19 Jun 2015
Richard Boerke Jr joins Price Futures Group
The PRICE Futures Group has appointed Richard Boerke, Jr as Institutional Sales Executive in the firm’s business development team. The…
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Copia expands investment team
Copia Capital Management, the Discretionary Fund Manager part of the Novia group, has made a new addition to the firm’s investment and…
NewAlpha forms strategic partnership with Quest Global Advisors
NewAlpha Asset Management, the Paris-based global hedge fund incubation and acceleration specialist, has made a strategic investment in…
MUFG Investor Services to acquire UBS Global Asset Management's Alternative Fund Services business
MUFG Investor Services, the global asset servicing group of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, is to acquire UBS Global Asset Management’s…
Hedge fund launches rise as HFRI tops US equities
New hedge fund launches rose to the highest level in three quarters in Q1 2015, as strong performance industry-wide drove both total global…
Financial services industry proposes timeline for US T+2 settlement cycle
The T+2 Industry Steering Committee (T+2 ISC) has released a white paper outlining the timeline and activities required to move to a…
Franklin Templeton sets return and volatility targets for three multi-asset funds
Franklin Templeton Investments has amended the objectives for its three Luxembourg-registered multi-asset funds to include return and…
LP Reporting: Increasing requirements and evolving operations
Limited partners are asking for more frequent, transparent reporting from private equity managers and are increasingly assessing a GP’s…
Ashbury Heights Capital granted leave to proceed with FactSet fraud and breach of contract lawsuit
San Francisco-based Ashbury Heights Capital has been granted leave to proceed with its fraud and breach of contract lawsuit against market…
Liquidnet to launch institutional dark pool for corporate bonds
Liquidnet is integrating with seven Order Management Systems (OMS) to provide direct connectivity into the first dark pool for corporate…
Markit launches AIFMD external valuer service
Markit has launched an Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) external valuer service providing independent valuations for…
Barclay Hedge Fund Index up 0.92 per cent in May
Hedge funds were up 0.92 per cent in May, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The Index has gained 4.58 per…
18 Jun 2015
Argos aims to eliminate subjectivity in value investing
Argos investment Management is working to eliminate subjectivity from its investment choices by employing a systematic approach to rank…
LAM hires Léopold Arminjon as European Long/Short equity portfolio manager
Lazard Asset Management (LAM) has appointed Léopold Arminjon as a portfolio manager/analyst. Based in London, Arminjon will be responsible…
MMF reforms will have different effects in the US and the EU
European policy makers have proposed money market fund (MMF) reforms relatively similar to the US changes slated to take effect next year,…
