07 Jan 2014
Hedge funds get USD17.5bn in November
Hedge funds took in USD17.5bn or 0.9 per cent of assets in November, according to a report from BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment…
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Stratigis launches Theta Alternative Income Fund
Stratigis Capital Advisors has launched the Theta Alternative Income Fund.The fund is the result of a strategic partnership with portfolio…
Five out of seven IndexIQ HF replication indices positive in December
Five out of seven of IndexIQ’s proprietary family of hedge fund replication and alternative beta indices ended the year with positive…
Agecroft Partners predicts top 10 HF industry trends for 2014
Agecroft Partners has predicted the top hedge fund industry trends for the coming year, drawing on the firm’s contact with more than 2,000…
Throgmorton UK appoints business development director
Specialist accountancy and back office service provider Throgmorton has hired Denis Jackson as the firm’s business development director to…
06 Jan 2014
Deutsche Bank fund services division appoints head of trustee business in Jersey
Deutsche Bank’s fund services business has appointed Kelly Gouveia as a vice president and head of its trustee business in Jersey. The…
Akin Gump promotes eight to partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has promoted eight attorneys to the partnership, effective 1 January 2014.Rob Boller is in the firm’s…
Credit Suisse LAB Index up 0.48 per cent in December
The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index was up 0.48 per cent in December, according to Dr Jordan Drachman, head of alternative beta…
ESMA revises collateral guidelines for UCITS funds engaged in OTC derivatives trading… JPMAM set to close commodities UCITS…
JP Morgan Asset Management is believed to be preparing to liquidate its JPM Highbridge Diversified Commodities fund as a result of…
Trading volume at Eurex Group totals 2.2 billion contracts in 2013
The international derivatives markets of Eurex Group ended 2013 with a turnover of approximately 2.2 billion contracts, down from 2.3…
FERC and CFTC sign MOUs on jurisdiction and information sharing
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have signed two memoranda of…
CBOE Futures Exchange trading volume hits all-time high in 2013
Annual trading for total exchange-wide activity and for futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX Index) reached new all-time highs in…
05 Jan 2014
Thinking outside of the box: Using the BVI private funds regime
By Simon Schilder (Partner) and Oliver Bell (Associate), Ogier BVI – While use of the BVI funds regime (as contained within the Securities…
04 Jan 2014
Rising wages and improving business investment to provide boost for UK economy
The UK economy heads into 2014 on a fair wind amid increasing evidence that wages are finally catching up with inflation and companies are…
03 Jan 2014
Eurex acquires stake in Taiwanese futures exchange TAIFEX
Eurex Zürich is becoming a minority shareholder of the Taiwanese futures exchange TAIFEX.Subject to regulatory approval by the Taiwanese…
