03 Oct 2012
Oscar Hernandez and companies to pay USD1.4m over commodity pool Ponzi scheme
Oscar Hernandez of Miami, Florida and his companies, Midway Trading Company and Conquest Investment Group, are to pay a USD1.4m civil…
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PrimeOne Solutions unveils Syn Prime
PrimeOne Solutions, a division of CoreOne Technologies, is rolling out its new equity swap platform, Syn Prime, a synergistic addition to…
Trend Capital adopts Navatar Hedge Fund CRM for cloud computing
Trend Capital, a Greenwich Connecticut based global macro hedge fund, has deployed Navatar Hedge Fund Cloud to manage its fundraising and…
EXANTE launches hedge fund index
EXANTE has launched the EXANTE Hedge Fund Index, which tracks the best performing hedge funds that are listed on the company’s Automated…
UMB Fund Services launches proprietary transfer agency business processing solution for hedge funds
UMB Fund Services has further expanded its servicing capabilities with the launch of the Alternative Investment Communication Engine (ACE),…
Franklin Square appoints Towle as chief marketing officer
Franklin Square Capital Partners, a sponsor of alternative investment products, has hired John Towle as chief marketing officer. Towle will…
Automation and the Alternative “RDR”: Managing Risk, Data and Reporting
By Tom Zdon (pictured), Vice President of Business Development and Solutions consulting, Advent Software Inc – With the worldwide market…
Average daily volume of 10.2 million contracts at Eurex Group in September
The international derivatives markets of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 10.2 million contracts in September 2012, down…
02 Oct 2012
Trading activity in VIX futures spurs CFE to busiest month ever
The CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) says September 2012 was the most active trading month ever for futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX).…
BlackRock appoints European CIO to global real estate securities group
BlackRock has appointed James Wilkinson as European chief investment officer for the firm’s recently launched global real estate securities…
KB Associates establishes Cayman office
KB Associates, a consulting firm to the asset management community, has opened an office in the Cayman Islands. The new office will provide…
Guernsey sees Far East promise
Recognition of Guernsey’s expertise as a finance centre continues to build in the Far East, according to Fiona Le Poidevin, chief executive…
AIMA appoints chief operating officer for US office
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund association, has appointed Michelle Noyes as the chief…
01 Oct 2012
BGAM launches Ucits IV platform
Bryan Garnier Asset Management (BGAM) has launched the Bryan Garnier Umbrella Fund Sicav. The fund is domiciled in Malta and externally…
CFTC charges Boston resident John Wilson and his company with commodity pool fraud
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed a civil complaint in the federal district court in Boston, Massachusetts, against…
