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Indus Valley Partners’ IVP RAPTOR (Regulatory Analytics Portfolio Transparency Operational Reporting) has been implemented by 25 clients since its October 2012 launch.
With a combined client AUM of USD200bn, IVP RAPTOR has enabled some of the world’s largest alternative asset managers to meet their global regulatory reporting needs.
IVP RAPTOR includes coverage for all major regulatory filings required by US-based alternative asset managers, including Form PF, 13F/D/G, CPO-PQR, OPERA and upcoming AIFM for Europe.
“Regulators and investors are continuously demanding greater transparency and more detailed reporting from alternative asset managers. In this heightened environment, IVP has
The international derivatives exchanges of Eurex Group achieved an average daily volume of 10.8 million contracts in June (June 2012: 11.0 million).
Of those, almost 8.1 million were Eurex Exchange contracts (June 2012: 8.5 million), and 2.7 million contracts (June 2012: 2.5 million) were traded at the US-based International Securities Exchange (ISE). In total, 162.6 million contracts were traded at Eurex Exchange and 54.3 million at ISE.
Eurex Exchange recorded 68.3 million equity index derivatives contracts (June 2012: 86.6 million). The single largest contract was the future on the Euro Stoxx 50 Index with 33.6 million contracts. The
The so-called US Federal Reserve “taper tantrum,” fear of a credit crunch in China, and hot spots of unrest dotting the globe contributed to a sense of market panic that swept both stocks and bonds in June. One thing’s for certain, the calendar may have shifted to summer, but volatility hasn’t taken a vacation. As you might expect, contrarian investor Dr Michael Hasenstab (pictured), co-director of Franklin Templeton’s International Bond Department, says investors with cool enough heads to look past short-term market panics can find opportunities while those who can’t stand the heat may miss out…
Investors need to separate out
“Our philosophy is to try and assist our clients to meet the requirements of the Directive with minimum cost and minimum disruption,” states Des Pierce (pictured), Director of Strategic Markets at SS&C GlobeOp, in reference to the upcoming AIFM Directive, due to go live on 22 July 2013.
At the heart of the Directive is the enhancement of investor protection and transparency of alternative investments. Whilst there is already a degree of oversight on European-domiciled funds, the Directive goes beyond the requirements currently in place and, indeed, beyond what is currently in place for UCITS funds. Offshore funds that previously
The Australian government has granted LCH.Clearnet an extension to its existing clearing and settlement facility licence enabling it to offer its SwapClear OTC interest rate swap clearing service directly to Australian banks.
As members of SwapClear, Australian banks will now be able to participate alongside international clearing members, enabling them to mitigate counterparty risk through clearing and realise greater portfolio netting efficiencies.
International banks operating in Australia are already actively clearing interest rate swaps through SwapClear and now, as a result of this licence, Australian banks will be able to join them as direct clearing members, subject to
Jersey is responsible for inward investment of almost GBP500bn into the UK and supports around 180,000 jobs, according to a report published by independent firm Capital Economics.
The new work comes at a time of increasing focus on the relationship between the UK and the so-called Crown Dependency islands of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man, all of which offer international financial services across a range of banking, fund, private wealth and capital market activities.
The report, entitled “Jersey’s Value to Britain”, provides an analysis of the relationship between Jersey’s economy and that of the UK.
Abel/Noser Solutions (ANS) has released its annual Global Broker Performance Study, which ranks global brokerage firms on their ability to demonstrate best execution for clients and includes a breakdown of the top brokers in the North American, European and Asian Pacific regions.
For the second year in a row, Liquidnet edged out traditional firms in both the global and North American rankings, with Morgan Stanley coming in second. Crédit Agricole and Macquaire Securities lead the European and Asia-Pacific rankings.
The study evaluates brokers using placement strike price results that reflect the moment when the broker first received instructions
EY has appointed Mark Weinberger as Global Chairman and CEO. The professional services organisation also announced the adoption of EY as its global brand name, unveiled a new logo and adopted ‘building a better working world’ as its purpose.
Weinberger, 51, has had a distinguished career with a track record of leadership both inside and outside of EY. He has previously served as the Global and Americas Head of Tax and on the Global and Americas Executive. He has been a senior advisory partner for many of EY’s largest clients and also served on the Global Markets Executive and Global
Deutsche Börse is to launch a trading venue for outsourced storage and computing capacity – so called “cloud computing” resources – in early 2014.
Deutsche Börse Cloud Exchange is a new joint venture formed together with Berlin-based Zimory to create the first neutral, secure and transparent trading venue for cloud computing resources.
The primary users for the new trading venue will be companies, public sector agencies and also organisations such as research institutes that need additional storage and computing resources, or have excess capacity that they want to offer on the market.
“With its great expertise in
The London Metal Exchange (LME) has launched a consultation on a proposal designed to cut warehouse queues.
The proposal presented to the market today suggests a way to both cut existing queues and prevent new queues from forming.
The proposal only targets warehouses with queues of more than 100 calendar days. These warehouses would be subject to new requirements to ensure that they deliver out more metal than they take in.
"We appreciate the market’s concerns on the current length of warehouse queues and have already brought in a series of measures to address the situation," says
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