02 Dec 2015
10WHF in Italy raises EUR48k for Edu Care
100 Women in Hedge Funds (100WHF) held its annual gala in Italy on 18 November at Milan’s Palazzo Visconti to raise money to support…
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Hedge fund manager BlueCrest to close to outside investors
BlueCrest Capital Management, once Europe’s third biggest hedge fund firm, is to stop managing money for outside clients after a sharp drop…
Clearstream, Eurex Repo and Eurex Clearing offer clients joint agency securities lending
Deutsche Börse Group has enhanced its securities lending services by linking a new agency lending service by Clearstream with Eurex Repo…
01 Dec 2015
New Trax Insight Demonstrator helps industry prepare for regulatory obligations
Trax, a provider of capital market data, trade matching and regulatory reporting services, has launched the Insight Demonstrator, a…
RIMES foresees ‘perfect storm of regulation’ in 2016
RIMES, a provider of managed data services for the buy-side, has published a cautionary forecast, ahead of what the firm believes is set to…
Maitland expands new business development team as part of global growth push
Global hedge fund advisory and administration firm Maitland has made four appointments to its global business development and client…
China to focus on currency stability in face of inflows of up USD3trn, says AB
The announcement that China will join the reserve currency basket of the International Monetary Fund is only one aspect of a process that…
Franklin Square names Greg Bassuk Head of Liquid Alternative Strategies
Franklin Square Capital Partners has appointed Greg Bassuk (pictured) as Managing Director and Head of Liquid Alternative Strategies. with…
CBOE Holdings to launch options on FTSE 100 and FTSE China 50 indexes
CBOE Holdings is to launch options on FTSE 100 Index and the FTSE China 50 Index. Chief Executive Officer Edward T Tilly (pictured) made…
Profiting from a culture of compliance
Multiple and powerful pressures are impacting the hedge fund industry, but two are particularly prominent: a dramatically increased…
Hedge fund and private equity fund hosted IT solutions provider Abacus Group opens Boston office
Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, has increased its US presence and capabilities by…
Natixis Global Asset Management launches ASG Dynamic Allocation Fund
Natixis Global Asset Management has launched the ASG Dynamic Allocation Fund (DAAFX), a global asset allocation mutual fund managed by…
FIS completes acquisition of SunGard
Banking and payments technology specialist FIS has closed it s acquisition of SunGard, a financial software and technology services…
AIMA Canada toasts successful 2015 with annual member appreciation receptions
More than 150 individuals representing AIMA Canada member firms from across the country participated in annual wine-tasting receptions held…
Hedge fund managers and investors hold similar views on regulation, says Northern Trust survey
Popular opinion holds that investors largely favour the new rules and regulations introduced to mitigate risk in the wake of the 2008-09…