11 Dec 2013
Credit quality beginning to slip as European leveraged finance conditions boom
Leveraged finance borrowers are using favourable funding conditions to refinance their capital structures, extend their debt maturities and…
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CBOE Holdings declares special dividend
CBOE Holdings’ board of directors has declared a special cash dividend of USD0.50 per share of common stock, which will be paid on 17…
Are hedge funds living up to investors’ expectations?
Robert Mirsky, Global Head of Hedge Funds and a Partner at KPMG’s UK Financial Services Practice and Jon Mills, UK Head of Financial…
Brownstone Investment Group expands into emerging markets trading
Fixed income investing firm Brownstone Investment Group has further expanded its trading platform with the addition of emerging markets…
More than half of hedge fund firms using Advent Software for portfolio accounting
Eze Castle Integration has published its 2013 Global Hedge Fund Technology Benchmark Study, which provides insight into front, middle and…
Deutsche Bank launches Coeli Macro strategy on dbSelect
Coeli Asset Management and IMQubator have launched the Coeli Macro strategy on dbSelect, Deutsche Bank’s platform for accessing liquid…
Baronsmead Partners appoints Ducat as head of client service
Baronsmead Partners, the financial risk insurance broker, has appointed Man Group’s Andrew Ducat as partner and head of client…
‘Patchwork quilt’ of AIFMD requirements will deter non-EU firms
The “patchwork quilt” of regulatory requirements resulting from European Union member states exercising discretion under the Alternative…
10 Dec 2013
The next operational hurdle for hedge funds - collateral management
By Sue McGillion-Moore, Director (KPMG in the US) Mon, 9/12/2013 - 16:03 By Sue McGillion-Moore, Director (KPMG in the US) Mon, 9/12/2013 -…
International financial centres tackle regulatory challenges
By Craig Bridgewater, Managing Director (KPMG in Bermuda), Neale Jehan, Partner (KPMG in the Channel Islands) and Andrew Schofield,…
Northern Trust enhances collateral management capabilities for mortgage-backed securities
Northern Trust has enhanced its collateral management system to include forward settling mortgage-backed securities (MBS) in response to…
Taiwanese banks select Calastone for offshore fund execution
Landbank of Taiwan, Mega International Commercial Bank and Bank of Taipei have appointed Calastone for the execution of offshore fund…
Abacus Group expands application hosting services partnership network
Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, has expanded its application hosting service…
BNY Mellon launches AIFMD regulatory reporting service
BNY Mellon has launched a new service for fund managers that helps them identify, aggregate and manage the regulatory reporting…
CTAs in a strong recovery mode in November
Ten out of 13 Lyxor Indices ended the month of November in positive territory, led by the CTA Long Term Index (+4.2 per cent), the L/S…
