10 Jan 2012
Hedge funds conclude challenging 2011, position for 2012
Hedge funds concluded a challenging 2011 with a decline in December, as the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index declined by 0.18 per cent,…
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Liquidnet appoint industry veteran Kelly as COO
Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, has appointed john Kelly as Chief Operating Officer and member of the leadership team…
CBOE Futures Exchange to launch security futures trading in emerging markets volatility index
CBOE Futures Exchange is to launch trading in security futures on the CBOE Emerging Markets ETF Volatility Index, pending regulatory…
Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index down 0.41% in December
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index was down 0.41% in December as the component strategies reported mixed results.Managed…
09 Jan 2012
Hassans completes 10th fund transaction since July 2011
Hassans, the Gibraltar based international law firm, is pleased to announce the completion of its 10th fund transaction, raising EUR1.45…
Dexion Capital appoints industry veteran Skinner as head of research
Boutique investment bank Dexion Capital has appointed listed alternatives stalwart, Tom Skinner, as head of research. Skinner, reporting to…
IMQ and SFM team up to seed Asian managers
IMQubator (IMQ) and Hong Kong-based Synergy Fund Management (SFM) – founded by Eliza Lau, former CEO and CIO of SAIL Advisors – have teamed…
GFI Group appoints Neil Standen to head Swiss office
GFI Group has appointed Neil Standen as head of its recently opened Nyon office. Julian Swain, Managing Director of GFI London says: “We…
Deutsche Bank and FRM partner to launch first hedge fund seeding managed account platform
Deutsche Bank and Financial Risk Management (FRM) have announced a partnership to launch the industry’s first hedge fund seeding managed…
MKP Capital Management hires Anthony Simpson to head European Marketing
MKP Capital Management, a diversified alternative asset manager, has hired Anthony Simpson as a Managing Director to focus on European…
Six out of seven IQ Hedge indexes negative in December
All but one of IndexIQ’s IQ Hedge family of benchmark hedge fund replication indexes saw negative performance for the month ended 31…
Vincente Martinez as director of CFTC’s new Whistleblower Office
Vincente Martinez has been hired as the first director of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) recently opened Whistleblower…
Advent announces CEO succession plan
Advent Software’s Board of Directors has appointed Advent's President Peter Hess (pictured) to the position of Chief Executive Officer…
08 Jan 2012
Vinculum launches Global Equity UCITS
Former Liontrust Asset Management CEO Nigel Legge’s new firm Vinculum has launched the IM Vinculum Global Equity fund, a Ucits-compliant…
Vertex Capital Management in Cloud 9
London-based Vertex Capital Management has migrated its Vertex Evolution Ucits fund to Point Nine’s Circle.2 cloud-based middle and back…
