04 Nov 2014
Institutional investors' shifting allocation strategies are driving hedge funds towards new products
As asset growth in traditional hedge funds from institutional investors continues to slow, hedge fund managers are pinning their hopes on…
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03 Nov 2014
Maples and Calder strengthens Singapore presence
International law firm Maples and Calder has appointed Michael Gagie to the role of managing partner of the firm's Singapore office and has…
Finding and using unique datasets by hedge funds
By Gene Ekster – Some historians note that in the 50’s Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart, would get into his silver 75hp two-seater…
SunGard’s Hedge360: Bank debt
As global banks deleverage and pursue a course of balance sheet strengthening, the opportunities to build exposure to bank debt have become…
SunGard’s Hedge360: Risk reporting
Hedge360’s Risk Reporting Service, as part of the platform’s managed service offering, equips managers with the tools needed to manage and…
GMEX Group and Tradition form partnership
Global Derivatives Indices (GDI) has formed a strategic partnership with Tradition, the interdealer broking arm of Compagnie Financière…
SunGard’s Hedge360: Managed services
EY (Ernst & Young) last year published an operational efficiency survey and in it, they found that 40 per cent of respondents had…
Meeting the institutional challenge
SunGard’s Hedge360, a cloud-based platform that launched in 2012, puts the power of institutional-grade controls firmly in the hands of…
Goldman Sachs Asset Management adds fixed income fund to its SICAV structure… Source lists EURO STOXX Optimised Banks UCITS ETF…
Source this week announced the listing of the Source EURO STOXX Optimised Banks UCITS ETF on the London Stock Exchange. The fund provides…
CBOE Holdings reports strong results for Q3 2014
CBOE Holdings' net income allocated to common stockholders was of USD48.1 million, or USD0.57 per diluted share, for the third quarter of…
Kleinberg Kaplan expands hedge fund practice
Hedge fund law firm Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen has appointed Jared R Gianatasio as senior counsel where he will focus his…
01 Nov 2014
Lyxor's Expert Opinions: Alternative Investments, the Year for a more Flexible Approach - November 2014
With lower expectations for traditional assets, many institutional investors have increased their allocation to more flexible, alternative…
31 Oct 2014
Michael Wahnich and Guy Jackson join NewSmith
NewSmith Asset Management has appointed Michael Wahnich as head of risk.This follows Charles Hopkinson Woolley’s recent appointment as head…
NFA bars commodity pool operator Belvedere Asset Management from membership
National Futures Association (NFA) has ordered commodity pool operator Belvedere Asset Management to permanently withdraw from NFA…
Bloomberg launches List trading tool for Interest Rate Swaps
Bloomberg’s multi-asset swap execution facility, Bloomberg SEF LLC, has launched a List trading tool for Interest Rate Swaps (IRS).The new…
