16 May 2014
Reed Smith expands European funds practice
Law firm Reed Smith has appointed partner Winston Penhall and associate Matt Evans to its funds group in London.Both Penhall and Evans…
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Twelve Capital to temporarily close Private Debt strategy
Twelve Capital is closing it Private Debt strategy to investment from 30 May until 31 December.The strategy has attracted subscriptions of…
CFTC charges RP Martin Holdings with manipulation of Yen Libor
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an order against RP Martin Holdings Limited, and its subsidiary Martin…
Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index down 0.21 per cent in April
The Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished down 0.21 per cent in April, with six of the ten sub-strategies ending the month in positive…
BNP Paribas joins TOM MTF as new member
BNP Paribas is the latest member on the TOM (The Order Machine) MTF derivatives market.TOM MTF currently has a stable market share in the…
15 May 2014
China’s national property bubble driving down growth momentum to lowest of all emerging economies
With rumours of a Chinese national property bubble set to imminently burst, and continued negative growth figures, Maarten-Jan Bakkum…
Atlantic Fund Services expands into Austria
Atlantic Fund Services (AFS) has launched services for funds in Austria – the company’s seventh market around the world and its third new…
JTC Group appoints group head of fund services
Angus Taylor has joined JTC Group as group head of fund services.He joins JTC from Herald Trust Company, where he worked as the managing…
ConceptONE to open London office
ConceptONE, a provider of risk and regulatory reporting solutions for the global asset management industry, is opening its first European…
BlackRock and Tradeweb to create electronic rates trading solution
BlackRock and Tradeweb Markets have formed a strategic alliance to create electronic trading solutions in the rates and derivatives…
Cloud computing could save hedge funds millions, says GA report
Hedge funds could reduce computing costs related to portfolio analysis by 50 per cent by switching to an enterprise cloud offering,…
Northern Lights acquires Buick Capital stake
Private equity firm Northern Lights Capital Group, a provider of strategic capital and resources to boutique asset management firms, has…
14 May 2014
SunGard identifies global trends driving adoption of managed services across the financial services industry
Regulations, operating costs and back office requirements are draining resources that financial institutions need to focus on core…
Guernsey proves an attractive option under AIFMD
More than 100 new funds were launched from Guernsey last year. Fiona Le Poidevin of Guernsey Finance believes that this is a major vote of…
Lazard Asset Management launches first liquid alternative equity fund
Lazard Asset Management has launched its first US-based open-end liquid alternative equity fund, the Lazard Fundamental Long/Short…
