Data services provider RIMES has rolled out several new real estate-focused indices for its Reference Data Service (RDS), officials say. The move comes after RIMES recently expanded its private equity index roster earlier this year, as part of its “ongoing rollout of new alternative asset data sources … in response to the buy side’s growing… Read More >>
BNY and CME Group Join Forces for Hedging
Custodian bank BNY Mellon and derivatives exchange company CME Group have partnered to provide a new interest rate hedging tool, the U.S. Tri-Party Repo Indices, officials say. BNY Mellon’s role in the collaboration will be to prepare and provide daily U.S. tri-party repo indices that reflect overnight interest rates on tri-party repo transactions collateralized by… Read More >>
Israeli Hedge Fund Index Launches
Tzur Management, an Israeli affiliate of fund administrator Orangefield Columbus, and the Gilboa Fund of Funds, which characterizes itself as the first fund of funds dedicated to Israeli hedge funds, have launched the Tzur Gilboa Israeli Hedge Fund Index (TGI), which tracks the performance of Israeli hedge funds. As of September 2014, the index includes… Read More >>
SEF Launches Bitcoin Derivatives Trading Platform
TeraExchange, which characterizes itself as a CFTC-registered swap execution facility (SEF), has launched the first regulated platform for Bitcoin derivatives and a spot Bitcoin price index. Trading of US dollar/Bitcoin swaps will be subject to the rules and regulations of TeraExchange and the CFTC, according to a company statement. Created in 2009, Bitcoin is a… Read More >>
