30 Jul 2010
ICMA moves its London office
The International Capital Market Association’s office in London will be moving on 30 July to a new location. The new premises, at 23…
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29 Jul 2010
State Street launches indices assessing turbulence of market behaviour
State Street Global Markets, the investment research and trading arm of State Street, has launched its Turbulence Indices, a suite of…
RAB Capital makes loss before tax of GBP3.3m in first half
Asset manager RAB Capital made a loss before tax of GBP3.3m in the six months ended 30 June 2010, compared with a loss of GBP2.7m for the…
Absolute return sector favours equity and multi-asset strategies
Fund managers are increasingly turning to equity and asset allocation as the number of fixed income funds in the absolute returns sector…
BP spill has implications for oil prices and alternative energy, says ETF Securities
The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has potentially large implications for the energy sector with the cost of the spill being estimated…
28 Jul 2010
Battenkill to sub-advise Hatteras Alternative Mutual Funds
Battenkill Capital Management, a Princeton, New Jersey-based investment adviser, has been engaged as a sub-adviser by Hatteras Alternative…
FRM Capital Advisors enters relationship with Varna Capital
FRM Capital Advisors, the hedge fund seeding division of Financial Risk Management, and Varna Capital have formed a relationship which…
Alpha Strategic income rises to GBP441,000
Alpha Strategic, which delivers hedge fund fee revenue to the public market, saw its revenue rise to GBP441,000 in the year ended 31 March…
Morningstar 1000 Hedge Fund Index down 0.3 per cent
The Morningstar 1000 Hedge Fund Index fell 0.3 per cent in June, ending the quarter with a 3.6 per cent loss and down 2.2 per cent for the…
Global Distressed Fund among BarclayHedge top ten
Global Investment House says the Global Distressed Fund was ranked sixth in the fund of funds – distressed securities/event driven category…
27 Jul 2010
UBP records net earnings of more than CHF100m in first half
Union Bancaire Privée had net earnings of CHF103.3m (USD95.6m) at the end of the first half of 2010, in line with expectations.UBP…
26 Jul 2010
Managed futures up 0.12 per cent in June
Managed futures posted a slightly positive performance for June as commodities edged higher during the month, according to a report by…
Milling wheat futures contract trades over 50,000 contracts
NYSE Liffe says total daily volume in its milling wheat futures contract passed 50,000 contracts for the first time on 22 July 2010.Milling…
25 Jul 2010
Cowen launches Ramius Dynamic Replication Fund
Ramius, the asset management division of Cowen Group, has launched its first mutual fund, the Ramius Dynamic Replication Fund.The product…
Scotia Bank Europe and Standard Chartered become members of LME
The board of directors of The London Metal Exchange has approved the membership applications of Standard Chartered and Scotia Bank Europe…
