01 Feb 2013
Blackstone revenues total USD4bn in 2012
Blackstone has reported record full year, revenue, assets under management and public company earnings. Stephen A Schwarzman (pictured),…
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Bandon hires marketing and relationship management head
Bandon Capital Management has appointed Whitney Dow to its management team. As managing director, he will be responsible for spearheading…
Citi to begin offering UK natural gas contracts in euros
Citi is launching a new product quoting UK natural gas contracts denominated in euros rather than British pounds. The product, aimed at…
Elliot Associates to nominate execs to Hess Corp board
Hedge fund Elliot Associates is planning to nominate five executives to the board of Hess Corp as it looks to force a break up of the US…
31 Jan 2013
TPG to acquire Eze Castle Software and RealTick from ConvergEx
TPG is to acquire Eze Castle Software, a provider of global order management and related investment technologies, and RealTick, a…
FRM Capital Advisors seeds Japan focused hedge fund, Hong Kong hedge fund Double Haven doubles assets to USD415m…
FRM Capital Advisors or “FCA”, the seeding division of FRM (Man Group plc‘s fund of hedge fund division) has entered into a strategic…
Opportunities abound for European equities
Manager of the RWC Europe Absolute Alpha Fund, Ajay Gambhir (pictured) believes that European Equities offer his equity long/short strategy…
Easy refinancing conditions keep workouts at bay but austerity set to feed distressed pipeline
Return hungry investors are likely to continue parking their cash in high yield bonds allowing over indebted European companies to…
Fixed income most popular Ucits hedge fund strategy in 2012, says Alix Capital
More than half the inflows into Ucits hedge funds (EUR13.2bn) were allocated to fixed income strategies during 2012, followed by macro…
30 Jan 2013
Investor Confidence Index rises in January by 5.4 points to reach 86.8
The State Street Global Investor Confidence Index (ICI) rose for a second consecutive month in January, increasing by 5.4 points from…
F-Squared Investments passes USD10bn in AUM
F-Squared Investments has exceeded USD10bn in assets under management or model manager agreements as of 4 January 2013, up from…
Man’s FRM invests in new Japan hedge fund
FRM Capital Advisors (FCA), the seeding division of Man Group’s fund of hedge funds operation FRM, is to make a significant investment in a…
BNY Mellon named largest FoHF administrator
BNY Mellon has been recognised as the world's largest fund of hedge fund (FoHF) administrator in a bi-annual administrator survey. BNY…
TABB publishes US and European buy-side equity trading research data
Depleted wallets, order allocation, CSA and algo trends, regulations and top brokers point to similarities between the US and European…
The Rockledge Group joins Placemark Investments’ UMA Marketplace Platform
The Rockledge Group’s L2 Sector Rotation Strategy is now available to financial advisers on major RIA custodial platforms through the…
