15 Nov 2009
Northern Trust ups support for investment operations outsourcing clients
Northern Trust will provide investment operation outsourcing clients with an array of new client communications capabilities through an…
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Brevan Howard chooses BNP Paribas for global custody in the UK
BNP Paribas Securities Services has won the mandate to provide global custody services in the UK for Brevan Howard Asset Management,…
13 Nov 2009
Comment: Restriction on hedge fund managers’ pay will be unworkable
Joe Seet (pictured), senior partner at Sigma Partnership, comments on the proposed restrictions on hedge fund managers’ pay in the latest…
Aksia to offer Measurisk transparency to clients
Risk analytics provider Measurisk, an affiliate of J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services, has entered into an agreement to make its…
Flintlock Capital taps Butterfield Fulcrum as exclusive administrator
Butterfield Fulcrum, an independent alternative fund administration company, has been selected as the exclusive third-party administrator…
Comment: Swedes send a message to alternative fund managers
Just when you thought that the guards had at last wrested control of the asylum back from the inmates, here comes another proposed feature…
Cairn Capital and Oyster Funds launch Ucits III corporate credit fund
Cairn Capital, the London based credit asset management and advisory firm, has joined forces with Oyster Funds, the Luxembourg fund family…
12 Nov 2009
Entrex to establish capital markets system for Chinese companies
Entrex has entered into an exclusive relationship with Sinova Capital Group, a Hong Kong-based cross-border investment banking and…
Hedge fund employee compensation on the rise, says report
Following a year in which the hedge fund industry suffered one of its worst periods on record, there are clear signs that a recovery is…
Hedge fund strategies post positive returns in October
Most hedge fund strategies posted positive returns in October despite global stock markets slipping in the second half of the month as…
Fund administrators second only to prime brokers, says Tabb
With a post-Madoff world fixed firmly in the rear-view mirror and new regulations on the horizon, a new report from Tabb Group describes…
11 Nov 2009
Liongate Capital Management opens office in Dubai
Liongate Capital Management, a fund of hedge funds manager, has opened its Dubai office and been awarded a license by the Dubai Financial…
NYSE Liffe to launch equity options on AMG
NYSE Liffe, the Europe-based derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, will add options on the shares of the Dutch company AMG Advanced…
SmartPool adds BofA Merrill Lynch and CA Cheuvreux
SmartPool, the European dark liquidity pool created by NYSE Euronext in partnership with HSBC, J.P. Morgan and BNP Paribas, has added a…
10 Nov 2009
Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index to finish flat in October
Early estimates indicate the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index will finish almost flat with a +0.17 per cent return in October.Hedge…
