11 Jul 2013
Miravast closes USD60m life insurance portfolio acquisition
Miravast Asset Management, an investment adviser specialising in life contingent assets, has advised on the USD60m purchase of a life…
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Luxembourg Parliament adopts law implementing AIFMD
The Luxembourg Parliament has adopted the law transposing the Alternative Investment Fund Manager Directive (AIFMD) into Luxembourg…
Stonehaven adds two to senior team
Stonehaven, a placement agent focused on hedge funds, private equity, real estate, venture capital, private placements and long-only…
BlueBay appoints head of credit strategy
BlueBay Asset Management, a manager of fixed income and alternative investments, has appointed David Riley as partner and head of credit…
Tarpon Trading launches on Horton Point platform.
Tarpon Trading a global macro foreign exchange manager, has launched its currency trading programme on the Horton Point incubation…
JOBS Act – winners and losers
Howard Groedel, chair of the Securities Regulatory Compliance Group at Ulmer & Berne LLP, identifies the winners and losers following…
SkyBridge Capital and Woori Investment & Securities form partnership
SkyBridge Capital, a research-based alternative investment firm headquartered in New York, and Woori Investment & Securities,…
SEC approves JOBS Act requirement to lift general solicitation ban, disqualify bad actors from certain offerings
The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted a new rule to implement a JOBS Act requirement to lift the ban on general solicitation…
JOBS Act ushers in new era in asset management
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s decision to lift the ban on general solicitation by hedge funds and other private placements to…
PineBridge expands global sales team with two senior appointments
PineBridge Investments has appointed two senior sales executives – Tucker Glavin as managing director, US sales and Paul Osborne as…
New York Society of Security Analysts to discuss impact of hedge funds on markets
The New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA) has partnered with the New York Hedge Fund Roundtable to create a panel of hedge fund…
10 Jul 2013
Old Mutual Global Investors launches Arbea hedge fund with USD50million of seed capital
Old Mutual Global Investors has launched an offshore Cayman hedge fund based on its 2009-launched UCITS-compliant Global Equity Absolute…
IA Englander's MA&PS expands sales and business development team
Israel A Englander's Managed Accounts & Prime Services (MA&PS) has expanded its sales and business development team. MA&PS is a…
S&P Dow Jones Indices launches roll weighted version of the S&P GSCI
S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched the S&P GSCI Roll Weight Select, which aims to reduce the negative impact of contango by…
Gordon Shaw appointed chief operating officer of the Apex Group
Independent fund administration company Apex Fund Services has appointed Gordon Shaw as chief operating officer of the Apex Group. Shaw…
