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Tradeweb Markets, a leading global provider of fixed income, derivatives and ETF marketplaces, announced the launch of swaptions trading on TW SEF.
Garda Capital Partners LP, an alternative asset manager focused on providing uncorrelated fixed income investment strategies, executed the first fully-electronic swaption on TW SEF at the end of Q3 2017. Eight swap dealers are live on the platform, with another four in the process of on-boarding.
Tradeweb now offers one of the most comprehensive rates derivatives offerings with the expansion into rates volatility products through the introduction of swaptions on its swap execution facility (SEF). Swaptions traders
By Piers Alexander (pictured), Conyers, Dill & Peraman – There’s a reason that the Cayman Islands is one of the world’s biggest and most attractive hubs for offshore financial businesses. Not only does it provide a stable, tax-neutral platform but also offers a sound legislative and judicial system, confidentiality, a leading banking sector and legal and financial professional and support services.
CMi2i’s shareholder identification analysis can now be accessed through Bloomberg’s investor relations (IR) functionality within the Bloomberg Terminal.
Reliable and comprehensive information on companies’ shareholders is crucial for IR managers. Collecting this information can be challenging, especially in jurisdictions where public disclosure of holdings is limited. CMi2i’s team of analysts utilise a unique methodology, which has been developed over 20 years, to enable them to identify the underlying shareholder structure – encompassing the beneficial holders, investment decision makers and vote mandate holders. The collaboration between Bloomberg and CMi2i combines public shareholder information collected by Bloomberg with CMi2i’s bespoke collection and
BNP Paribas Securities Services is teaming up with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to deliver an new blockchain-based platform called Corporate Event Connect, which will provide fast, accurate and secure corporate event announcements to clients around the world.
Corporate actions processing is one of the most complex areas of asset servicing. Information on the multitude of corporate actions taking place every year is processed and cascaded down to investors via various intermediaries, leading to inefficiencies and errors.
By leveraging TCS’ Quartz blockchain technology, BNP Paribas will be able to capture and store corporate action information in a structured format to
SmartStream Technologies, a financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM) solutions provider, has launched the latest version of its reconciliations solution.
The third major release of TLM Reconciliations Premium comes with a range of services to meet customer requirements for a flexible self-service user experience, comprehensive trend analysis for match rate optimisation and exception reduction, and model choices for each reconciliation – allowing customers to easily shape and form the solution in an innovative way, whilst optimising costs and operational overhead.
The latest release continues SmartStream’s investment in providing a wide-ranging reconciliation solution, delivering additional business benefits at every stage of the
Granite Shore Power, a newly-formed joint venture between Atlas Holdings and Castleton Commodities International (CCI), has submitted the winning bid of USD175 million to acquire select generating assets of Eversource Energy.
These assets total 1,130MW of capacity and include the Newington, Merrimack, Schiller, Lost Nation and White Lake power generation facilities. PSNH is a public-investor owned utility. Its portfolio of generation assets is being divested pursuant to a process governed by a 2016 Order of the New Hampshire Public Utility Commission.
Atlas owns and operates co-generation units at several of our industrial operations as well as Greenidge Generation, a
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up 0.8 per cent for October, with six out of nine Lyxor indices in positive territory according to the company’s latest Alternative Investment Industry Barometer.
Global Macro funds recovered with all portfolios contributing to the performance. CTAs underperformed, hit by rising bond yields and the strengthening of the USD.
“While 2015/16 proved challenging for active investors, 2017 is offering a much better vintage for the hedge fund industry,” says Jean-Baptiste Berthon (pictured), Senior Cross-asset Strategist, Lyxor Asset Management. “Market drivers were less speculative (fading influence from politics and monetary decisions), which led assets
This publication has been prepared for the assistance of those who are considering the law of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) as it pertains to anti‐money laundering measures.
It deals in broad terms with the requirements of BVI law. It is not intended to be exhaustive but merely to provide brief details and information which we hope will be of use to our clients. We recommend that our clients and prospective clients seek legal advice on BVI law in respect of any specific scenarios, matters or concerns.
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Managed futures trades fell back after two previous months of gains, losing 0.72 per cent in September, according to the flash estimate for the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge.
“The Fed’s mid-month confirmation that it was unwinding QE precipitated trend reversals in bond yields, the US Dollar Index, and gold,” says Sol Waksman (pictured), founder and president of BarclayHedge. “In spite of the ongoing rally in global equities, there were several treacherous crosscurrents in motion during September and successful navigation was difficult.”
Agricultural (+0.40 per cent), Discretionary (+0.27 per cent) and Currency (+0.24 per cent) all recorded modest
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has published a new edition of its flagship due diligence questionnaire (DDQ), 20 years after the first AIMA DDQ helped to standardise the due diligence process for alternative investment managers and investors.
The new AIMA Illustrative Questionnaire for the Due Diligence of Investment Managers will be used by investors assessing hedge fund, private credit and private equity managers. Completing the DDQ is generally regarded as one of the most significant steps that investment managers must complete before an investor decides whether to allocate to a fund.
The first AIMA DDQ, published in 1997,
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