30 Sep 2011
SEC charges Long Island-based hedge fund manager with fraud involving PIPE transactions
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Long Island-based investment adviser with defrauding investors in hedge funds…
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NFA to provide Regulatory Services to GFI’s Swap Execution Facility
National Futures Association (NFA) and GFI Group have entered into an agreement that paves the way for NFA to perform regulatory services…
29 Sep 2011
Mirae ponders move into Hong Kong hedge fund market
Mirae Asset Global Investments, a Korean asset manager and one of Asia&rsquPARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6cMirae Asset Global Investments,…
Asia’s hedge fund industry struggles to grow
New data released by AsiaHedge shows that Asian hedge fund assets contracted by 5 per cent in the first half of 2011 to USD145billion…
Tokyo’s Sparx Group launching hotel fund following March earthquake
Asia’s second largest hedge fund, Sparx Group Co., is to start a fund that will invest in hotel construction following Japan’s devastating…
Soc Gen Asia co-head fixed income and currencies leaves to join hedge fund
Société Générale’s co-head of fixed income and currencies in Asia, Adam Reynolds, has left to join hedge fund manager…
Monetisation to erode capital through inflation warns investment manager
Armstrong Investment Management yesterday (28 Sep) hosted a breakfast seminar at Brunswick Group’s London office entitled: “How to preserve…
Quintillion release online NAV Sign-Off application
Quintillion Limited has launched a web based approval method for their clients’ net asset values via their reporting portal. While…
Castle Hall Alternatives and Orchard Harbour Asia-Pacific strategic partnership
Castle Hall Alternatives, the hedge fund industry's leading specialist provider of operational due diligence, and Orchard Harbour, an…
Bovill outlines updates to AIFMD
Last week Hedgeweek attended an update on the AIFMD hosted by Bovill, the financial services regulatory consultants, following ESMA’s…
ConvergEx Group launches NorthPoint Alternative Mutual Fund Division
ConvergEx Group's prime services business NorthPoint has launched a new division dedicated to the formation, performance and management of…
Woodbine Associates produces study on OTC derivatives for the Institute for Financial Markets
Woodbine Associates has just completed a study for the Institute for Financial Markets that evaluates the impact of Dodd-Frank and Basel…
ALFI defines ambition for Luxembourg fund centre
The Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) has set out its ambition for the Luxembourg Fund Centre to be a global centre of…
US investors seek exposure to European blue chip companies with a 117% increase in DR trades
Despite falling equity prices across Europe, there has been a sharp rise in the purchase of European blue chip American Depositary Receipts…
Wealth Adviser exclusive: Cash is still king for investors looking to protect their wealth, says Julius Baer’s Andreas Feller
The Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management Report 2011 published earlier this year found that HNWIs, at the end of 2010, were allocating 33…
