08 Mar 2011
Investors predict USD200bn hedge fund inflows in 2011
Investors are predicting over USD200 billion net inflows into the hedge fund industry in 2011, taking the total AUM to an all time high of…
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Mellon Capital Management Launches commodities strategy
Mellon Capital Management, part of BNY Mellon Asset Management, has launched its Commodity Alpha Long-Bias Strategy, a commodities strategy…
Guernsey’s fund industry moves past the GBP250bn mark
Figures issued today show that the value of investment fund business in Guernsey grew by GBP14.3 billion (5.9%) during the final quarter of…
07 Mar 2011
Kinetic celebrates fifth anniversary in Cayman Islands
Kinetic Partners is celebrating five successful years since the opening of its Grand Cayman office with two new hires to strengthen their…
Eurex KOSPI Product hits important milestone
The Eurex KOSPI Product exceeded 500,000 traded contracts last Friday for the first time since its launch on 30 August 2010. Average daily…
GlobeOp named best North American hedge fund administrator
GlobeOp Financial Services (LSE: GO.) has been named ‘Best North American Hedge Fund Administrator’ by the subscribers of industry trade…
OBS announces new MD
Offshore Business Solutions has appointed Dawn Cummings as Managing Director. As well as serving as an independent director on the boards…
Alternative assets must have good track record to be appealing, say senior wealth managers
Alternative investments need to have track records of several years before fund managers and other financial advisors will consider…
06 Mar 2011
Tamale RMS introduces new compliance features
Advent Software, Inc (NASDAQ: ADVS) has expanded and enhanced the compliance functionality found in Tamale RMS, its research management…
Threadneedle launches European small caps newcits
London-based Threadneedle has launched a new absolute return fund whose mandate will be to focus on European small caps. The Lux-domiciled…
Commodities Newcits deliver strongest performance for Feb
Given January’s near-zero performance, February turned in a slightly better set of returns for newcits strategies with the UCITS…
Morningstar launches KIID Platform
Morningstar Europe, an independent industry-leading provider of fund research, announced this week the launch of a new…
Ignis looks to ignite interest with government bond AR fund
Ignis Asset Management has confirmed this week that it plans to launch a government bond fund at the end of…
CFTC charges Ortiz and his companies over off-exchange foreign currency scam
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed an anti-fraud enforcement action against defendants David L Ortiz of Vero…
PineBridge appoints Arthur Lau as head of fixed income for Asia ex-Japan
PineBridge Investments has announced the appointment of Arthur Lau as Managing Director, Head of Asia ex-Japan Fixed Income. Lau, who will…
