16 Apr 2013
Gravitas moves to larger office in Mumbai
Gravitas is expanding its presence in India, including moving to a new larger office in Mumbai, prompted by an increase in demand for its…
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Global hedge fund assets top USD2.2trn, says HFI
Assets in global hedge funds continued to grow in 2012 on the back of solid average fund performance across the industry last year and new…
Q1 2013 positive for hedge funds, says Altin
The first quarter of the year was overall positive for hedge funds, according to Swiss alternative investment company Altin. Appetite for…
van Biema Value Partners launches customised separate account capability
Investment firm van Biema Value Partners has launched customised fund of fund portfolios for sizeable institutional and individual…
IA Englander's MA&PS division appoints Brett Langbert as managing director
Israel A Englander's Managed Accounts and Prime Services (MA&PS) division, a new platform providing customised solutions to small to…
Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index up 1.21 per cent in March
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 1.21 per cent for the month of March, with nine of the 10 sub-strategies in…
Transact chooses Calastone’s re-registration solution
Integrated Financial Arrangements, the company that operates the Transact wrap service, has selected Calastone as the provider of its…
15 Apr 2013
S&P Capital IQ launches first in series of real-time data delivery solutions
S&P Capital IQ has launched a consolidated financial data feed providing normalised, global content from over 110 exchanges that can be…
Clive Snowdon joins Moore Group
Clive Snowdon has been appointed group managing director of the Moore Group. This new role is the first senior position to be announced…
Enyx FPGA feed handler chosen by Quincy Data for CME data
Quincy Data has chosen Enyx’s FPGA solution for CME Group data feeds for its “QED” microwave-based market data service. The QED service…
Australia’s Scout Global joins IMQ in backing Romanseco fund
Australian hedge fund seeder Scout Global Funds has joined IMQ as co-seed of Romanesco Capital Management’s systematic trading strategy,…
SEC names Jennifer Marietta-Westberg as deputy director of RSFI division
The Securities and Exchange Commission has named Jennifer Marietta-Westberg as deputy director of its division of risk, strategy, and…
Northern Trust expands fund admin services in Hong Kong
Northern Trust is expanding its fund administration and custody capabilities to support locally domiciled Hong Kong funds, including…
14 Apr 2013
Asset managers criticize proposed bonus cap on UCITS managers… uptick seen in UCITS fund launches in response to impending AIFM Directive…
There’s been an uptick in the number of alternative fund managers launching UCITS-compliant PARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6cThere’s been an…
12 Apr 2013
Saemor Europe Alpha Fund returns 2.4 per cent in March
The Saemor Europe Alpha Fund produced a return of 2.4 per cent in March, according to figures released by Saemor. Average return over the…