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  • ICAP Launches i-Swap In The US

    Date 19/02/2013

    ICAP (IAP.L), the world’s leading interdealer broker and provider of post trade risk and information services, announces that it launched i-Swap, its electronic interest rate derivative platform in the US for trading of US Dollar (USD) interest rate swaps (IRS) on Friday, 15 February. Barclays, B of A Merrill Lynch, Citi, Deutsche Bank and J.P. Morgan are supporting i-Swap by providing streaming prices. An additional 30 banking and investing institutions have access to trading on the platform. Initial levels of participation on the platform were encouraging and are expected to increase over the course of the coming weeks and months.

  • David Kelly Joins Calypso Technology As Director Of Financial Engineering - Calypso Continues To Expand Quantitative Team To Support Demand For Front-Office Capabilities

    Date 19/02/2013

    Calypso Technology, Inc., the global capital markets platform provider, has announced the appointment of David Kelly as Director of Financial Engineering. Mr. Kelly has nearly 20 years of experience in finance as a trader, quant and technologist and will be responsible for the Financial Engineering team at Calypso.

  • Portware Wins Best FX Trading Platform - Worldwide Growth And Continued Innovation Nabs Company 2013 WSL Institutional Trading Award

    Date 19/02/2013

    Portware, the leading provider of global, multi-asset trading solutions, today announced that Wall Street Letter has recognized Portware with the prestigious 2013 WSL Institutional Trading Award for Best FX Trading Platform at the second annual WSL Institutional Trading Awards held at Cipriani in New York on February 13, 2013.

  • EDHEC-Risk Alternative Indexes: Hedge Funds Make Strong Gains In January

    Date 19/02/2013

    In January, stocks gained significant momentum, with the S&P 500 (5.18%) reaching a five-year high in the context of sharply decreasing implied volatility (VIX: 14.3%). High-grade bonds lost some ground (Lehman Global: -0.81%, Lehman US: -0.64%), while risky credit improved slightly (Credit-Spread Index: 0.21%) and convertible bonds benefited from their equity component (2.53%). Commodities rebounded vigorously (4.45%), and the dollar was nearly flat (-0.04%).

  • European Parliament Environment Committee Backs Emissions Trading Fix

    Date 19/02/2013

    A freeze in the auction of some pollution allowances should be allowed to help boost green investments, according to environment committee MEPs voting on draft legislation on Tuesday.