08 Jun 2007
Kremer elected chairman of Luxembourg funds association
Claude Kremer, a partner with law firm Arendt & Medernach, has been elected as chairman of the Luxembourg Funds Industry Association at…
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University of Oxford and Man Group launch Institute for Quantitative Finance
The University of Oxford and Man Group have announced the establishment of the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance, which they…
Aspect Capital appoints senior European sales executive
Aspect Capital, one of the largest systematic investment managers in Europe, has appointed Ted Frith as senior European sales executive to…
Fortune backs three hedge funds through affiliated manager programme
London-based hedge fund advisor Fortune Group has entered into strategic partnership agreements with three new single-manager hedge funds…
07 Jun 2007
Close Brothers acquires Cayman fund business from Scotiabank
Close Brothers is to acquire three business lines, including fund administration, from Scotiabank's operations in the Cayman Islands,…
Landsbanki adopts SuperDerivatives multi-asset platform to expand options business
Landsbanki, Iceland's second largest bank, is deploying the real-time multi-asset pricing and analytics platform from SuperDerivatives,…
Keeping the BVI fund industry competitive
The hedge fund industry in the British Virgin Islands has enjoyed steady if not spectacular growth over the past few years, with the number…
06 Jun 2007
SGAM Alternative Investments to offer hedge fund advice to institutions
SGAM Alternative Investments has announced that its New York-based affiliate, SG Asset Management Inc, will offer customised alternative…
Macek named interim chief executive of Turquoise clearing platform
Richard R Macek, a senior executive of the US Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, has been chosen as the interim chief executive…
HSBC Special Opportunities Fund offers institutional euro share class
The HSBC Special Opportunities Fund is adding a euro-denominated institutional share class to increase its appeal to institutional…
BidRoute to launch best execution online auction tool for portfolio trading
BidRoute is set to be launched later this month by three prominent investment industry practitioners as a price discovery tool that enables…
IG Index - Share spread cut
Daily spreads at 0.1% for major* shares UK, US, Australia, Canada, Eurozone, Japan… Daily spreads at 0.1% for major* shares UK, US,…
Taking the fund administration sector to a new level
The acquisition by Fortis Prime Fund Solutions last year of Hedge Fund Services, the leading hedge fund administrator in the British Virgin…
Time to move on? Post your CVs on hedgemedia.com
Hedgemedia.com has launched the world's largest portal for jobs in the alternative investments sector - hedge funds, private equity funds…
05 Jun 2007
Hedge fund boom helps Citco Bank reach USD250bn in custody assets
Citco Bank, the global leader in custody and fund trading for mutual and hedge funds, has topped the USD250bn mark for assets under…