March to conclude a volatile Q1 2016, narrowing losses across all Asian regions and strategies from earlier in the quarter. The HFRX Japan Index gained +3.1 per cent in March, leaving it down -1.9 per cent for the year, though topping the Nikkei 225 as the Japanese Yen continued to surge against the US Dollar.
Total Asian hedge fund capital declined to USD111.9 billion (JPY11.98 trillion, CNY727.5 billion) the lowest level since Q3 2013, according to the latest HFR Asian Hedge Fund Industry Report. Total hedge fund capital globally declined to USD2.85 trillion (JPY305.1 trillion
Liquidnet has launched Targeted Invitations, the latest development in the firm’s strategy to help the buy side source deeply hidden institutional liquidity.
Initially launched in Europe late last year, Targeted Invitations is now also available in the US and Asia-Pacific, and has already exceeded USD1 billion traded.
Targeted Invitations allows qualifying Members to seek out additional block liquidity by sending actionable invitations within the Liquidnet community, while still keeping both sides anonymous. Only those with recent qualifying activity in the same symbol will receive Targeted Invitations. Unlike indications of interest (IOIs), Liquidnet’s Targeted Invitations are firm and committed orders
