16 Feb 2012
Truston Asset Management to launch pan-Asia LSE fund
South Korea-based Truston Asset Management is preparing to launch a pan-Asia long/short equity fund from its Singapore office reported…
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McNicholas appointed head of sales for State Street’s Alternative Investment Servicing Solutions
Dan McNicholas, former director and head of financing sales for Global MarkPARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6cDan McNicholas, former director and…
Ex-Morgan Stanley head of fixed income for Asia Pacific to launch Asia-focused hedge fund
Ranodeb Roy (pictured), Morgan Stanley’s former head of fixed income PARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6cRanodeb Roy (pictured), Morgan Stanley’s…
CFTC charges Angel F Collazo over forex Ponzi scheme
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged Angel Fernando Collazo of Salinas, Puerto Rico, and his companies, ACJ…
State Street launches SwapEx initiative
State Street Corporation has expanded its end-to-end derivatives solution to include an execution platform for the trading of derivatives…
Vistra Fund Services launches new Hong Kong operation
Vistra Fund Services has launched Vistra Fund Services Asia Limited, to complement the group’s fund administration operations in Jersey and…
Record investment demand boosts global gold demand to an all time high in 2011
Global demand for gold in 2011 rose to 4,067.1 tonnes (t) worth an estimated USD205.5 billion – the first time that global demand has…
Eurex to introduce derivatives on Russian blue chip index RDX USD
Eurex Exchange is to introduce futures and options contracts on the RDX USD equity index on 19 March 2012. The new RDX USD derivatives will…
Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index up 2.34% in January
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 2.34% for the month of January.The top performing sub strategy was Long-Short…
New Forests launches Forest Carbon Partners
New Forests Inc has launched Forest Carbon Partners – an investment vehicle for California-compliant forest carbon offset projects – and…
Macquarie to provide third party hedge fund capital raising services
Macquarie Group will begin offering hedge fund capital-raising services to external hedge funds through its Alternative Investment…
A normalising trading environment would support hedge fund returns in 2012, latest Lyxor Research shows
2012 starts on a robust footing for the hedge fund industry. January monthly returns have been one of the strongest in over a decade. After…
Barclay CTA Index gains 0.05% in January
Managed futures gained 0.05% in January according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge.“CTAs have gotten off to a slow start…
Gargoyle Asset Management lists on AlphaMetrix Global Marketplace
Gargoyle Asset Management has listed the Gargoyle Hedged Value (Master) Fund as a transparent fund on AlphaMetrix Global Marketplace…
Solus hires former co-heads of Deutsche Bank's distressed products group
Veteran high yield and distressed portfolio managers Scott Martin and C J Lanktree are joining Solus Alternative Management’s investment…
