22 Dec 2009
Barclays, Deutsche Bank and J.P. Morgan dominate fixed income trading
Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank and J.P. Morgan have emerged to dominate the post-crisis fixed-income trading business in Europe, according…
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21 Dec 2009
Nimrod completes final closing of Altus Resource Capital
Altus Resource Capital, a Guernsey registered closed-ended investment company, has completed the placing of its shares with an aggregate…
Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index up 17.53 per cent YTD
Hedge funds rebounded in November, putting them on track to post their best annual performance since inception of the Credit Suisse/Tremont…
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund changes portfolio manager
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund has appointed Cornerstone Capital Management as one of the fund's five investment managers, replacing Chase…
Execution to acquire Noble
Execution Holdings, a full-service agency broker, has agreed to acquire Noble Group, an independent mid and small cap investment bank. The…
Jupiter launches European Absolute Return Sicav
Jupiter Asset Management is to launch a Ucits III fund for investors seeking to capture returns from investing in pan-European equities.…
Stock market rises by six per cent in November
The stock market was back on the rise in November with a comfortable gain of six per cent in a context of decreasing implied volatility…
Comment: Currency volatility set for dramatic increase
Jerry Haworth, director and co-founder of 36 South, the global macro/volatility hedge fund, says currency volatility is about to explode as…
20 Dec 2009
Eurex to roll out trader development programme in 2010
The international derivatives exchange Eurex is launching an enhanced Eurex Trader Development Program in January 2010. The new scheme…
Managed futures gain 2.15 per cent in November
Managed futures gained 2.15 per cent in November, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge.“Fears of a default by Dubai…
18 Dec 2009
Prupim executes UK sub-sector property swaps
Prupim has executed a series of UK property derivatives totalling GBP100m with the Royal Bank of Scotland. The property derivatives were…
Clearstream to launch settlement service for carbon trading rights
Clearstream, the international central securities depository within Deutsche Boerse Group, is launching Global Emissions Market Access, a…
Comment: Developing a successful fund management business in the era of the investor
David Morrissey (pictured), New Business Development, Europe and the Middle East, SEI’s investment manager services division, looks back on…
17 Dec 2009
BluMont Capital to acquire Northern Rivers
Northern Rivers Capital Management has entered into a binding agreement, subject to regulatory approval, to be acquired by BluMont Capital,…
Lyxor Hedge Fund Index rises 1.05 per cent
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up 1.05 per cent in November, bringing year-to-date performance to 5.49 per cent. The top performing…
