12 Feb 2014
Black Mountain Systems delivers private cloud services through Eze Castle Integration
Black Mountain Systems has selected the Eze Private Cloud to deliver services to its clients, including global investment firms, which use…
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Two Hong Kong-based firms to pay USD11m for insider trading
Two Hong Kong-based asset management firms, whose accounts were frozen in a major insider trading case by the Securities and Exchange…
BoE bamboozles with changes to forward guidance
Azad Zangana (pictured), European Economist, Schroders comments on the latest quarterly Inflation Report from the Bank of England…As part…
Concept Capital Markets publishes guide to launching alternative investment fund
Concept Capital Markets has published a new guide to launching an alternative investment fund.The report provides a roadmap for investment…
La Française and Tages Capital sign strategic partnership
European asset manager La Française and Tages Capital, an alternative multi-management solutions provider, have entered into a strategic…
Stephens International appoints Jeremy Kemp as director
Stephens International, an executive search consultancy focused on the global (re)insurance and financial markets, has appointed Jeremy…
eVestment launches Quantum Analytics
eVestment has launched eVestment Quantum Analytics, a web-based solution that adds multi-asset class portfolio analysis and portfolio…
Hedge funds redeemed USD10.4bn in December
Hedge funds had their biggest outflow of 2013 in December, redeeming USD10.4bn or 0.5 per cent of assets, according to the latest…
Gibraltar is key to easing AIFMD concerns, says Helvetic
With just five months until the deadline for complying with the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), hedge…
CFTC looks to promote trading on SEFs
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is introducing measures to promote trading on swap execution facilities (SEFs).The Commission…
11 Feb 2014
Value of assets under custody held by Clearstream rises by six per cent
The value of assets under custody held by Clearstream on behalf of customers registered an increase of six per cent to EUR12.0trn in…
Central Bank of Ireland confirms approach to passporting of MiFID-type services
The Central Bank of Ireland has confirmed that it will, with immediate effect, recognise the ability of authorised alternative investment…
INDOS Financial launches AIFMD depositary-lite solution for US hedge fund managers
INDOS Financial, the first independent UK authorised depositary specialising in hedge funds, is planning to offer a depositary-lite…
FIX Trading Community publishes initial guidelines of TCA best practices for equities
FIX Trading Community, the electronic trading standards body, has published recommended guidelines for transaction cost analysis (TCA) in…
Permal Group launches alternative multi-manager mutual fund
Legg Mason’s affiliate Permal Group has launched the Permal Alternative Select Fund, its first open end alternative mutual fund.The…