15 Aug 2016
Joann Shie-Chen joins HonTe Investments
Bay-Area based investment management company HonTe Investments has appointed Joann Shie-Chen as operations manager, responsible for…
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US hedge fund manager charged with fraud
US Federal prosecutors have charged San Francisco hedge fund manager Nicholas Mitsakos with fraud, alleging that he schemed to raise money…
12 Aug 2016
Bats to acquire Javelin swap execution facility
Bats Global Markets is to acquire Javelin SEF, a swap execution facility (SEF).The deal is intended to accelerate Bats’ plans to offer…
ICE Clear Credit surpasses USD100bn in client cleared single name credit default swaps for 2016
Intercontinental Exchange’s ICE Clear Credit has surpassed USD100 billion year to date in gross notional cleared for client accounts for…
Ropes & Gray adds to private investment funds practice
Global law firm Ropes & Gray has appointed Amanda Persaud as a partner in the funds practice in the firm’s 300-lawyer New York…
Mariner Investment Group closes USD503m CLO
Alternative asset manager Mariner Investment Group has closed a USD503 million collateralised loan obligation (CLO), the third such…
11 Aug 2016
NewStar’s John Frishkopf to retire
John Frishkopf, head of the asset management and treasury group at New Star Financial, is to retire from the company on 30 September…
SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index up 1.83 per cent in July
Hedge funds advanced 1.83 per cent in July, according to the gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index.Hedge fund…
Risk management and regulatory technology provider Percentile hires three
Percentile, a provider of technology for risk management and regulatory compliance, has appointed John Barker as non-executive director and…
Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index up 1.17 per cent in July
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category…
EEX Group revenue grows by 34 per cent in the first half
EEX Group has reported significant growth in during the first six months of 2016, with sales revenue up by 34 per cent compared with the…
10 Aug 2016
Hedge funds up 0.8 per cent post-Brexit
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up 0.8 per cent in July, with seven out of 10 Lyxor indices ending the month in the black, according to the…
Hedge funds rebound in July, says eVestment
Investors pulled USD20.7 billion from hedge funds last month – one of the largest drawdowns in years – but hedge funds saw a performance…
ACSI Funds hires ETF expert Kevin Quigg as chief strategist
ACSI Funds, an asset management firm specialising in the use of proprietary customer satisfaction data as a leading indicator for security…
MUFG says AIFMs must ensure investors don’t pay for Brexit passporting fall-out
Tim Thornton, (pictured) COO, Fund Services, MUFG Investor Services has commented that the loss of AIFMD passporting rights that enable…
