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Parameta Solutions has launched a new FX Evaluated Pricing (FEP) solution, which allows businesses who deal with FX instruments to make more accurate and timely decisions regarding price discovery, portfolio valuation, risk management and regulatory compliance.
The FEP solution will initially deliver observable pricing for G10 currency pairs, and cover linear instruments as well as FX Options. Parameta Solutions plans to extend coverage to additional currency pairs in the future.
FEP is built on Parameta Solutions’ proprietary data model where indicative marks generated by broking partners at TP ICAP are enriched with trade data and market quotes coming from
Stephen Kenny (pictured) from Blick Rothenberg’s Financial Services team reviews HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) recent announcement on moving the accounting year end for unincorporated businesses.
Geneva Capital Partners, a European high-yield credit-focused family office founded by former RBS principal strategies head Steven Behr, is opening up to outside money.
Established by Behr as a family office in 2013, GCP runs a long/short high-yield opportunistic strategy trading corporate credit. The London-based firm currently has USD18.7 million in assets under management.
The firm takes a bottom-up, research-driven approach to credit investing, running a highly-diversified portfolio comprising 55 positions across Europe.
Behr’s decision to come out of retirement to manage external capital follows several years of strong performance for GCP’s strategy. The fund has outperformed its benchmark with
CME Group and IHS Markit have launched OSTTRA, a new post-trade services company joint venture.
OSTTRA, 50/50 owned by CME Group and IHS Markit, is a provider of progressive post-trade solutions for the global OTC markets across interest rate, FX, equity and credit asset classes. It incorporates CME Group’s optimization businesses –Traiana, TriOptima, and Reset – and IHS Markit’s MarkitSERV. Headquartered in London, OSTTRA will be led by Co-CEOs Guy Rowcliffe and John Stewart.
Rowcliffe will serve as Co-CEO and Chief Commercial Officer, with oversight for leading the company’s full product portfolio and sales teams. Most recently, Rowcliffe was
In an endless hunt for yield, fund managers are eyeing the CLO market as an attractive opportunity – and it is easier than ever for them to access it.
By Robin Pagnamenta – In a world of rock bottom interest rates, asset managers are engaged in a relentless hunt for yield.
Apex Group (Apex), a global financial services provider, subject to Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) approval, has appointed Frederic Bilas as CEO and Member of the Board of Directors of Apex Fund Services in Luxembourg (Apex Fund Services).
In this role, Bilas will be responsible for driving Apex Fund Services through a phase of significant growth to become the leading fund services provider in Luxembourg, implementing the scalable governance structures and systems to deliver the highest level of service to clients. Client service remains at the heart of the Group’s strategy and has recently created two new departments
Cowen has expanded its Global Alternative Equity Strategies team with four senior hires, strengthening its plans to grow a global market-leading advisory business in event-driven investing and catalyst-driven situations.
The new team members previously worked with Mark Kelly, Cowen’s recently appointed Global Head of Alternative Equity Strategies.
The team, based in London and operating within Cowen Execution Services Limited (CESL), will have a global remit, working closely with Cowen’s Markets team in the US. Their focus will be on advising a broad range of investors, from specialist arbitrage funds to the world’s largest pension funds, and issuers in how
Options, a provider of managed trading infrastructure and connectivity to the global capital markets, has ex[anded its managed hosting and connectivity capabilities in Japan Exchange Group (JPX) providing access across both the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) and Osaka Exchange (OSE).
JPX, one of the largest stock exchanges globally, was established through the combination of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange in 2013 and provides market participants with reliable venues for trading through the provision of market services, market data, order execution, and clearing and settlement.
This exciting addition to the firm’s colocation footprint means Options will be working
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