10 Oct 2011
Latest round of QE is 'bold'
Chris Wyllie, chief investment officer at Iveagh Private Investment House (Guinness family office), comments on the BoE’s announcement of a…
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Dutch Financial Alternatives Community raises more than EUR80.000 for better education for children in Timbuktu and Bangalore
On 6 October over 170 professionals from the Dutch financial alternatives community came together to show their support for the fund…
Blackstone’s GSO Capital Partners acquires Harbourmaster Capital
GSO Capital Partners LP (“GSO”), the global credit platform of The Blackstone Group, has acquired Harbourmaster Capital, a leading European…
Dexia’s Luxembourg businesses on the block
Troubled Franco-Belgian bank Dexia is set to sell various wealth management and investment-related businesses based in Luxembourg or…
CI funds industry must prepare for the challenge of new regulation
More than 125 delegates at the Channel Islands Funds Forum, held at the Hotel de France on 28 September and sponsored by KPMG, heard from a…
09 Oct 2011
Alternative Ucits funds top 1,000 in number
A survey released by Naisscent Capital, a Swiss FoF manager, has found that the number of alternative Ucits funds available to investors…
DMS Management appointed director to Monsoon Ucits
DMS Management (Ireland) Limited, one of the hedge fund industry’s largest fund governance firms, has been appointed as director to the…
J O Hambro launches two Asian equity Ucits
Following the recent acquisition of Singapore-based Silver Metis Capital Management, J O Hambro Capital Management has decided to launch…
Alternative Ucits funds fall 1.33 per cent in September
Alternative Ucits funds recorded more losses last month with the UCITS Alternative Index Global shedding another 1.33 per cent to leave it…
07 Oct 2011
Guernsey hosts fund event to boost cooperation with Luxembourg
A team from Guernsey’s fund industry hosted an event in Luxembourg last month aimed at boosting cooperation between the two jurisdictions.…
Cantor Fitzgerald forms Cantor Private Markets
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co, has expanded its private securities business with the formation of Cantor Private Markets Group, offering…
Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index fell 4.23% in September
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index saw less than half of the declines seen in broad equity indexes in September.…
NYSE sees global derivatives ADV up 23%
NYSE Euronext has reported significantly increased trading volumes year-on-year across all venues, but mostly down sequentially from…
Carne adds senior hire to Luxembourg business
Carne Global Financial Services has added to its team of independent directors in Luxembourg with the appointment of Thomas Nummer as…
Turnover on Xetra increases by 28 per cent in September
Order book turnover on Xetra and the Xetra Frankfurt specialist trading stood at EUR131.6 billion in September – an increase by 26.7 per…
