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Tullett Prebon acquire Brazilian inter-dealer broker

Tullett Prebon has signed a deal to acquire Convenção S/A Corretora de Valores e Câmbio (Convenção), one of the leading inter-dealer brokers in Brazil. The acquisition is conditional on approval from......

Hedge Funds Review | 13 Oct 2009

Brent crude oil added to FX trading platform

The FOREX.com UK division GAIN Capital has added Brent crude oil to its FOREXTrader platform. This means clients will be able to trade oil alongside global currencies and spot metals.

Hedge Funds Review | 24 Aug 2009

Newedge VTI up for July and year to date

The estimated July 2009 return for the Newedge Volatility Trading Index (VTI) is 0.65% and year to date is 0.53%. The estimated June 2009 return is -0.25%.

Hedge Funds Review | 21 Aug 2009

NYSE Liffe and LCH.Clearnet close CDS clearing service

Derivatives exchange NYSE Liffe and London-based clearing house LCH.Clearnet have shelved their central clearing service for credit default swaps (CDS). It has processed no trades since it was launched......

Hedge Funds Review | 12 Aug 2009

Technology initiatives for hedge funds

As an inter-market broker that specialises in complex and block-related option orders for a universe of hedge funds and sell-side firms, we are necessarily a strong advocate of trading system technologies......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Aug 2009secure

High-frequency trading under fire

Attacks and counter-attacks on high-frequency trading are flying almost as fast as the computers the traders use. As regulators start to look more closely at this controversial strategy, Margie Lindsay......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Aug 2009secure

BTIG moves into fixed income services

BTIG has expanded its prime brokerage group to offer fixed income services, including trading and portfolio financing. The company is a broker dealer specialising in institutional trading and related brokerage......

Hedge Funds Review | 28 Jul 2009

Technology is key to growth in options trading

Technology is the key factor behind the explosive growth in options trading over the past five years, according to a research study* by TABB Group.

Hedge Funds Review | 23 Jul 2009

ITG consolidates exchange data across European MTFs

Agency broker and financial technology company Investment Technology Group said it will base its transaction cost analysis (ITG TCA) on data from primary exchanges and European multilateral trading facilities......

Hedge Funds Review | 08 Jul 2009

Daily P&L reconciliation capability provided by open source platform

Marketcetera, a provider of open source platforms for automated trading, has released an update of its automated trading platform. The open-source software offers four new features.

Hedge Funds Review | 19 May 2009

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