07 Feb 2014
Iron Road Capital Partners expands Chicago team
RMB Capital has appointed Kerry Jordan as director of business development for Iron Road Capital Partners, the firm’s alternative…
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First Derivatives opens Singapore office
First Derivatives, a provider of software and consulting services to global investment banks, brokers, hedge funds and exchanges, has…
BATS Global Markets names combined executive team
BATS Global Markets has named the members of its combined executive team, effective with the 31 January close of the company’s merger with…
06 Feb 2014
Hedge funds down in January… Global ETFs overtake hedge funds…
Hedge funds fell 0.24 per cent to open 2014 – but not as much as the broader markets. The average hedge fund shed 0.24 per cent in January,…
Two out of seven IndexIQ hedge fund replication indices positive in January
Just two of IndexIQ’s family of seven investable hedge fund indices recorded positive returns in January.The IQ Hedge Global Macro Beta…
Euronext Fund Service to launch in France
Euronext has welcomed the publication in France of a decree authorising active open-end funds to be admitted to trading on regulated…
Federated Investors expands alternatives/managed-risk group
Federated Investors has hired Michael T Dieschbourg to head the company's alternatives/managed-risk investment group. Dieschbourg will…
Eze Software Group experiences record growth
Eze Software Group has experienced record growth for each of its three product lines in the first year of operations under the Eze Software…
Emerging market weakness in early January triggers broad de-risking by month-end, says GAM
Hedge fund managers began January broadly expecting the successful themes of the previous quarter to remain prevalent, according to Anthony…
Ingenious Initiatives issues new version of hedge fund accounting software
Ingenious Initiatives has issued version 10.1 of Penny – It Works, an accounting software solution for hedge funds, fund administrators,…
05 Feb 2014
Extension of BVI approved manager regime
By Michael Doyle (pictured), senior associate, Harneys – Investment Business (Approved Manager) Regulations, 2012 (Old Regulations) came…
Global legislation drives improvements in due diligence
“By allowing managers of non-BVI funds to apply for the Approved Manager license it simply strengthens the BVI product even more,” comments…
Cracking the operational blueprint
Over the last 24 months, fund administrator Drake Fund Advisors, an emerging market specialist with approximately USD900million in AuA, has…
BVI funds – structuring trends and developments
By Simon Schilder, Partner, Ogier – Whilst the twin challenges of investor capital continuing to favour established investment managers and…
Extension opens door to managers with non-BVI funds
On 2 January 2014, an extension to the BVI’s Approved Manager regime was brought into legal force. When this lighter touch regulation was…
