04 May 2011
Palo Verde Capital adds former ING Funds Distributor chief
Robert J Boulware, former CEO of ING Funds Distributor, has accepted a partnership offer with multi-strategy alternative investment manager…
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Henderson and Calveley complete Butterfield Fulcrum acquisition
Fund industry executives Glenn Henderson (pictured) and Tim Calveley have completed the acquisition of fund administrator, Butterfield…
Harmonic Capital appoints two new partners
Harmonic Capital Partners, a specialist hedge fund manager which manages around USD700 million of assets employing relative value and…
Inside Track: UK and US hedge funds on ‘level regulatory playing field’…for now
The hedge fund regulatory landscape is in flux right now. Keeping abreast of the most pertinent issues in the US and Europe can be…
Evolved Alpha opens to new investors
Evolved Alpha’s flagship Multistrategy is opening to new investors following their first year of operations. Performance has been strong…
03 May 2011
Nexar Capital Group acquires Ermitage Group
Nexar Capital Group SCA, a global alternative investment manager, has acquired Ermitage Limited, one of Europe’s pioneering alternative…
Advanced Capital and IMQubator make EUR50m seed investment in pan-Asian distressed asset specialist mCAPITAL
Alternative investment specialist Advanced Capital and hedge fund incubator IMQubator have made a EUR50million joint seed investment in the…
Howard Winell and Winell Associates fined USD5.2m for fraud
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed and simultaneously settled charges against Howard Winell, Winell Associates,…
A short cut to global wealth clients
By Lorcan Murphy - The hedge fund industry has been marked by fundamental changes in the attitudes and preferences of investors over the…
New arrivals turn spotlight on Swiss hedge fund managers
By Simon Gray - Switzerland is better known as a source of capital for the hedge funds, with its world-class private banking and wealth…
EUR102bn turned over on Xetra in April
Order book turnover on Xetra and on the trading floor of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange stood at EUR108.3 billion in April – a decrease by 14…
02 May 2011
UMB adds five new clients in Q1
UMB Fund Services, Inc (UMBFS), a subsidiary of UMB Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: UMBF), has added five new clients in the first three…
Northern Trust helps clients cope with valuation headaches for alternative investments
Private equity investors are coping with the challenges of valuation and audit of alternative assets, but a majority say their…
SEC charges former hedge fund professional Hollander with insider trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Jonathan Hollander, a former hedge fund professional, with insider trading in…
Key regulatory issues for Swiss managers
By Ger van Nijkerken - Switzerland’s position at the heart of Europe means that the country’s alternative investment industry tends to be…
