21 Dec 2012
Aston Hill completes purchase of Citadel Securities
Aston Hill Financial has completed its purchase of Citadel Securities, a provider of investment advice and services to private and…
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Abacus launches AbacusVoice
Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, has launched AbacusVoice, a fully managed voice…
IntercontinentalExchange and NYSE Euronext enter clearing services agreement
ICE Clear Europe and Liffe Administration and Management have entered into a clearing services agreement by which ICE Clear Europe will…
Newedge to serve as swap counterpart to Ucits funds managed by Gresham
Newedge has been appointed as swap counterparty to two new Ucits funds under the Nuveen Global Investors Fund umbrella. The new funds are…
Formation procedure for Islamic Funds in the DIFC
By Dominique Lecocq, lecocqassociate – This article will focus on the formation requirements of a domestic exempt Islamic fund (“IEF”) in…
Gulf financial centres build up fund services expertise
By Simon Gray – The financial crisis has slowed but not stalled efforts to build up a regional fund industry that contains substance on the…
DIFC – The gateway to doing business in the Middle East
Interview with Kevin Birkett (pictured), DIFC Authority – Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is an onshore financial hub in the…
On-the-ground expertise and full service offering
Interview with Peter Hughes, group managing director, Apex Fund Services – Providing a full solution set that spans middle and back office…
Sovereign wealth, economic growth give alternatives industry new traction
By Simon Gray – The Middle East is bouncing back from the financial and political turbulence of the past few years and with it the region’s…
SEB’s prime brokerage platform shows 20 per cent growth in 2012
Northern European banking group SEB has seen a 20 per cent increase in mandates on its prime brokerage platform over the last 12 months.The…
20 Dec 2012
DTCC’s Global Trade Repository opens data centre in Singapore
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has opened its Asia Pacific global data site headquartered in Singapore. The…
ICAP takes equity stake in iSwap
Interdealer broker and post trade risk services provider ICAP has taken an equity stake in iSwap, a trading platform for interest rate…
Fortress Investment Group closes Fortress Japan Opportunity Fund II at USD1.65billion…Tiger Asia Partners fined USD816,500 by Japanese regulator…
Vistra Fund Services (VFS) this week announced further expansion in Asia with the opening of its Singapore office. VFS is a global…
Institutional brokers modestly bullish in Q4 2012, says TIM Group
Institutional stock brokers continued to be modestly bullish throughout the fourth quarter of 2012, continuing the trend from the end the…
LIG Assets forms partnership with Texas Real Estate Hedge Fund
LIG Assets has entered into an alliance with Texas Real Estate Hedge Fund to invest, acquire, manage and finance commercial real estate…
