08 May 2014
EDI launches African Economic Data Service
Exchange Data International (EDI), a provider of global securities data, has launched the African Economic Data Service (AFED), a source of…
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Pierre-Henri Flamand named senior portfolio manager at GLG
Alternative investment manager Man Group has appointed Pierre-Henri Flamand as senior portfolio manager at GLG.Flamand will join the firm…
Milestone Group names former JP Morgan exec Robert Caporale as head of North America
Milestone Group, a provider of fund processing solutions to the funds industry, has appointed Robert Caporale as managing director and head…
07 May 2014
UK hedge fund industry booms despite wider slowdown in Europe
The majority of European hedge fund managers that have set up business over recent years have been in the UK, data from Preqin’s Hedge Fund…
bfinance makes management changes in London
bfinance has made a number of senior management changes within its London office and promoted key executives.Chris Jones, managing director…
SGX enhances commodities product offering
Singapore Exchange (SGX) is building up its bulk commodity product offerings with nine more derivative contracts over the next two months,…
ED&F Man Capital Markets launches hosting and infrastructure services
Global financial brokerage business ED&F Man Capital Markets has launched a Hosting & Infrastructure Services offering.The service…
TABB Group promotes Matt Simon to principal, head of futures research
TABB Group has promoted Matt Simon to principal, head of futures research for the capital markets research and consulting firm’s expanding…
Why are hedge fund assets reaching all time highs while they underperform the S&P 500?
By Donald A Steinbrugge, Agecroft Partners – There is a constant flow of articles in the media articulating that hedge funds have performed…
FNEX surpasses USD40bn in listed alternative investments
FNEX has aggregated in excess of USD40 billion in alternative investment opportunities including investments in businesses, real estate,…
Hedge funds get USD11.2bn in March
Hedge funds took USD11.2 billion (0.5 per cent of assets) in March, down from a three-year high of USD24.9 billion (1.2 per cent of assets)…
'Flash Boy' frenzy hits London: A disappointing story
The Michael Lewis PR machine hit London last week, leaving a trail of obfuscation in its wake. According to TABB Group Europe’s senior…
Options names former NYSE Euronext exec as managing director for Europe
Private financial cloud provider Options has appointed former NYSE Euronext executive Richard Hughes as senior vice president, managing…
Four out of seven IndexIQ hedge fund replication indices positive in April
Four of the seven IndexIQ Investable Hedge Fund Performance Indices – a proprietary family of hedge fund replication and alternative beta…
06 May 2014
Mixed results for Market Vectors Hedge Fund Beta Indices in April
The Market Vectors Hedge Fund Beta Indices experienced mixed results in April with two of the six indices seeing positive returns, one…
