01 Oct 2015
Over GBP125,000 raised for NSPCC at AIMA 25th anniversary event
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), has marked its 25th anniversary with a series of events including a charity…
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Wells Fargo Global Fund Services launches Fund View
Wells Fargo’s Global Fund Services has launched Fund View, an operational system for managing and analysing the middle- and back-office…
BCS acquires Alfoma Capital Markets
Moscow Exchange securities broker BCS Financial Group has made its first move into the North American market with the acquisition of…
AIP acquires convertible and non-convertible notes of Capital Guardian Holding
AIP Private Capital (AIPPC) and AIP Asset Management (AIPAM), as security agent on behalf of certain of its funds, accounts and partners,…
The Boston Company selects Portware for multi-asset global trading
The Boston Company Asset Management LLC. (TBC), a subsidiary of Bank of New York Mellon Investment Management, has selected Portware…
Eurex expands equity index derivatives segment
Eurex Exchange, the international derivatives market of Deutsche Börse Group, is to launch a new equity index contract on 28 October 2015.…
ALFI release FAQs on RQFII
The Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) has published Frequently Asked Questions to provide general guidance to Luxembourg…
Buchet joins Finisterre Capital as CIO for Total Return Strategies
Finisterre Capital, an Emerging Market Macro and Credit specialist, is to launch Finisterre Emerging Market Debt Total Return Strategy with…
James Warner joins Deimos Asset Management as MD and portfolio manager
Multi-strategy hedge find manager Deimos Asset Management has appointed James A Warner III (pictured) as a Managing Director and Portfolio…
CFTC to issue whistleblower award of approximately USD290,000
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is to make an award of approximately USD290,000 to a whistleblower for providing…
30 Sep 2015
Biggest is best but small funds with a good Sharpe Ratio could join the USD1bn club
By James Williams – Preqin has released its latest Hedge Fund Spotlight report, looking at how hedge fund performance varies by size; a…
Interactive Data launches liquidity indicators service
Interactive Data has launched a Liquidity Indicators Service, leveraging the same fixed-income evaluated pricing and reference data content…
William Ketterer joins Lifeline Capital Management as CIO
Lifeline Capital Management, a fixed income alternative asset manager which purchases and manages portfolios of life settlements, has…
Ruling curbs ability to prosecute insider trading
In December 2014, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit handed down a landmark insider trading decision in United States v.…
How to generate regulatory alpha
The recent swathe of regulation has meant that managers face an incredible drain on internal resources, leading to increased headcount,…
