03 Feb 2009
BTIG enters fixed income market
BTIG, an institutional broker dealer specialising in equity trading and related brokerage services, has announced it is expanding its…
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RAB Capital sells Northwest funds to principals for GBP1m
RAB Capital has agreed to dispose of the business and assets vested in the Asia-focused Northwest funds to their original principals,…
02 Feb 2009
Tokyo and London Stock Exchanges publish rules for Tokyo Aim
The Tokyo Stock Exchange Group and the London Stock Exchange Group have published the rulebook for their new growth market for public…
Weinberg Capital Partners gains approval to manage OPCI property investment trusts
The AMF, France's financial markets regulator, has authorised Weinberg Capital Partners to manage OPCI property investment trusts.The AMF,…
Industry regroups to brace for another challenging year
London's hedge fund industry is confident about its long-term future, but participants acknowledge that the year ahead is likely to be a…
Hedge fund managers explore Ucits III opportunities
The adoption of the Ucits III structure and changes to UK tax law have provided an attractive opportunity for many offshore hedge funds to…
Software brings new focus to research
One powerful lesson of the global market turmoil of the past 18 months is that hedge fund managers and other investment firms need to have…
London at the crossroads as hedge fund industry ponders the future
Reeling from a double whammy of losses last year that averaged nearly 20 per cent across the global industry and a wave of redemptions by…
Back to the future for prime broker survivors
The collapse of Lehman Brothers last September was the flashpoint of a year that saw the prime brokerage world - along with that of its…
Service providers see flight to quality
The past year has seen extensive redemptions from hedge funds, especially in the final quarter of 2008, as a result of global economic…
Henderson clinches New Star with GBP115m acquisition
Henderson Group has agreed to buy stricken asset management rival New Start Asst Management for a total price of around GBP115, which…
Comment: New regime for offshore funds
The UK's offshore fund tax rules are changing.The UK's offshore fund tax rules are changing. Subject to the outcome of a final…
30 Jan 2009
Nuveen Investments to form relationship with Harcourt Investment Consulting
Nuveen Investments, a provider of investment services to institutions and high-net-worth investors, is forming a strategic relationship…
US pension funds face funding gap, says report
US defined-benefit pension schemes could be in jeopardy as funds predict sharply reduced investment returns from major asset classes up to…
Comment Realignment of interest in hedge fund investing using a managed account platform
The financial crisis has highlighted some features of using managed accounts to invest in hedge funds hitherto largely ignored by…
