26 Sep 2011
Societe General Securities Services launches clearing services on UBS MTF
Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has extended its clearing licence with SIX x-clear the clearing entity of SIX Securities…
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Cairn Capital launches subordinated financials fund
London-based credit specialist Cairn Capital Limited is launching a Subordinated Financials Fund. The Fund is expected to launch on 3…
ISAM bolsters sales team with senior hire
International Standard Asset Management (ISAM), the alternative investment manager has appointed Rupert Douglas as Head of European Sales.…
Mourant Ozannes addresses directors' duties and concerns at recent seminar
Mourant Ozannes' litigation partner and regulatory law expert, Beverley Lacey (pictured), recently chaired and addressed a packed audience…
LME puts itself up for sale
The London Metal Exchange (LME) has received several expressions of interest with regard to potential strategic transactions.The Board,…
RBC Dexia expands footprint in Italy with new client Tages Capital SGR
RBC Dexia Investor Services has won a mandate from Tages Capital SGR, a newly-launched independent investment management company based in…
25 Sep 2011
Aquila Capital UCITS CTA gains 10 per cent in August
Hamburg-based Aquila Capital have already seen some impressive results for the UCITS CTA fund they launched in…
IMA questions ESMA’s rationale for singling out UCITS ETFs and Structured UCITS
The IMA this week responded to ESMA’s paper on guidelines for UCITS ETFs and Structured UCITS, in which they propose applying greater…
JPMAM launches Emerging Markets Multi-Asset fund
JP Morgan Asset Management this week rolled out an Emerging Markets Multi-Asset fund to invest primarily in debt and equity instruments…
Schroders appoints new hedge fund manager
Schroders has made its head of institutional business, Miles O’Connor, the new CEO of NewFinance Capital, the firm’s USD4.5billion hedge…
23 Sep 2011
Bloomberg launches trading platform for derivatives compliance
Institutional investors facing upcoming Dodd-Frank Act regulations on over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, can get another step closer to…
Hedge funds are back doing what they do best
Morten Spenner (pictured), CEO of International Asset Management (IAM) the GBP2.8bn Fund of Hedge Funds, challenges the recent loss of…
Sunrise Capital Partners opens aggressive diversified strategy to outside investors
Sunrise Capital Partners has opened to outside investors the Sunrise Aggressive Diversified Strategy, the latest global macro offering…
DJ Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index down in August but outperforms equity benchmark by more than 5%
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index posted negative performance in August, finishing down 2.30%, with three out of ten strategies…
22 Sep 2011
Lagrange appointed Chairman of Man Asia
Pierre Lagrange, one of the industry’s leading fund managers, has taken on a newly appointed role as CPARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6cPierre…
