09 Aug 2011
DTCC issues statement on S&P credit rating revision on clearing subsidiaries
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has issued a statement in response to the decision by Standard & Poor’s…
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Mesirow financial strengthens UK client relationship team
Mesirow Financial International UK Limited, has hired Sophia Damianou as a vice president and member of its global client relationship…
08 Aug 2011
Saemor appoints investor relations manager
Netherlands-based hedge fund Saemor Capital has appointed Erwin de Kleijn (pictured) as Investor Relations Manager.”After Saemor focused on…
HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index up 0.76% in July
Equity markets extended declines in July as investors exhibited concern with regard to both the extension of the US debt limit and…
Octavian Advisors opens London office
Octavian Advisors has established a new office in London, England. The London office is New York-based Octavian’s second location and will…
07 Aug 2011
Comment: Rating agencies have given the US the benefit of the doubt for too long
Rating agencies have given the US the benefit of the doubt for too long and that the decision of S&P to downgrade it’s AAA rating “is a…
06 Aug 2011
UCITS make negligible gains for July
July proved to be another challenging month for UCITS funds, with the UCITS Alternative Index Global recording an incremental gain of 0.08…
FMG launches ‘Rising 6’ UCITS
Emerging markets specialist Fund Management Group (FMG) has launched a UCITS-compliant version of the Rising 6 Fund, designed to provide…
Liontrust AM acquires four Irish UCITS in planned take over
Liontrust Asset Management, an LSE-listed company with USD1.3billion in AUM, is taking on OPARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6cLiontrust Asset…
05 Aug 2011
NYSE Liffe to launch equity options on UNIT4 NV
NYSE Liffe, the Europe-based derivatives business of NYSE Euronext (NYX) is adding options on the shares in UNIT4 N.V. (ticker symbol:…
Hedge fund standards board launches drive into the US and Asia
The Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB) is launching an international drive to sign up more hedge fund managers in the US and Asia now that…
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index up 0.20% in July
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index finished up 0.20% in July led by gains in the Managed Futures sector.Oliver Schupp,…
04 Aug 2011
Blue Rice Investment Management hires ex-head of GSAM Korea, Jay Lee
Blue Rice Investment Management, the Singapore-based credit and fixed income specialist, has created a new role and hired Jay Lee as senior…
Huttenlocher due to launch Myriad in Hong Kong this September
The former Asia head of JP Morgan’s hedge fund firm Highbridge Capital Management, Carl Huttenlocher (pictured), who left the firm in March…
Martin Currie has its feathers ruffled
Edinburgh-based Martin Currie has parted company with its top Asia fund manager, Chris Ruffle, following an investigation into a conflict…
