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More than 2,000 NYSE FANG+ Index Futures contracts were traded in the first week on ICE.
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) successfully launched the NYSE FANG+ Index futures contract on ICE Futures US(R) on 8 November, 2017, with over 2,000 contracts traded in the first week.
NYSE FANG+ Index futures were designed to offer hedging and exposure to a select group of highly-traded growth stocks of tech-enabled companies. The NYSE FANG+ Index contract is a cash settled quarterly futures contract based on the NYSE FANG+ Index, and offers the capital efficiency of futures.
“We’re pleased with the initial interest we’ve
Visible Alpha has acquired Alpha Exchange, a research, discovery and management platform for investment professionals.
Visible Alpha says that the addition of Alpha Exchange’s technology platform to its existing services will create a unified consumption and collaboration experience across research reports, analyst models and corporate access events backed by a robust compliance framework.
Since Visible Alpha’s commercial launch in February 2017, the company has been helping investment firms of all sizes and geographies become MiFID II compliant with research tracking and valuation tools, while enabling idea discovery through its analyst model and deep consensus platform. Currently, more than 80
Neuberger Berman Investment Management (Shanghai) Limited has secured registration as a private fund manager with the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC).
The registration allows Neuberger Berman to manage private funds and raise assets directly from qualified investors in mainland China, including qualified high-net-worth individuals and local institutions.
Patrick Liu, Head of China, Neuberger Berman, says: “This is a very important milestone for Neuberger Berman and we are delighted to be one of the first firms to secure this license. We are committed to building a leading investment management firm in China, offering our customised product solutions in equities,
The Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) has partnered with eFront to provide members with eFront Data Intelligence (EDI).
EDI, formerly known as eFront Investor Cloud (EIC), provides limited partners with access to high quality and verified private market data at an unprecedented level of granularity. It combines financial and operational data with KPIs at the manager, fund and underlying asset level. This data enables limited partners to perform sophisticated analysis and generate new levels of insight through eFront, and other analytical platforms, which in turn helps investment managers make more informed decisions. EDI also offers ILPA Reporting Template users an
Asset manager 1Sharpe Capital has completed an initial capital raise of USD500 million. The income generating strategy attracted strong support from global pension plans and foundations and will focus its investments on real estate related loans that can deliver superior risk-adjusted returns.
“We are very pleased by the strong backing we have received from institutional partners,” says Rob Bloemker, co-founder and chief investment officer at 1Sharpe. “We believe our unique strategy will help us identify opportunities in private and public markets, generating solid returns for our investors.”
The firm’s co-founders, Rob Bloemker and Gregor Watson (pictured), have vast experience
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has acquired the remaining 12.3 per cent shareholding in French based Powernext from 3GRT and EDF. In doing so, EEX becomes the sole owner of Powernext with immediate effect.
All parties involved in the transfer are confident that the new shareholder structure of Powernext will bring strategic synergies, while maintaining the close cooperation between the former partner shareholders and will therefore support the further growth of Powernext to the benefit of its clients and stakeholders. As members of the board, both 3GRT and EDF will continue to play an important role in the ongoing development
ResearchPool, a digital platform for investment research, has appointed Antoine Loudenot (pictured), as Partner and Chief Marketing Officer to lead the communications, marketing and product design activities for the firm.
Loudenot has top-tier experience in the investment banking industry as counsel to clients, and as head of investor relations. He will focus on expanding relations with the media and public institutions in the financial research/financial communication ecosystem.
“A combination of regulatory and technological changes allows the relationship between sell side, buy side and issuers to be enhanced. Our clients are seeking smart, open and transparent tools to unlock the
By Amanda Daly – Cyber threats are on the rise and are increasingly becoming more sophisticated. It can be a daunting task to stay on top of new and evolving attacks and breaches, which is why proactively implementing the right technical and administrative safeguards are essential.
In a recent webinar, speakers from Eze Castle Integration talked about strategies and best practices for cybersecurity preparedness. In case you missed it, here’s a recap of the key elements to help avoid being the next cyber target.
1: Understand the Cyber Threats
Understanding the types of cyber threats facing your organization allows you to
By Arne Bolch, GSK – On 1 August 2016, the Luxembourg Act on reserved alternative investment funds (RAIF), entered into force. It allowed for the setting up of RAIFs, with their defining feature of indirect supervision by their AIFM rather than direct supervision by the CSSF.
The RAIF now has gained momentum. It seems to be on track to follow in the footsteps of everybody’s Luxembourg darling, the specialised investment fund (SIF) or the investment company in risk capital (SICAR), although a comparison to the unregulated AIF taking the legal form of a limited partnership is difficult to establish.
It seemed peculiar
In 2013, at the time the AIFM Directive was introduced, Luxembourg’s lawmakers took the opportunity to revamp the two existing limited partnerships with legal personality – the partnership limited by shares (SCA or société en commandite par action) and the common limited partnership (SCS or société en commandite simple).
Aware of the need to attract global fund managers more familiar with the Anglo-Saxon model, Luxembourg was keen to make the jurisdiction even more appealing by introducing a new legal form, the special limited partnership (SCSp or société en commandite spéciale), a vehicle without legal personality modelled on the English law
