The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved an order granting limited purpose swap dealer (SD) designations to Cargill Incorporated and an affiliate, Cargill Financial Services International. This is the first time that limited purpose SD designations have been granted.
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished down 0.22% for the month of December. Long/short equity was the worst performer of the 10 sub-strategies, down 0.88 per cent, followed by event driven (-0.81%) and managed futures (-0.79%). Dedicated
GAM has appointed Anthony Lawler as a member of the senior management and the investment management committees of its Multi-Manager group, effective immediately. He will focus on the ongoing expansion of GAM’s institutional business particularly in the US, through the
Buy-side interest rate swap clearing volumes have grown rapidly during the first half of 2012 as hedge funds and other asset managers have raced to begin central clearing ahead of the imposition of Dodd-Frank. HedgeWeek looks at developments in store
BI-SAM, a provider of performance measurement and attribution, risk analytics, composites management and client reporting solutions for the global asset management industry, has appointed Andrew Frongello as director of learning and development. In this role, Frongello will be responsible for coordinating
Hedge funds, as measured by the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, finished May down 1.33%, with four out of 10 strategies in positive territory. In total, the industry saw estimated outflows of approximately $2.39 billion in May, bringing
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Opus Fund Services is offering clients a solution for compliance with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). The solution will be delivered by the FATCA Service Bureau, a joint service from Markit and Compliance Technologies International (CTI). FATCA
Baird, an employee-owned international capital markets, private equity, wealth and asset management firm, has expanded its global platform to inclu
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) will spin off the Natural Gas Spot and Derivatives Market into a separate company owned to 100 per cent with the corporate name “EGEX European Gas Exchange”. Five years after the launch of exchange gas
