16 Aug 2007
Wright named chief operating officer of State Street's UK-based investor services business
State Street Corporation has announced the appointment of Nick Wright as senior vice-president and chief operating officer of State…
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Citco Fund Services opens office in Philadelphia
Citco Fund Services has announced the opening of a new office in Malvern, in the suburbs of Philadelphia, as a financial reporting centre…
SuperDerivatives extends Asia-Pacific growth with offices in Australia and Hong Kong
SuperDerivatives, a provider of multi-asset derivatives solutions for real-time option pricing, independent revaluation, derivatives data,…
15 Aug 2007
Pinnacle Alternative Investments launches Global Macro-CTA Investor Database offer
Houston-based Pinnacle Alternative Investments, a third party marketing and business consulting firm for hedge fund managers, is launching…
Commercial mortgage-backed securities up sharply in 2007, says Moody's
The commercial mortgage-backed securities and multi-family bond market in Europe, the Middle East and Africa continued growing sharply in…
Invesco Launches GTAA portable alpha strategy
Invesco has launched a new institutional portable alpha strategy that combines traditional international equity index exposure with the…
Standard & Poor's and Sky Road to provide credit ratings data to hedge fund managers
Standard & Poor's has announced that its credit ratings will be made available to the hedge fund community through Sky Road's…
14 Aug 2007
Spectrum Global Fund Administration appoints head of product development and strategy
Spectrum Global Fund Administration, a provider of administration and middle office services to hedge funds and funds of funds with more…
Ogier's Thomas becomes new chairman of Jersey Funds Association
Ogier partner and funds specialist Richard Thomas has succeeded Gary Clark, who has stepped down as chairman of the Jersey Funds…
DWS Scudder offers portable alphas access to alternative asset classes
DWS Scudder, the US retail division of Deutsche Asset Management, has launched the DWS Alternative Asset Allocation Plus Fund, an…
UBS Investment Bank launches algorithmic strategy system for commodities
UBS Investment Bank has launched the UBS Commodities Portfolio Algorithmic Strategy System (Comm-PASS), a portfolio-based algorithmic…
Threadneedle expands hedge fund and emerging markets business with Convivo acquisition
Threadneedle has announced the acquisition of Convivo Capital Management, a specialist emerging market hedge fund business that manages…
10 Aug 2007
Olympia Capital chooses Comada's M•A•T•share to serve fund of hedge funds clients
Olympia Capital (Ireland), a Dublin-based specialist administrator servicing almost USD10bn in fund assets, has licensed Comada's…
Bank of America names leadership team for alternative investments group
Bank of America has announced the leadership for its new Global Wealth & Investment Management alternative investments group which,…
Fabien Pictet and Partners launches Asia ex-Japan hedge fund
Fabien Pictet & Partners Limited has announced the creation of an Asia ex-Japan hedge fund, the FPP Golden Asia Fund, with seed assets…
