06 Nov 2013
Global Prime Partners appoints BNY Mellon as global clearing and custody provider
BNY Mellon’s broker-dealer services business is to provide clearing and custody services to Global Prime Partners’ (GPP) expanding group of…
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Forward moves management of long/short credit strategy to Pimco
Forward is expanding its sub-advisory relationship with Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) to manage the Forward Credit Analysis…
CME Group’s Deliverable Swap Future – An efficient way to manage rate exposure
By James Williams – “We’ve seen nearly continuous growth in open interest since we first launched the Deliverable Swap Future in December…
IQ hedge fund replication indices positive in October
All seven of IndexIQ’s proprietary family of hedge fund replication and alternative beta indices were positive in October, with the IQ…
05 Nov 2013
Ignis forms alliance with Tyndall Investment Management in Australia
Ignis Asset Management and Tyndall Investment Management have formed a strategic alliance in Australia.Under the terms of the agreement,…
Equity hedge and event driven managers outperform in October, says GAM
October got off to a tentative start with investors focused on the US debt ceiling impasse, according to Anthony Lawler, portfolio manager…
Credit Suisse LAB index up 1.65 per cent in October
The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta (LAB) Index was up 1.65 per cent in October, according to Jordan Drachman, head of alternative…
Hedge fund manager Topturn Capital partners with pro surfer
Topturn Capital, a boutique investment management firm, is teaming up with professional surfer Joe Curren in a bid to take advantage of the…
04 Nov 2013
Assets to love and leave
Charles Hepworth (pictured), the investment director responsible for GAM’s DFM business, shares his insights into the various asset classes…
VIX futures trading volume up 72 per cent year-on-year
October trading volume in VIX futures totalled 4.19 million contracts, a 72 per cent increase from October 2012 and a 42 per cent increase…
Noonday Asset Management changes name to Farallon Capital
Noonday Asset Management will now operate under the name Farallon Capital. The name change unites Farallon Capital Management's global…
01 Nov 2013
CBOE Holdings net income totals USD41m in Q3
CBOE Holdings has reported third quarter 2013 net income allocated to common stockholders of USD41.0m, or USD0.47 per diluted share,…
Luxembourg now on a par with other domiciles
Luxembourg issued a clear signal of intent this year. Not only was the Grand Duchy one of the first EU Member States to implement the AIFM…
Bringing efficiency to the valuation process
Closely understanding the needs of its private equity clients has led to KPMG Luxembourg’s corporate finance team re-engineering the…
Service providers well positioned to support private equity managers under AIFMD
By James Williams – Now that the AIFM Directive has been codified and formally unveiled across the European Union the next stage is seeing…
