24 Feb 2015
Neil Power to run Blue Sky hedge funds
Blue Sky Alternative Investments Limited (ASX: BLA) has appointed Neil Power as managing director of its hedge fund division. Power brings…
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TABB Group sees first-mover advantage in innovation and migration for firms in coming post-Dodd-Frank period
While the past several years of regulatory uncertainty have frustrated, if not left, the derivatives industry treading water, capital…
NRI adds price in margin and derivative trading functionality to i-STAR back office solution
Nomura Research Institute has added new functionality to the I-STAR securities back-office solution for wholesale brokerage firms. This…
Growing complexities of asset management demand evolutionary leap in operating capabilities
Investment organisations will need sophisticated operating capabilities that support their business strategies if they want to be…
BBS Securities is now a clearing member of CDCC
The Board of Directors of Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation (CDCC) has approved the membership application of BBS Securities Inc.…
Halcyon and Guggenheim Partners launch UCITs fund
Halcyon Liquid Strategies UCITS Management and Guggenheim Partners (Guggenheim) have launched the GFS Halcyon Liquid Opportunities Fund, an…
Barclay CTA Index gains 3.41% in January
Managed futures traders got off to a fast start in 2015, with a 3.41% gain in January according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by…
Hedge funds show appetite for Burger King/Tim Hortons merger
The financial and industrials sectors saw the largest amount of hedge fund buying activity in Q4 2014, with Industrials always being a net…
23 Feb 2015
SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator at 3.64% for February
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for February 2015 measured 3.64%, up from 2.49% in January.“Redemption requests increased…
Weekly Brief: First Signs of Policy Normalisation bring Dispersion in Returns
Whilst the Federal Reserve kept an overall dovish tone in its latest minutes released on Wednesday, Fed officials have started discussing…
JPMorgan announces intended MMF designations in response to SEC reforms
The Board of Trustees of the JPMorgan Money Market Funds has approved the firm's preliminary recommendation regarding the intended…
Gabelli launches Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust on LSE
Gabelli Funds has completed the offering of a London Stock Exchange listed closed-end fund, The Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (GVP), the firm’s…
Quantmetrics joins Lyxor’s AIFM managed account platform
Quantmetrics Capital Management is to join Lyxor Asset Management’s AIFM managed account platform enabling Lyxor to launch its first…
20 Feb 2015
Fifth Street Asset Management closes USD309.5m debut CLO
Fifth Street Asset Management has closed the Fifth Street Senior Loan Fund I (FS SLF I), a USD309.5 million collateralised loan obligation…
GFI Board Supports BGC's USD6.10 per share tender offer
BGC Partners and GFI Group have entered into a tender offer support agreement in which GFI's board of directors unanimously agreed to…
