04 Sep 2011
RPM launches multi-strategy UCITS fund
Stockholm-based RPM Risk & Portfolio Management AB, who specialize in running CTA and global macro strategies, have received approval…
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European AR funds fail to provide downside risk says Fitch
Amidst the turbulence of recent market conditions, European absolute return funds and multi-asset flexible funds failed to consistently…
02 Sep 2011
Hedgeweek exclusive: Citi enjoys positive y-o-y revenue growth as its elevated status in the prime brokerage arena continues apace
Considering Citigroup are one of the newest prime finance houses on the Street, they’re going a long way to establishing themselves as a…
CLS appoints Gabor Butor to lead regulatory affairs initiatives
CLS Group Holdings AG (CLS Group) has appointed Gabor Butor as Head of European Regulatory Affairs. He will join the executive management…
Irish Domiciled UCITS moved to restricted investments status by Chilean regulator
Irish domiciled UCITS funds have been disapproved for general investment by the Chilean Pensions Regulator, Comisión Clasificadora de…
JP Morgan announces successful implementation of US tri-party repo market reforms
JP Morgan has successfully achieved two major tri-party repo milestones – the implementation of three-way trade matching for US Tri-Party…
Comment: CFTC eager to clean up swap market
Before the 2008 financial crisis, The USA’s largest financial institutions were trading complicated derivatives, called swaps, in the…
SEC charges hedge fund manager over insider-trading scheme
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged James F Turner II and his New Jersey-based hedge fund firm Clay Capital…
VanderMeulen joins Newedge's prime brokerage team
Eisso VanderMeulen has joined Newedge as part of the firm's Prime Brokerage Origination & Structuring team, reporting to Jonathan Gane,…
Dillon Eustace opens Hong Kong office
Irish legal investment funds advisory firm Dillon Eustace has opened a new office in Hong Kong as demand for locally-based expertise on…
DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund tops USD10bn in assets
The DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund has reached USD10 billion in assets under management, just 16 months after its launch in April 2010,…
01 Sep 2011
Emerging market hedge funds rise by USD1.4billion in Q2
Emerging market-focused hedge funds continue to curry favour with investors as their faith in a European and US economic recovery…
RAB Capital’s plan to sell two hedge funds disintegrates
After Hedgeweek reported at the end of June that Sunwah International Asset Management (the investment management arm of Sunwah…
Temasek and Seatown acquire China Construction Bank shares from Bank of America as part of consortium
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek and its wholly owned hedge fund Seatown Holdings, are part of a consortium including other…
Dillan Eustace law firm opens office in Hong Kong
Dublin-headquartered Dillan Eustace, a leading Irish law firm focusing on the investment funds industry, has expanded its global footprint…
